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Quantifying the effect of climate change on the deterioration of a flexible pavement Qian, Y ; Dawson, A ; Parry, T ; Flintsch, G

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Trondheim Akademika Publishing, 2013Description: s. 555-563ISBN:
  • 9788232102860
Subject(s): In: Bearing capacity of roads, railways and airfields: proceedings of the ninth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields: Trondheim, Norway 25-27 June 2013Bibl.nr: VTI 2013.0053:2Location: Notes: Konferens: Ninth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, 2013, Trondheim Abstract: Climate change raises challenges for conventional pavement design. With climate projections, deteriorations of a pavement can be analysed using the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), under various global warming trends. The result exhibits to what extent climate change will have an impact on deteriorations of a flexible pavement. An alternative binder for the asphalt layers was considered in the simulation to investigate if a binder upgrade can mitigate the impact of possible climate change. The pavement is found to deteriorate more quickly due to temperature increase, although not very significantly. Moreover, a binder upgrade in the pavement design proved to be a possible mitigation against the effects of climate change on the chosen pavement.
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Konferens: Ninth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, 2013, Trondheim

Climate change raises challenges for conventional pavement design. With climate projections, deteriorations of a pavement can be analysed using the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), under various global warming trends. The result exhibits to what extent climate change will have an impact on deteriorations of a flexible pavement. An alternative binder for the asphalt layers was considered in the simulation to investigate if a binder upgrade can mitigate the impact of possible climate change. The pavement is found to deteriorate more quickly due to temperature increase, although not very significantly. Moreover, a binder upgrade in the pavement design proved to be a possible mitigation against the effects of climate change on the chosen pavement.