Objectives

Reduce pavement temperature to prevent

urban heat island effect.

Decrease night time heat release from

asphalt pavement to the surrounding.
Methodology

Test specimens

Pavement structure diagram

Methodology
The upper boundary conditions of the pavement are shown in Table 1, from the
calculation equations of solar radiation (Eq. (1)) and air temperature (Eq. (2)).

where q0 = maximum radiation in a day (J/m2), q0 = 0.131mQ,m = 12/c; Q = total amount of solar
radiation (J/m2),Q = 20.1 × 106 J/m2; c = effective number of hours of solar radiation (h), c = 10 h;
ω = angular frequency (rad), ω = 2π/24 rad.

where T1= daily mean air temperature (◦C), T1= (Tmax+ Tmin)/2; T2 = daily air temperature amplitude
(◦C), T2 = (Tmax− Tmin)/2; t0= initial phase (h), t0= 9 h; ω = angular frequency (rad), ω = 2π/24 rad.
 Determination of the type of powder to be 1
added in top layer

2 Determination of the powder dosage in

middle layerIn

3
Determination of the powder dosage in
bottom layer
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Pavement temperature measurement 7
Field temperature
Field temperature
Field temperature
Numeral simulation and field test have confirmed that the designed
structure modified by adding 15%(top) + 10%(middle) + 0%(bottom)
dosages of floating beads, could significantly reduce the
temperature of asphalt pavements.