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Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete (2014)
Journal Article
Hilal, A. A., Thom, N., & Dawson, A. (2014). Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.12.535

A study has been undertaken to investigate the pore structure characteristics, porosity and critical pore diameter of preformed foamed concrete with a density between 1300 and 1900 kg/m3, and its effect on the permeation characteristics, water absorp... Read More about Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete.

On entrained pore size distribution of foamed concrete (2014)
Journal Article
Hilal, A. A., Thom, N., & Dawson, A. (2015). On entrained pore size distribution of foamed concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.117

The pore structure of foamed concrete is a significant characteristic since it affects properties such as strength and durability. To investigate these properties, the determination of total air voids content is not sufficient as the shape, size and... Read More about On entrained pore size distribution of foamed concrete.

Macro/micro-pore structure characteristics and the chloride penetration of self-compacting concrete incorporating different types of filler and mineral admixture (2014)
Journal Article
Mohammed, M. K., Dawson, A., & Thom, N. (2014). Macro/micro-pore structure characteristics and the chloride penetration of self-compacting concrete incorporating different types of filler and mineral admixture. Construction and Building Materials, 72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.08.070

The relationship between the internal pore structure features at different scales and the local micro-characteristics of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) to the non-steady state chloride migration coefficient (Dnssm) is investigated for one norm... Read More about Macro/micro-pore structure characteristics and the chloride penetration of self-compacting concrete incorporating different types of filler and mineral admixture.

Energy Harvesting from Pavements (2014)
Book Chapter
Dawson, A., Mallick, R., Hernandez, A. G., & Dehdezi, P. K. (2014). Energy Harvesting from Pavements. In J. Gopalakrishnan, W. J. Steyn, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Climate change, energy, sustainability and pavements (481-517). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_18

Against a background of the immense solar radiation incident with available pavement surfaces, the opportunity for energy to be harvested from pavements is investigated. While the emphasis is on the harvesting of solar-derived heat energy, some atten... Read More about Energy Harvesting from Pavements.

Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes (2014)
Book Chapter
Dawson, A. (2014). Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes. In K. Gopalakrishnan, W. J. Steyn, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements (127-157). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_4

As climate changes, the performance of pavements can be expected to change too. More rainfall can be expected to lead to softer subgrades and less sup-port to the pavement structure with consequences for more rapid cracking and rut-ting. Even if the... Read More about Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes.

Climate change projections for variables affecting road networks in Europe (2014)
Journal Article
Makkonen, L., Ylhäisi, J. S., Törnqvist, J., Dawson, A., & Räisänen, J. (in press). Climate change projections for variables affecting road networks in Europe. Transportation Planning and Technology, 37(8), https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2014.959352

Global climate change will affect road networks during this century. The effects will be different in various parts of the world due to differences in local climate change and in the structure and properties of roads. In this paper, climate change pr... Read More about Climate change projections for variables affecting road networks in Europe.

Calculating rutting of some thin flexible pavements from repeated load triaxial test data (2014)
Journal Article
Qiao, Y., Dawson, A., Huvstig, A., & Korkiala-Tanttu, L. (2015). Calculating rutting of some thin flexible pavements from repeated load triaxial test data. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 16(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2014.943127

This paper describes parts of a Nordic pavement performance prediction model study (at the project level of the NordFoU project) where a material performance model, developed at VTT research centre in Finland, has been selected as a mean of calculati... Read More about Calculating rutting of some thin flexible pavements from repeated load triaxial test data.

The impact of climate change on the European road network (2014)
Journal Article
Fifer Bizjak, K., Dawson, A., Hoff, I., Makkonen, L., Ylhäisi, J. S., & Carrera, A. (2015). The impact of climate change on the European road network. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 167(5), https://doi.org/10.1680/tran.11.00072

Anticipated climate changes in Europe over the next 100 years were estimated using two different scenarios of carbon dioxide emissions and two computational approaches. The principal manifestations of climate change within the European region are pre... Read More about The impact of climate change on the European road network.

Influence of geocell reinforcement on uplift response of belled piles (2014)
Journal Article
Tafreshi, S. M., Javadi, S., & Dawson, A. (2014). Influence of geocell reinforcement on uplift response of belled piles. Acta Geotechnica, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0300-1

Piles are frequently used to transfer the heavy compressive loads to strong soil layers located in the depth of bed. In addition, such piles may be subjected to combination of repeated compressive and tensile loads due to earthquake, wind, etc. This... Read More about Influence of geocell reinforcement on uplift response of belled piles.

Repeated loading of soil containing granulated rubber and multiple geocell layers (2014)
Journal Article
Tafreshi, S. M., Khalaj, O., & Dawson, A. (2014). Repeated loading of soil containing granulated rubber and multiple geocell layers. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 42(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2013.12.003

Sandy soil/aggregate, such as might be required in a pavement foundation over a soft area, was treated by the addition of one or more geocell layers and granulated rubber. It was then subjected to cyclic loading by a 300 mm diameter plate simulative... Read More about Repeated loading of soil containing granulated rubber and multiple geocell layers.