Structural Optimization of Steel—Epoxy Asphalt Pavement Based on Orthogonal Design and GA—BP Algorithm

Advanced methodology for optimization of mixture design of asphalt concrete containing reclaimed asphalt pavement material

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Parameters Optimization for Piezoelectric Harvesting Energy from Pavement Based on Taguchi’s Orthogonal Experiment Design

To effectively harvest vibration energy from pavement without affecting driving comfort and safety, parameter optimization was done with the orthogonal experiment design and the finite element analysis. L16(44) Taguchi’s orthogonal experiments were carried out with planted depth, PZT material, PZT diameter and thickness as optimization parameters and with open voltage and pavement displacement ...

Laboratory Evaluation and Pavement Design for Warm Mix Asphalt

For many years, the asphalt industry has been aware of the energy savings and environmental benefits inherent in cold mix or warm mix asphalt technologies. Environmental awareness and the need for improved energy efficiency has increased rapidly over the past few years and extensive measures such as the air pollution reduction targets set by the European Union under the Kyoto Protocol have enco...

An orthogonal design based constrained evolutionary optimization algorithm

Solving constrained optimization problems (COPs) via evolutionary algorithms (EAs) has attracted much attention. In this article, an orthogonal design based constrained optimization evolutionary algorithm (ODCOEA) to tackle COPs is proposed. In principle, ODCOEA belongs to a class of steady state evolutionary algorithms. In the evolutionary process, several individuals are chosen from the popul...

Evaluation of Asphalt Pavement Interface