Pavement and Rail Track Engineering
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Civil Engineering
Abstract
This grant will allow the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), formerly known as the Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering (NCPE), to continue to undertake a wide range of research-led initiatives in pavement and rail track engineering. These are critical infrastructure areas for the UK economy and quality of life and represent a combined asset value of some 620 billion with an annual expenditure in the region of 6 billion.In this proposal, particular emphasis is placed on the development of Highway Asset Management as a research theme and the continued development of Physicochemical Interactions and Sustainable Construction through multidisciplinary research links with areas such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Structural Mechanics, Materials Science and Economics to exploit research at the boundaries between these disciplines and pavement and rail track engineering.
Publications
Airey G
(2011)
Rheology of polyacrylate binders produced via catalytic chain transfer polymerization as an alternative to bitumen in road pavement materials
in European Polymer Journal
Apeagyei A
(2014)
Application of Fickian and non-Fickian diffusion models to study moisture diffusion in asphalt mastics
in Materials and Structures
Buttress A
(2014)
Accelerated swell testing of artificial sulfate bearing lime stabilised cohesive soils
in Materials and Structures
Buttress A
(2013)
The role of ettringite in the deterioration of artificial lime stabilised soils: a microstructural study
in Road Materials and Pavement Design
Byrne M
(2013)
A generalised approach to outlier identification in pavement condition data
in International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Carrera A
(2012)
Reusing trench excavation materials as on-site backfill
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management
Casey D
(2012)
Stress Intensity Factors at the Tip of a Surface Initiated Crack Caused by Different Contact Pressure Distributions
in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dawson A
(2012)
Modern Earth Buildings
Dawson, A.R,
(2011)
ICE Manual of Highway Design and Management
Fifer Bizjak K
(2014)
The impact of climate change on the European road network
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership KTP008700 |
| Amount | £91,508 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 07/2013 |
| Description | PhD Exchange Agreement - VT |
| Organisation | Virginia Tech |
| Department | Transportation Institution |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The agreement covers the exchange of PhD students between NTEC and VTTI. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The agreement covers the exchange of PhD students between NTEC and VTTI. |
| Impact | The PhD students involved in these exchanges, develop networks and links with VTTI which are beneficial both to their work and their personal development. |
| Start Year | 2011 |