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Novel Material Systems for the Next Generation Flexible Pavement Structures

Project Summary

The Infrastructure Report Card published by the American Society of Civil Engineers indicates that US highway infrastructure is in need of a significant upgrade. The numerous challenges to fund such a mammoth undertaking are compounded by demands placed on the highway system from extreme climate patterns and the desire to develop highway systems that are more sustainable. On the other hand, this challenge provides an opportunity to develop a novel approach to design pavement systems and to integrate viable advanced technologies to the process. The research team will investigate and demonstrate novel material systems for flexible highway pavements that will be significantly more sustainable than what is used today, and will also provide longer performance life-cycles that will help the bottom-line. This is a multidisciplinary research effort executed by a diverse team of experts in chemical processing, molecular material simulation, construction process/cost engineering, sustainable life-cycle assessment, thermal systems, geotechnical engineering and pavement engineering. The research team will evaluate factory precast asphalt concrete slabs containing embedded systems for feasibility in Phase I of the research and hopes to implement it in a large scale laboratory setting in Phase ii and in a field-scale setting in Phase III.

Project Number

0-6868

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

3/16/2015

Renewal date

9/1/2016

End Date

2/28/2019

Performing Institution(s)

Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT)

Research Team

RS: Sanjay Senadheera

Sponsor

Project Manager

Chris Glancy

Contract Specialist

Patti Dathe

Amount Funded

FY15: $596,436
FY16: $935,896
FY17: $643,100
FY18: $579,273
FY19: $75,000

Notes

Innovative Technical Area 1

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Functional Area

Construction and Maintenance

Index Terms

Pavements
Asphalt concrete pavements
Flexible pavements
Life cycle analysis
Pavement design
Pavement performance
Precast concrete pavements
Sustainable development

Lead University

TECH

Researcher

Senadheera, Sanjaya Priyantha, 1959-

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Record Added:

5/21/2015

Record Updated:

7/29/2023 5:31 AM EDT

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