Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing

The durability of permeable pavement needs to be further studied by accelerated pavement testing (APT). Full-scale APT facilities are commonly associated with a very high initial investment and operational costs. A piece of small-scale accelerated testing equipment, the model mobile load simulator (...

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Main Authors: Bing Yang, Hui Li, Yingtao Li, Murong Cheng, Yang Sun, Yuzhao Han
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description The durability of permeable pavement needs to be further studied by accelerated pavement testing (APT). Full-scale APT facilities are commonly associated with a very high initial investment and operational costs. A piece of small-scale accelerated testing equipment, the model mobile load simulator (MMLS), was used to investigate and evaluate the mechanical properties of three types of permeable asphalt pavements, including a 4 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated permeable base (4PA-CTPB), 7 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated permeable base (7PA-CTPB), and 7 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated base (7PA-CTB). Under different conditions of subgrade soil, transverse and longitudinal strains at the bottom of the porous asphalt layer and average rut depth and temperature data were collected. The results indicated that 4PA-CTPB produced the maximum average rut depth but minimum resilient tensile strain. The transverse resilient tensile strain of 7PA-CTPB was significantly higher than the other two structures under both wet and dry conditions. The transverse resilient tensile strain significantly increased with increasing loading cycles with a decreasing rate, which could be affected by both load and temperature. MMLS could be used to explore and evaluate the mechanical properties of permeable asphalt pavement. From the data under dry and wet conditions, it may be better to increase the strength of the subgrade, where a suitable hydraulic conductivity coefficient should be considered.
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spelling doaj-art-b17b18fe6ebf4770babb623efeaaa87c2025-08-20T02:17:24ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-04-01158435910.3390/app15084359Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated TestingBing Yang0Hui Li1Yingtao Li2Murong Cheng3Yang Sun4Yuzhao Han5Jiangsu Expressway Engineering Maintenance Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210000, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaJiangsu Expressway Engineering Maintenance Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210000, ChinaJiangsu Expressway Engineering Maintenance Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210000, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaThe durability of permeable pavement needs to be further studied by accelerated pavement testing (APT). Full-scale APT facilities are commonly associated with a very high initial investment and operational costs. A piece of small-scale accelerated testing equipment, the model mobile load simulator (MMLS), was used to investigate and evaluate the mechanical properties of three types of permeable asphalt pavements, including a 4 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated permeable base (4PA-CTPB), 7 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated permeable base (7PA-CTPB), and 7 cm porous asphalt layer with cement-treated base (7PA-CTB). Under different conditions of subgrade soil, transverse and longitudinal strains at the bottom of the porous asphalt layer and average rut depth and temperature data were collected. The results indicated that 4PA-CTPB produced the maximum average rut depth but minimum resilient tensile strain. The transverse resilient tensile strain of 7PA-CTPB was significantly higher than the other two structures under both wet and dry conditions. The transverse resilient tensile strain significantly increased with increasing loading cycles with a decreasing rate, which could be affected by both load and temperature. MMLS could be used to explore and evaluate the mechanical properties of permeable asphalt pavement. From the data under dry and wet conditions, it may be better to increase the strength of the subgrade, where a suitable hydraulic conductivity coefficient should be considered.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/8/4359permeable pavementporous asphaltaccelerated pavement testingmechanical propertiesstrain
spellingShingle Bing Yang
Hui Li
Yingtao Li
Murong Cheng
Yang Sun
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Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
Applied Sciences
permeable pavement
porous asphalt
accelerated pavement testing
mechanical properties
strain
title Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
title_full Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
title_fullStr Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
title_short Experimental Investigation into Permeable Asphalt Pavement Based on Small-Scale Accelerated Testing
title_sort experimental investigation into permeable asphalt pavement based on small scale accelerated testing
topic permeable pavement
porous asphalt
accelerated pavement testing
mechanical properties
strain
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/8/4359
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