Highway Engineering
The Highway Engineering research group conducts research and development on bearing capacity and deterioration of porous pavements, material characteristics of frictional materials, analytical pavement design, and management and maintenance of roads.
Contact: Monica Berntman, Ebrahim Parhamifar
Ongoing projects
Permanent deformations in asphalt concrete
The project aims at studying permanent deformation by extensive literature studies and analysis of an accelerated loading test using Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS). Further, the work aims at evaluating a number of models predicting permanent deformation in asphalt concrete.
Co-workers: Monica Berntman (LTH), Erik Oscarsson (LTH/Skanska), Safwat Said (VTI), Richard Nilsson (Skanska)
Financier: The Swedish National Road Administration, SBUF
Time: 2004-2009
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Last updated: 2009-03-23