Thermal properties of asphalt pavements under dry and wet conditions

Hassn, Abdushaffi, Chiarelli, Andrea, Dawson, Andrew and Garcia, Alvaro (2016) Thermal properties of asphalt pavements under dry and wet conditions. Materials & Design, 91 . pp. 432-439. ISSN 0264-1275

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Abstract

Air voids play an important role in the temperature evolution of asphalt pavements exposed to the sun's radiation and the environment, but their effects have never been precisely quantified before. The objective of this article is to understand and quantify the effect of air voids on the temperature evolution of asphalt mixture under dry and wet conditions. To achieve this objective, dry and saturated asphalt slabs with different air voids contents have been exposed to infrared light and the surface and bottom temperature evolution, heat flux and evaporation rate have been measured. It was observed that under dry conditions air voids simply affect the specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity of asphalt mixture, while under wet conditions the energy used by water for evaporation reduces drastically the temperature of asphalt mixture. This has significance for Urban Heat Island mitigation amongst other implications.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/776949
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2015.11.116
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2016 10:06
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:37
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35660

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