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A method and system for facilitating cost effective, reliable, system redundant, self-driving vehicles involves the employment of specialized lane marking components that permit unprecedented sensor feedback, and in particular, a system and method that enables accurate lane marking recognition despite adverse weather conditions, which presently pose problems experienced by self-driving systems that rely upon vision based camera systems.

The invention relates to bitumen or asphalt for producing a road topping, whereby said bitumen or asphalt contains a proportion of paraffin obtained by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FT paraffin). The invention also relates to a road topping with said bitumen and to a method for producing a corresponding road topping or roadway/covering using said bitumen.

The invention discloses a bridge heat fixed epoxy tar material and preparing method, which consists of A and B, wherein A part quality component is 60-76 modified tar with carboxy group or acid anhydride, grease group diacid, 11-25 dimer acid or alkyd resin, 10-25 fatty acid and 0.05-0.65 solidifying celeratist; B is epoxy resin; the quality rate of A and B is 2:1-8:1. The invention possesses high strength and good flexibility, which is fit for higher occasion.

A vertical group III-nitride light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light emitting device comprises: a conductive substrate; a p-type clad layer stacked on the conductive substrate; an active layer stacked on the p-type clad layer; an n-doped Al_xGa_yIn_1-x-yN layer stacked on the active layer; an undoped GaN layer stacked on the n-doped layer; and an n-electrode formed on the undoped GaN layer. The undoped GaN layer has a rough pattern formed on a top surface thereof.

The invention belongs to the field of road engineering, and particularly relates to a hyperviscous and high-elastic asphalt modifier applicable to steel bridge deck pavement. The asphalt modifier comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 3-10 parts of junked tire rubber powder, 3-10 parts of polyethylene wastes, 3-8 parts of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, 1-5 parts of styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, 1-5 parts of terpene resin, 5-10 parts of solvent naphtha, and 0.3-0.7 part of alcohol ether carboxylate adhesion agent. In addition, a modified asphalt and amodified asphalt mixture are prepared on the basis of the modifier, the 60 DEG C dynamic viscosity of the modified asphalt prepared by applying the modifier can reach more than 300000Pa.s, and the performance grading reaches PG 88-28; and the asphalt mixture has favorable water stability, higher dynamic modulus, higher track dynamic stability and low temperature failure strain, and can resist complicated mechanics and temperature environment of a steel bridge deck.

A control device for controlling the application of a material which is adapted to be applied to a subgrade by means of a road finisher, said road finisher comprising a tractor and a floating screed, which is attached by means of at least one drawarm to the tractor in such a way that said screed is arranged behind said tractor in the direction in which the road finisher is moving when in operation, a first end of said at least one drawarm being secured to the tractor by means of a vertically adjustable coupling device, and a second end of said at least one drawarm being rigidly secured to the floating screed, said control device comprising a device for detecting the height of a screed edge in relation to a reference height, said screed edge being the rear lower edge of the screed in the direction of movement. The control device further comprises a device for detecting the inclination of said at least one drawarm in relation to a reference plane. A device for controlling the height of the vertically adjustable coupling device controls the height of said vertically adjustable coupling device on the basis of the detected inclination and the detected height of the rear lower edge of the screed.

The invention provides a bituminous composition, a process for preparing a bituminous paving composition and process for bituminous paving having lower mixing, paving, and compaction temperatures than for conventional hot-mix paving while retaining sufficient performance characteristics of conventional hot-mix paving. The inventive paving process comprises the steps of injecting a foamable solution comprising a lubricating substance into a heated, asphalt binder to provide a heated, foamed mixture; adding the heated, foamed mixture to a suitable, heated aggregate; further mixing the heated, foamed mixture and heated aggregate to coat the heated aggregate with the heated, foamed, asphalt binder to form a heated paving material; supplying the heated paving material to a paving machine; applying the heated paving material by the paving machine to a surface to be paved; and compacting the applied paving material to form a paved surface.

A screed ski system includes a plurality of circlip saddles supported by corresponding stakes and a plurality of sections of screed ski tubing is snap-fit into the circlip saddles. After screeding of a first layer of aggregate or plastic material, the screed ski tubing and circlip saddles are removed as a unit. The spacers are optionally placed on the stakes, and the screed ski tubing and circlip saddles are placed as a unit on the spacers to facilitate screeding of a second layer of aggregate or plastic material over the first. Some of the screed ski tubing can be flexible to provide an arcuate screed ski.

The invention comprises a method of forming a slab on grade. The method comprises placing a first layer of insulating material horizontally on the ground and placing plastic concrete for a slab on grade on the first layer of insulating material. The plastic concrete is then formed into a desired shape having a top and sides. A second layer of insulating material is placed on the top of the plastic concrete and the first and second layers of insulating material are left in place until the concrete is at least partially cured. The second layer of insulating material is then removed. The product made by the method is also disclosed. A slab on grade is also disclosed.

