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Architected cellular particles to mitigate asphalt stone loss (2022)
Journal Article
Traseira Piñeiro, L., Parry, T., Haughey, F., & Garcia-Hernández, A. (2022). Architected cellular particles to mitigate asphalt stone loss. Construction and Building Materials, 328, Article 127056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127056

This paper aims to quantify stone loss mitigation due to the action of architected cellular particles that can absorb impact energy. The architected cellular particles presented in this paper are additives for asphalt that have been designed to absor... Read More about Architected cellular particles to mitigate asphalt stone loss.

Comparative life cycle assessment of electric bikes for commuting in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Jiang, L., Chen, H., Dave, K., & Parry, T. (2022). Comparative life cycle assessment of electric bikes for commuting in the UK. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 105, Article 103213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103213

Electric bikes (e-bikes) represent an increasing share of urban mobility due to their small sizes and clean fuels. This study developed an environmental life cycle assessment model to evaluate e-bikes powered by lithium-ion battery, compared with a p... Read More about Comparative life cycle assessment of electric bikes for commuting in the UK.

European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Mantalovas, K., Mino, G. D., Jimenez, A., Carrion, D. B., Keijzer, E., Kalman, B., …Lo Presti, D. (2020). European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches. Sustainability, 12(17), Article 7160. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177160

The pavement engineering industry, having realized the significance of the impacts that it imposes on the environment through the production, construction and management of its products and assets, has been driven towards a more sustainable and circu... Read More about European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches.

Pavement life cycle management: Towards a sustainability assessment framework in Europe (2020)
Book Chapter
Jiménez del Barco Carrión, A., Parry, T., Keijzer, E., Kalman, B., Mantalovas, K., Butt, A. A., …Lo Presti, D. (2020). Pavement life cycle management: Towards a sustainability assessment framework in Europe. In Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 (LCA 2020, Sacramento, CA, 3-6 June 2020) (142-152). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003092278-15

Pavement Life Cycle Management is a 2-year international project aiming at supporting European National Road Authorities (NRAs) to introduce sustainability in their practices by providing training on Life Cycle techniques and a user-... Read More about Pavement life cycle management: Towards a sustainability assessment framework in Europe.

Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications (2020)
Journal Article
Qiao, Y., Dawson, A. R., Parry, T., Flintsch, G., & Wang, W. (2020). Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications. Sustainability, 12(3), 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031057

© 2020 by the authors. Flexible pavements and climate are interactive. Pavements are climate sensitive infrastructure, where climate can impact their deterioration rate, subsequent maintenance, and life-cycle costs. Meanwhile, climate mitigation meas... Read More about Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures (2020)
Journal Article
Mohammed, M., Parry, T., Thom, N., & Grenfell, J. (2020). Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures. Construction and Building Materials, 240, Article 117932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117932

Conventional asphalt mixtures can perform satisfactorily in most flexible pavement and airfield applications. However, during recent years the trend has been towards traffic growth, severe climate conditions, and heavier loads. This allied to durabil... Read More about Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures.

Life Cycle Costs Analysis of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Under Future Climate (2019)
Journal Article
Qiao, Y., Dave, E., Parry, T., Valle, O., Mi, L., Ni, G., …Zhu, Y. (2019). Life Cycle Costs Analysis of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Under Future Climate. Sustainability, 11(19), Article 5414. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195414

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has received wide application in asphalt pavement construction and maintenance and it has shown cost-effectiveness over virgin hot mix asphalt (HMA). HMA with a high content of reclaimed asphalt (RA) (e.g., 40%) is so... Read More about Life Cycle Costs Analysis of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Under Future Climate.

Life cycle cost of flexible pavements and climate variability: case studies from Virginia (2019)
Journal Article
Qiao, Y., Dawson, A., Parry, T., & Flintsch, G. (2019). Life cycle cost of flexible pavements and climate variability: case studies from Virginia. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 15(12), 1665-1679. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2019.1642364

Climate factors have not become a typical metric to consider for pavement life cycle cost analysis (LCCA). Changes in climate may affect pavement rutting, roughness, and cracking and lead to consequent changes in maintenance decision-making and life... Read More about Life cycle cost of flexible pavements and climate variability: case studies from Virginia.

Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study (2018)
Journal Article
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Buckland, T., Benbow, E., & Mesgarpour, M. (2019). Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 67, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.11.001

This paper presents an assessment of the accuracy of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model calibrated for the United Kingdom and evaluates the need for further calibration of the model. The study focuses on HGVs and compares estimates made by HDM-4 to mea... Read More about Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study.

Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Buckland, T., Benbow, E., & Viner, H. (2018). Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly used to evaluate the impact of all lifecycle phases of road pavements on the environment. From the late ‘90s, this technique has continuously evolved and improved, however, there are still limitations and u... Read More about Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA.

