Sensor-Equipped Infrastructure for Integrated Monitoring of Asphalt Pavements

The work presents the setup of a full-scale trial site to summarize a case study realised within the University of Palermo. A full-scale area has been designed and constructed to test, on a large scale, a pavement structure equipped with sensors for continuous and in real-time monitoring and of various, crucial parameters, i.e., deformation, temperature, and pressure, which are essential for road maintenance. This is particularly important when non-conventional materials are used, such as recycled materials in the bituminous layers and no long-term data are available, with regards to their in-situ performance. The goal of this research is to act as a proof of concept for a future proof type of sensor-equipped infrastructure to monitor the performance of the pavement, for collecting data useful for pavement distress prediction.