A method for leakage detection of underground pipeline corridor based on dynamic infrared thermal image processing. The leakage can be detected by the following steps, including: converting infrared thermal videos into infrared thermal images; obtaining the gray scale information and temperature information of internal environment of the underground pipeline corridor. The gray scale information can realize the conventional target of pipe line state identification inside the pipeline corridor, and the temperature information can be used to detect the pipe leakage.

A composite membrane comprising a layer of rubberized asphalt having a heavy duty plastic film layer continuously bonded to one side and, optionally, a layer of nonwoven geotextile continuously bonded to the other side. The membrane can be used in vertical or horizontal applications, and is particularly useful for its stress-relief properties that resist crack formation and propagation in concrete walls and slabs in addition to serving as a barrier to moisture, toxic substances and insects. An appropriate composite membrane of the invention can be advantageously utilized in positive side, blindside, underslab or split slab applications. The thickness of the composite membrane preferably ranges from about 30 mils to about 150 mils.

A roadway structure comprising from top to bottom: a top layer, at least one rigid foundation layer having a high modulus of rigidity and supporting the top layer, the ground, or an untreated material or a damaged roadway, and in addition particularly having an under layer beneath and adhered to the foundation layer, which under layer has a thickness such that it constitutes a support with a smooth and flat surface for the foundation layer laid thereon.

The invention relates to warm mixed asphalt cement and a preparation method thereof. 100 percent of warm mixed asphalt cement comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 90.0-97.0 percent of asphalt cement, 2.0-8.0- percent of rheological modification agent and 0.5-5.0 percent of macromolecular polymer, wherein the rheological modification agent is formed by combining the following substances: (a) byproducts produced in a petroleum refining process, wherein the weight content of aromatics is 50-80 percent, and the kinematic viscosity at 100 DEG C is 20 mm<2>/s to 70 mm<2>/s; and (b) derivatives produced in petrochemical industry, coal chemical industry and forestry chemical industry; through the warm mixed asphalt cement, the high-temperature rutting resistance, low-temperature tensile strength and resistance to brittle fracture of the asphalt cement are improved while energy conservation and environmental protection are realized; the asphalt cement is mainly applied to construction and maintenance of various grades of highways and municipal roads, and is particularly suitable for cities, parks and tunnels with higher environmental protection requirements.

A roadway system and method for energy generation and distribution are presented. This system allows a geothermal infrastructure to be tied into the roadway system electricity grid. The geothermal infrastructure may include energy exchangers that are electrically connected to the roadway system electricity grid. By connecting the energy exchangers electrically to the roadway system electricity grid, the energy exchangers may be powered by solar and/or wind generating devices. In one embodiment of the invention, a roadway system for energy generation and distribution comprises a plurality of energy harnessing devices (e.g., solar and/or wind generating devices). The roadway system electricity grid is configured for mass distribution of electricity. The energy exchangers are configured to electrically connect to the roadway system electricity grid. Each of substantially all of the energy harnessing devices, is electrically connected to the roadway system electricity grid and positioned on part of one of the roads.

The invention discloses pervious concrete and a construction method thereof. The pervious concrete comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 13.1-15.9% of cement, 12.7-15.6% of river sand, 59.6-66.0% of stones, 3.7-3.9% of water and 4.5-5.0% of admixtures, wherein the admixtures comprise the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 45-50% of ultrafine mineral powder, 15-20% of heavy calcium carbonate, 15-20% of gypsum powder, 3-5% of polypropylene fiber, 5-10% of a polycarboxylate water reducing agent, 4.2-8.4% of adhesive powder and 2-5% of a pigment. The pervious concrete provided by the invention has relatively high water permeability, strength and durability; after the pervious concrete is applied to a practical engineering, the pervious concrete can greatly improve the problem of poor drainage of a hardened road surface, so that the development of the pervious concrete can be promoted.

A void former comprises a core assembly having at least two body members. The body members are removably coupled together to define the desired shape of a void to be formed in a concrete slab. After the void has been formed in the concrete slab, the body members may be selectively removed from the void.

