The 19 papers in this collection discuss various topics related to bituminous paving mixtures. Among these topics are the following: selecting appropriate asphalt concrete mixes; premature surface cracking in full-depth asphalt pavements; fracture face image analyses of foamed asphalt mixes; fracture in asphalt mixtures caused by moisture damage; asphalt binder film thickness; interface bonding of hot-mix asphalt and concrete surfaces; fracture-based friction model for pavement interface characterization; viscoelastic behavior of hydrated lime-modified asphalt matrix and hot-mix asphalt under moisture damage conditions; superpave number of design gyration compaction levels; anisotropic behavior of hot-mix asphalt at low temperatures; hot-mix asphalt lab compactability; quality management of hot-mix asphalt with seismic methods; an artificial neural network for backcalculation of dynamic modulus from resilient modulus of asphalt concrete; asphalt material characterization in support of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) implementation; permanent deformation characterization of asphalt mixtures; asphalt mixture creep compliance at low temperatures; performance characteristics of plant-produced asphalt mixtures; fatigue analysis of asphalt mixtures; and verification of rutting predictions from the MEPDG. (Author/publisher)
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