A machine learning approach for the estimation of fuel consumption related to road pavement rolling resistance for large fleets of trucks (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., & Mesgarpour, M. (2018). A machine learning approach for the estimation of fuel consumption related to road pavement rolling resistance for large fleets of trucks.

There remains a level of uncertainty concerning the methodological assumptions and parameters to consider in the estimation of road vehicle fuel consumption due to the condition of road pavements. In fact, recent studies highlighted how existing mode... Read More about A machine learning approach for the estimation of fuel consumption related to road pavement rolling resistance for large fleets of trucks.

Investigation into the bond strength of bitumen-fibre mastic (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, M., Parry, T., Thom, N., & Grenfell, J. (2018). Investigation into the bond strength of bitumen-fibre mastic. Construction and Building Materials, 190, 382-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.084

The loss of bond strength in road pavement surfacing due to high traffic loads or moisture is a recurring problem, creating distresses such as ravelling, fatigue and rutting. It is, therefore, important to find a way to prevent or at least delay the... Read More about Investigation into the bond strength of bitumen-fibre mastic.

A big data approach for investigating the performance of road infrastructure (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Mesgarpour, M., Benbow, E., & Viner, H. (2018). A big data approach for investigating the performance of road infrastructure. In n/a

“Using truck sensors for road pavement performance investigation” is a research project within TRUSS, an innovative training network funded from the EU under the Horizon 2020 programme. The project aims at assessing the impact of the condition of the... Read More about A big data approach for investigating the performance of road infrastructure.

Analysing truck harsh braking incidents to study roundabout accident risk (2018)
Journal Article
Kamla, J., Parry, T., & Dawson, A. (2019). Analysing truck harsh braking incidents to study roundabout accident risk. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 122, 365-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.04.031

In order to reduce accident risk, highway authorities prioritise maintenance budgets partly based upon previous accident history. However, as accident rates have continued to fall, this approach has become problematic as accident ‘black spots’ have b... Read More about Analysing truck harsh braking incidents to study roundabout accident risk.

Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, M., Parry, T., & Grenfell, J. R. (2018). Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder. Construction and Building Materials, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.146

Many studies have been made to examine different ways to modify bitumen and asphalt mixtures in response to increasing performance requirements. One of these is the use of additive materials and in this study, the potential of cellulose and glass fib... Read More about Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder.

Application of machine learning for fuel consumption modelling of trucks (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., & Neves, L. C. (2017). Application of machine learning for fuel consumption modelling of trucks.

This paper presents the application of three Machine Learning techniques to fuel consumption modelling of articulated trucks for a large dataset. In particular, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) mod... Read More about Application of machine learning for fuel consumption modelling of trucks.

Multiscale Shannon’s entropy modelling of orientation and distance in steel fiber Micro-Tomography data (2017)
Journal Article
Chiverton, J. P., Ige, O., Barnett, S. J., & Parry, T. (2017). Multiscale Shannon’s entropy modelling of orientation and distance in steel fiber Micro-Tomography data. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 26(11), 5284-5297. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2017.2722234

This work is concerned with the modelling and analysis of the orientation and distance between steel fibers in X-ray Micro-Tomography (XCT) data. The advantage of combining both orientation and separation in a model is that it helps provide a detaile... Read More about Multiscale Shannon’s entropy modelling of orientation and distance in steel fiber Micro-Tomography data.

Using truck sensors for road pavement performance investigation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., & Neves, L. C. (2017). Using truck sensors for road pavement performance investigation.

Considering data from 260 articulated trucks, with ~12900 cc Euro 6 engines driving along a motorway in England (M18), the study first shows how different approaches lead to the conclusion that road pavement surface conditions influence fuel consumpt... Read More about Using truck sensors for road pavement performance investigation.

Route level analysis of road pavement surface condition and truck fleet fuel consumption (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Trupia, L., Parry, T., & Neves, L. C. (2017). Route level analysis of road pavement surface condition and truck fleet fuel consumption.

Experimental studies have estimated the impact of road surface conditions on vehicle fuel consumption to be up to 5% (Beuving et al., 2004). Similar results have been published by Zaabar and Chatti (2010). However, this was established testing a limi... Read More about Route level analysis of road pavement surface condition and truck fleet fuel consumption.

A big data approach to assess the influence of road pavement condition on truck fleet fuel consumption (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., & Neves, L. C. (2017). A big data approach to assess the influence of road pavement condition on truck fleet fuel consumption.

In Europe, the road network is the most extensive and valuable infrastructure asset. In England, for example, its value has been estimated at around £344 billion and every year the government spends approximately £4 billion on highway maintenance (Ho... Read More about A big data approach to assess the influence of road pavement condition on truck fleet fuel consumption.