The invention discloses a road asphalt concrete pavement material composition which is applicable to microwave absorption. Magnetic powder is added for replacing all or part of limestone mineral powder in the traditional asphalt concrete raw material; magnetic sand or silicon carbide sand is adopted for replacing all or part of natural aggregate in the traditional asphalt concrete raw material, wherein the weight of the magnetic powder accounts for 3-15% of the total weight of the composition; the weight of the magnetic sand or the silicon carbide sand accounts for 2-50% of the total weight of the composition; the weight of asphalt accounts for 5-10% of the total weight of the composition; the weight of the limestone mineral powder accounts for 0-5% of the total weight of the composition; and the weight of the natural aggregate accounts for 20-90% of the total weight of the composition, and the microwave-absorbing asphalt concrete pavement material composition is finally obtained. Compared with the traditional asphalt concrete, the microwave-absorbing asphalt concrete can improve the microwave heating rate by a plurality of times to dozens of times. The composition can greatly improve the microwave de-icing and snow-melting efficiency, and be extensively applied in a variety of asphalt concrete highway pavements, parking aprons of airports, factories, offices, schools, troops and other units for use.

Coatings and methods are provided. An embodiment of the coating includes microcapsules that contain at least one of a corrosion inhibitor, a film-forming compound, and an indicator. The microcapsules are dispersed in a coating vehicle. A shell of each microcapsule breaks down in the presence of an alkaline condition, resulting from corrosion.

Provided is a temperature-adjusted and modified recycled ASCON composition for reusing 100% of waste ASCON for road pavement, and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the composition is used in asphalt pavement as a material for the wearing course, surface course, binder course, and base course, and the method comprises: feeding 100 wt % of waste ASCON aggregate having up to a 53 mm particle size distribution into a mixer via a feeding inlet for new aggregate; adding 0.1 to 20 wt % of a recycling modifier and 0.1 to 20 wt % of a temperature-adjusting additive to the waste ASCON via the feeding via the inlet for new aggregate; and homogeneously mixing said materials at 5 to 180 DEG C for 0.5 to 3 minutes. The recycling modifier improves the physical properties of recycled ASCON, while the temperature-adjusting additive adjusts the temperatures for producing and constructing recycled ASCON. The present invention may provide economic, social and technological conveniences by improving the overall recycling technology of waste ASCON. The conveniences may be achieved by virtue of: cost-saving in production by using only waste ASCON without any new materials; saving waste disposal costs; preventing the destruction of nature to obtain aggregate; reducing the consumption of new asphalt; preventing environmental pollution through the reuse of waste products; preventing the early occurrence of plastic deformation and fatigue cracks due to improving the quality of the recycling modifier; economic benefits from the prolonged lifespan of road pavement; the possibility of being used as a material for the wearing course and surface course of major roadways; saving energy in the production and construction of recycled ASCON by adding the temperature-adjusting additive; and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A modified asphalt composition is provided comprising-at least one plastomer, at least one elastomer, at least one crosslinking agent and asphalt. More specifically, a modified asphalt composition is provided comprising an oxidized polyethylene, a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, sulfur, and asphalt. A hot mix asphalt composition is also provided comprising the modified asphalt composition and aggregate. Processes for producing the modified asphalt composition and the hot mix asphalt composition are also provided as well as articles produced from these inventive compositions.

The invention provides a modified biological asphalt material, a biological asphalt mixture, a preparation method thereof and applications. The modified biological asphalt material is prepared by a mixture of a biological asphalt compound, a modifying agent, a compatilizer and a stabilizing agent. The preparation method is simple and easy to practice, the pollution is low in a production process, and raw materials are simple and easy to obtain. The obtained modified biological asphalt material can be directly used as road asphalt for mixture production. The biological asphalt mixture and the preparation method thereof are provided, and the obtained biological asphalt mixture can be used for paving roads.

A method of operating a compactor machine includes moving the compacting machine within a work area and determining a compaction response disconformity exists between at least two regions of the work area. The method includes generating a compactor navigation signal responsive to the compaction response disconformity. A method of compacting a work area may include determining a work material compaction response associated with at least one region of the work area is aberrant, and maneuvering the compactor machine within the work area responsive to a signal associated with the aberrant compaction response. A system for compacting a work area includes a compactor machine and an electronic controller configured via a compactor maneuvering control algorithm to detect an aberrant work material compaction response in a region of the work area and responsively generate a compactor navigation signal.

A porous concrete road surface structure made from polymer modified cement and a construction method thereof are disclosed. The structure successively comprises a bottom layer, a bonding layer, a porous concrete layer and a surface treatment layer. The bonding layer is located on the bottom layer, and the porous concrete layer on the bonding layer is prepared through paving, leveling and jolting a composition mixed from broken stone, sand and a slurry mixture of polymer modified cement. The addition of polymer promotes bonding of granular materials with the slurry mixture tightly, the use of the bonding layer makes the road surface structure and the bottom layer form an integral body, and the road surface structure has high strength, good crack resistance, water resistance, ageing resistance and corrosion resistance; the use of an intermittent or single graded of particles results in large pores, makes the road surface water-penetrating, decreases noise and amount of the polymer; and, the surface treatment can improve markedly surface properties and its use according to the application can make the porous concrete layer has rigid or flexible characteristic. The porous concrete road surface can be paved, leveled and jolted by paving machine or manual labor.

