Special Section on Advanced Measurements for Asphalt Concrete Characterization

摘要

The 8th RILEM International Conference on Mechanisms of Cracking and Debonding in Pavements (MCD2016) was held in Nantes, France, from June 7-9,2016. More than 230 participants from 33 different countries attended the conference, hosted by the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Network. This scientific event was coordinated with the activities of the RILEM Technical committee (TC) No. 241, which aimed at developing a deeper fundamental understanding of the Mechanisms responsible for Cracking and Debonding (MCD) in asphalt concrete and composite (e.g., asphalt overlays placed on PCC or thin cement concrete overlay placed on asphalt layer) pavement systems. Over a five-year time period from 2011 to 2016, the activities of the TC241-MCD were led by William Buttlar (University of Missouri, USA) and Armelle Chabot (Ifsttar, France). This RILEM TC was organized within three task groups (TG): TG1 - Cracking in Asphalt Material; TG2 - Interface Debonding Behavior; and TG3 - Advanced Measurement Systems for Crack Characterization, led by Eshan V. Dave (University of New-Hampshire, USA), Christophe Petit (l'Universite de Limoges, France), and Gabriele Tebaldi (University of Parma, Italy, and University of Florida, USA), respectively.