State-of-the-art review on permanent deformation characterization of asphalt concrete pavements

R Joumblat, Z Al Basiouni Al Masri, G Al Khateeb… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rutting is one of the significant distresses in flexible pavements. Examining the methods to
decrease permanent deformation is of considerable importance to provide long service life …

Mechanistic-empirical models for better consideration of subgrade and unbound layers influence on pavement performance

X Luo, F Gu, Y Zhang, RL Lytton, D Zollinger - Transportation Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
It has been reported that the pavement performance predicted by the current mechanistic-
empirical pavement design shows low or no sensitivity to subgrade and unbound layers …

Performance of composite geogrid reinforced unpaved pavements under cyclic loading

C Jayalath, C Gallage, K Wimalasena, J Lee… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on evaluating the performance of composite
geogrid (CGG) reinforced and unreinforced unpaved pavement models using a steel box …

Laboratory investigation of particle size effects on the shear behavior of aggregate-geogrid interface

B Han, J Ling, X Shu, H Gong, B Huang - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
As an effective method to explore the interaction mechanism between aggregate particles
and geogrids, a large-scale direct shear test was employed to study the shear behavior of …

Evaluating long-term benefits of geosynthetics in flexible pavements built over weak subgrades by finite element and Mechanistic-Empirical analyses

M Zadehmohamad, N Luo, M Abu-Farsakh… - Geotextiles and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Finite element (FE) models were developed to evaluate the benefits of geosynthetic
reinforcement in flexible pavements built over weak subgrades. The parametric study was …

Use of cement-chelated, solidified, municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) fly ash for pavement material: mechanical and environmental evaluations

Q Tang, Y Zhang, Y Gao, F Gu - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
As a by-product from the incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW), fly ash usually
contains mobile heavy metals that may engender severe pollution when reused. In this …

Evaluation of flexible pavement deterioration conditions using deflection profiles under moving loads

Y Deng, X Luo, Y Zhang, RL Lytton - Transportation Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development and application of highway-speed nondestructive testing (NDT)
devices, a reliable method to evaluate the current level of deterioration of pavements from …

Predicting the rutting behaviour of natural fibre-reinforced cold mix asphalt using the finite element method

HK Shanbara, F Ruddock, W Atherton - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development of a three-dimensional (3-D), finite element model
(FEM) of flexible pavements made with cold mix asphalt (CMA), which has itself been …

Effects of grain size and moisture content on the strength of geogrid-reinforced sand in direct shear mode

JN Chen, X Ren, H Xu, C Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, the effects of grain size and moisture content on the interface shear strength of
sandy soils against a polypropylene biaxial geogrid were evaluated using a large-scale …

Field and simulated rutting behavior of hot mix and warm mix asphalt overlays

H Alimohammadi, J Zheng, A Buss, VR Schaefer… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Research implementing new pavement technologies often focuses on material
characterization; however, expanding the research to study and validate how new …