Assembly connection joint strengthening approach using geosynthetics for future sustainable prefabricated bridge deck asphalt pavement

Gang Liu; Zhendong Qian; Leilei Chen; Jun Wan; Guoyang Lu; Wisal Ahmed; Shiu Tong Thomas Ng

doi:10.1016/j.trgeo.2025.101548

Assembly connection joint strengthening approach using geosynthetics for future sustainable prefabricated bridge deck asphalt pavement

Gang Liu, Zhendong Qian^*, Leilei Chen, Jun Wan, Guoyang Lu, Wisal Ahmed^*, Shiu Tong Thomas Ng

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Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

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To further improve the quality of bridge deck asphalt pavement (BDAP) and advance the level of bridge industrialization, a future sustainable prefabricated BDAP structure system is developed and its corresponding joint strengthening approach using the geosynthetics non-woven geotextile fabric (NWGF) is proposed for its assembly connection. Moreover, direct three-point bending and bending fatigue tests are conducted to evaluate the joint interface crack resistance performance, and the direct shear and pullout tests are implemented to assess interlayer bonding performance of the structure system after utilizing NWGF. Results show that the use of NWGF could effectively delay the joint interface cracking of prefabricated BDAP, significantly enhance the fatigue cracking life of the composite structure, and also be beneficial to improving the fracture toughness of the interlayer bonding. This research provides the joint scheme for assembly connection and corresponding joint strengthening approach, which promises the application of future sustainable prefabricated BDAP. © 2025 Elsevier Ltd.

Original language	English
Article number	101548
Journal	Transportation Geotechnics
Volume	52
Online published	16 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2025.101548
Publication status	Published - May 2025

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The authors gratefully appreciate the funding support for this research from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52178419), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 3250242401C3) & Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (No. 15221921).

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Assembly connection
Bridge deck asphalt pavement
Geosynthetics
Joint strengthening approach
Prefabricated

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Assembly connection joint strengthening approach using geosynthetics for future sustainable prefabricated bridge deck asphalt pavement

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