Development of a Lignin-modified Bitumen for Canadian Asphalt Pavements
Climate change concerns and continuously increasing costs of bituminous pavement materials are an ongoing challenge for the pavement industry and road owners. Reduced demand for paper is an...
Titre de la séance: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Bradley, Allan H., Thiam, Papa-Masseck
2021
Development of Traffic Inputs for PavementME Using Weigh-In-Motion Data in Alberta
Traffic characterization to develop appropriate traffic inputs for pavement design using Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design procedure (PavementME) is a crucial and challenging task. The...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Saha, Jhuma, Karim, Mohammad, Juhasz, Marta
2021
Evaluating the Quality of Asphalt Binders and Plant Produced Asphalt Mixes through Recovered Asphalt Testing and other Mix Properties
Paving-grade asphalt binders are specified based on their properties in an original state following a specification such as the Performance Graded (PG) Asphalt Binder Specification. However, there...
Titre de la séance: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Wakefield, Amma
2021
Evaluation of consolidation settlement in soft soils under highway embankment: comparative study on the autoroute 50
Assessment of consolidation settlement under a highway embankment requires particular consideration regarding the variability in fill heights as well as the thickness and proprieties of...
Titre de la séance: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: El Salfiti, Abdul Karim
2021
Evaluation of In-Place Asphalt Mixture Density Using Pavescan RDM
Dielectric profiling systems developed under the US Federal Highways Administration Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) Solutions program provide a means to estimate the in-place...
Titre de la séance: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Barnes, Chris, Marlin, Adam
2021
Examining the Impacts of COVID-19 on Retail Industry and E-shopping
One of the many sectors that has been highly affected by COVID-19 is retail industry. Fearful of contracting the virus, people are seen to avoid traditional bricks and mortar trades, which led to...
Titre de la séance: Applications of Data in Transportation Planning
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Auteurs: Anik, Md Asif Hasan , Gindi, Ella Romia , Habib, Muhammad Ahsanul
2021
Finite Element Modeling of Airfield Aluminum Matting System
Airfield aluminum matting systems are prefabricated panels that are compact and easily transportable. They have been mainly used for expedient construction of temporary airfields, rapid airfield...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Barbi, Paula, Zhao, Guangyuan, Tighe, Susan
2021
Geotechnical Design and Construction Challenges of Samuel de Champlain Bridge in Montreal
In 2015, the Canadian government awarded a $4.3 Billion Design-Build contract to the Joint Venture (JV) team Signature on the Saint Lawrence (led by SNC-Lavalin) for the design and construction of...
Titre de la séance: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Diab, Riad, Tardif, Jean, D’Amours, Louis, LaRoche, Martin, Beaulieu, Jean-François
2021
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR): Using Radio Waves to Detect Salt on Asphalt Overlaid Bridge Decks
As part of bridge maintenance, evaluating deterioration in asphalt overlaid concrete bridge decks is crucial in determining the timing and nature of any maintenance. Chloride contamination caused...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Summer Maintenance
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Minion, Tye, Miller, Thomas, Korczak, Richard
2021
High Strain Asphalt Interlayers Using Aramid Polymer Fibres to Mitigate Reflective Cracking in Asphalt Pavements
Reflective cracking continues to be a concern for pavement materials and design practitioners for overlays on asphalt and primarily concrete pavements. Over the years, various materials and...
Titre de la séance: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organisateurs:
Auteurs: Blankenship, Phillip, Simons, Michael, Aurilio, Vince
2021
