Call for papers: "Forensic Investigation of Highway and Airfield Pavements"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Forensic Engineering.

The quality and performance of highway and airfield pavements are vitally important for safe and efficient movement of people and goods. To ensure the risk of premature deterioration of pavements is minimised, forensic engineering has been applied to the examination of pavement failures. This special issue aims at providing an update to the state-of-the-art on forensic investigations of highway and airfield pavements. Original research and review articles are solicited in all aspects dealing with investigation of pavement materials, design, construction, analysis, performance, rehabilitation and management.

Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Asphalt binder and mixture characterisation, asphalt mix-design and HMA testing
• Moisture damage in asphaltic concrete materials
• Warm mix asphalt
• Reclaimed asphalt pavement
• Characterisation, modelling and field performance of concrete pavement
• Chemical, mechanical and bio stabilisation for pavement base and subgrade
• Airfield pavement analysis, performance and rehabilitation
• Non-destructive tests of pavement
• Accelerated testing of pavement materials and structures
• Pavement design, modelling, performance and management 

Important Dates

Deadline for submission: 5 May, 2014
Review results: 5 July, 2014
Deadline for revision: 5 September, 2014
Notification of final decision: 5 October, 2014