Aircraft arresting beds constructed of cellular concrete at ends of runways may be subject to damaging effects of jet blast phenomena. Arresting units resistant to such effects are described. A block of compressible material, such as cellular concrete, provides compressive failure characteristics suitable for arresting travel of an aircraft overrunning a runway. Relatively thin frangible material positioned above the block provides a stronger, more damage resistant surface, while still readily fracturing in an arresting incident. Intermediate material, such as a foam layer, positioned under the frangible material may be included to provide a protective cushioning effect by mitigating transmission of external phenomena forces to the block. A fastening configuration at least partially enclosing other portions of the arresting unit provides a stable unified composite, without destroying desired compressive failure characteristics of the unit. Arresting units may also include a bottom layer of material stronger than the block of compressible material and a sealant coating with water resistant properties.

Bituminous asphalt binder materials which are modified by the addition of crumb rubber or ground tire rubber and a cross-linking agent are described. In addition, methods are provided for producing a modified asphalt binder containing crumb rubber or ground tire rubber and a cross-linking agent. The modified asphalt binders comprise neat asphalt, crumb rubber, one or more acids and a cross-linking agent. Optionally, the modified asphalt binder may include one or more polymer additives. The crumb rubber may be obtained from recycled truck and/or automobile tires. The addition of crumb rubber in asphalt binders can improve the consistency and properties of the asphalt binders at high and low temperatures. In particular, the modified asphalt binders of the present invention exhibit improved elastic behavior, resulting in improved performance of roads or other surfaces paved using the modified asphalt binder. Road resistance to permanent deformation, fatigue cracking and thermal cracking is improved by use of the modified asphalt binder.

A crushing power generator is capable of being installed below a road surface. The crushing power generator includes a hollow casing installed below a road surface and having an upward opening; a resetable pressing unit installed in the hollow casing and part of the resetable pressing unit protruded out of the hollow casing from the opening the hollow casing for receiving pressure from the road surface to descend into the hollow casing so as to generate a downward pressure; a generator unit received in the hollow casing; and a power converter received in the hollow casing and connected to the resetable pressing unit and the generator unit so as to convert the downward pressure from the resetable pressing unit into mechanic power to drive the power generator unit to generate power.

A paved road including a reinforcement sheet layer (1A) and a pavement layer (22), in which the reinforcement sheet layer (1A) includes an asphalt layer (2) laminated to at least one side of a reinforcement sheet (1) including a composite material that is impregnated with a thermoplastic resin to achieve a volume content of a continuous glass fiber, which is a reinforcement fiber, of not less than 30% and not moere than 85% is proved.

A modified asphalt composition is provided comprising at least one plastomer, at least one elastomer, and asphalt. More specifically, a modified asphalt composition is provided comprising an oxidized polyethylene, a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, and asphalt. A hot mix asphalt composition is also provided comprising the modified asphalt composition and aggregate. Processes for producing the modified asphalt composition and the hot mix asphalt composition is also provided as well as articles produced from these inventive compositions.

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for defining travel paths in parking areas. In one embodiment, travel paths in parking areas can be defined by connecting street networking connection points within the parking areas. In another embodiment, such defined travel paths can be merged with actual paths traveled by vehicles in the parking areas.

The invention relates to a semi-flexible heavy-duty pavement paving structure. The semi-flexible heavy-duty pavement paving structure comprises a surface layer having a thickness of 4-6cm and made of a high-viscosity modified asphalt mixture of SMA-13 or SMA-16, a middle surface layer having a thickness of 6-10cm and made of a high-modulus asphalt mixture of AC-EME14 or AC-EME20, a lower surface layer having a thickness of 10-12cm and made of a low-grade asphalt mixture of ATB-25 or ATB-30, and a semi-flexible base layer having a thickness of 6-12cm and made of skeleton solid cement-emulsified asphalt concrete; a high-viscosity modified asphalt bonding layer is arranged between the surface layer and the middle surface layer, between the middle surface layer and the lower surface layer and between the lower surface layer and the semi-flexible base layer, and the spreading quantity of the high-viscosity modified asphalt bonding layer per unit area is 0.6-0.8kg/m<2>; and an ES-2 modified emulsified asphalt slurry is arranged between the semi-flexible base layer and a bottom base layer, and has a suitable thickness of 6-10mm. The structure improves the rut resistance and the fatigue resistance of a pavement, and prolongs the service life of the pavement.