Mostafa A. Elseifi

TL;DR: In this article, an in-depth review of the literature related to RAP was conducted to determine the appropriate level of contribution that should be given to the residual asphalt binder in RAP, and the level of interaction between aged and virgin binders was then used to investigate the influence on the performance and the durability of the mixtures as compared to virgin HMA.

TL;DR: In this paper, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model was developed to simulate pavement responses to vehicular loading at different temperatures and speeds, and compared with field-measured pavement responses from the Virginia Smart Road.

TL;DR: The semi-circular bend (SCB) test configuration has been favored by many researchers due to the ease of sample preparation, including cores removed from the field and the quick and simple testing procedure as discussed by the authors, which offers the potential of assessing the cracking resistance of asphalt mixes in the laboratory in the design phase as well as in QA (quality assurance) testing activities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the intermediate temperature fracture resistance of various asphalt mixtures, as measured by the semicircular bending (SCB) and indirect tension (IDT) test methods, and correlated these fracture properties to the cracking performance of Louisiana asphalt pavements.

TL;DR: In this article, a 3D parametric study was conducted to quantify the viscoelastic pavement responses due to different tire configurations: dual and wide-base tires, at three temperatures (5, 25 and 40°C) and two speeds (8 and 72 km/h).