Current Research
Reduction of Temperature Sensitivity of Pavements for Safe and Durable Electrified Roadways
ASPIRE Electrified Roadways-Task 1
This study focuses on evaluating the performance of pavement slabs with various materials and embedded systems at different depths under controlled conditions in an accelerated loading and testing facility. Strain measurements and performance data will be collected to assess structural responses. Additionally, cored samples will undergo direct shear testing and laboratory analyses to examine interface behavior at different loading stages.
Accelerated testing of scaled pavement specimens will be conducted using UTEP’s Mobile Load Simulator (MLS) system. The results will contribute to the ASPIRE initiative by refining contact interface models, which will be integrated into a structural and thermal pavement model incorporating Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT), enhancing the understanding and prediction of pavement behavior.
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