Bituminous Materials / Sustainable Construction Materials
Bituminous Materials / Sustainable Construction Materials
Bituminous Materials / Sustainable Construction Materials
Goal: Develop and evaluate new and innovative building materials to reduce costs, improve performance, and ultimately increase the quality of life for the people of New Jersey and the Nation.
Electrically Heated Flexible Pavement Structures
Featured Project
Dr. Ayman Ali, Principal Investigator
Dr. Yusuf Mehta, Principal Investigator
The goal of this project is to evaluate the efficiency of electrically-heated pavements for de-icing applications in cold regions.
Specific Objectives:
- Evaluate the laboratory performance of electrically-conductive asphalt mixtures at different dosages of conductive additives
- Construct full-scale pavement test strips using selected electrically-conductive mixtures
- Monitor heating performance and power consumption for each test strip
- Evaluate the impact of loading (APT) on the heating efficiency of the different test strips over time
Recent Research Projects
Full-scale Field Evaluation of Cold in-place Recycling (Cipr) Performance Under Heavy Traffic
The goal of this project is to develop a performance balanced mix design approach for designing Cold In-Place Recycling asphalt mixtures in the laboratory.
Laboratory and Full-Scale Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Asphalt Mixtures
This study investigates the impact of different fiber types on the performance of asphalt mixtures in the laboratory and in the field. It also quantifies the economic benefits from adding fiber to asphalt roads. Five different fiber types (carbon, glass, forta-fi, polyester, and basalt) is used to reinforce the asphalt mixtures. A life-cycle cost analysis (LCAA) of fiber-reinforced asphalt mixtures utilized in military roadways and airfields will be conducted to quantify the benefits of using fibers in reinforcing asphalt mixtures.