In cooperation with eleven road construction companies, the University of Twente is working on improving asphalt roads in the Netherlands. By using new technology during the asphalt paving process, ...

Ensuring asphalt pavement durability requires sufficient deformation resistance and effective load transfer to the subgrade. Proper compaction is essential, as inadequate paving and compaction ...

The asphalt industry is continually looking for ways to improve the performance of the pavement they put down. The process of spray paving initially emerged in the marketplace to help improve bonding ...

Probably safe to say that automated 3D grade-control systems for earthmoving applications are on their way to becoming mainstream technology. It’s technology that can, for example, automatically ...

Glen Powell, paving development coordinator and project manager for Schlouch Incorporated, highlights some of the complexities surrounding the asphalt paving process and how pavers are key to ensuring ...

The asphalt pavement industry has a long history of using recycled materials in asphalt mixtures to achieve engineering, economic, or environmental benefits. One example is reclaimed asphalt pavement ...

When considering how cars and trucks generate such a large part of the world's greenhouse gas pollution, it's easy to overlook what lies beneath them. But under all that traffic, there are roads. And ...

San Juan County, Utah, has begun using a new road repaving process, aiming to repair broken roads at a lower cost to say within state budget constraints. According to an article in the St. George News ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Aguilar-Vega, M. 2013. “Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polymers,” chap. 21. In ...