Targett, Matthew (2024) Lifecycle Emissions of Different Pavement Types. [USQ Project]
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Abstract
This project is on the comparison of lifecycle pavement emissions from different pavement types and aims to produce options to help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) during the design phase of a road construction project. This study is broken down into three categories of roads: high traffic volume motorways, medium traffic volume regional highways and low traffic volume local roads.
The core objective of this research is to assess and compare the quantities of emissions produced by different pavement types when employed on high traffic volume motorways, medium traffic volume regional highways and low traffic volume local roads. Specifically, the research aims to:
1. Designing common pavements for the three different road categories across a range of traffic volumes. These categories are:
a. Motorways: Concrete vs Asphalt Pavements
b. Rural Highway: Asphalt vs Spray Sealed Granular Pavement
c. Local Roads: Spray Sealed Granular vs Unsealed Granular Pavements
2. Determining the required maintenance for each pavement type.
3. Quantify the lifetime GHG emissions associated with the various pavement materials and construction machinery.
4. Substitute regular pavement construction materials with sustainable alternatives, which include:
a. Geopolymer concrete
b. Bio-bitumen
c. Eco Asphalt
5. Identify the most environmentally sustainable pavement solutions for each road category.
This report includes a thorough review of available literature in the areas of road pavement design, construction materials, embodied emissions of materials and sustainable alternative materials used in road construction.
This project aims to identify major areas of potential emissions saving during the design phases of road construction projects without sacrificing pavement strength, design life or value for money.
Two case studies were also examined in this report and looked at and found that emissions could be reduced by up to 37% if more sustainable pavement designs were chosen.
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| Item Type: | USQ Project |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Engineering (1 Jan 2022 -) |
| Supervisors: | Ramakrishnan, Saya |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2026 04:41 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2026 04:41 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pavement emissions; greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); motorways; rural highways; local roads |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53167 |
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