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BCRRA 2017 Tenth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

June 28-30 2017Athens, Greece


Andreas Loizos, Chair

BCRRA 2017 Athens, Greece


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Contents Background

Conference history / goals / topics / supporters Conference / chairs / advisory committee / scientific committee / reviewers

Conference Overview Preconference Workshops / Keynotes Lectures / Special Presentations /

Technical Sessions Proceedings

Paper Distribution Total Papers / oral / poster / geographic distribution / distribution per session

Program Overview Sessions & Chairs


Background Professor Rasmus S. Nordal during a sabbatical year in USA around 1980 conceived

the idea for the BCRRA conference. He started the work to put together international support and organized the first conference in Trondheim.

The conference was initially organized under the title “Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields – BCRA” – 1st conference in 1982

During the organization of the sixth BCRA conference in Lisbon, Portugal, the third component (Railways) was added to the overall scope of the conference

The acronym BCRRA was first adopted during the organization of the 8th conference in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

The current 10th BCRRA conference is jointly organized by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Delft University of Technology (TU DELFT)



Conference History2017 Athens, Greece 10th2013 Trondheim, Norway 9th

2009 Champaign, Illinois, USA 8th

2005 Trondheim, Norway 7th

2002 Lisbon, Portugal 6th

1998 Trondheim, Norway 5th

1994 Minnesota, USA 4th

1990 Trondheim, Norway 3rd

1986 Plymouth, United Kingdom 2nd

1982 Trondheim, Norway 1st

2009 & 1994

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GREECE - 2017

1982, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2013

10th BCRRA



Focus on

Roads, Railways and AirfieldsBCRRA 2017 Athens, Greece


Conference GoalsThe BCRRA 2017 Conference will cover aspects related to materials, laboratory testing,design, construction, maintenance and management systems of transportinfrastructure focusing on roads, railways and airfields.

Additional aspects that concern new materials and characterization, alternativerehabilitation techniques, technological advances as well as pavement and railwaytrack substructure sustainability will be included.



Overview / TopicsThe conference includes aspects of transportation infrastructure focusing on roads, railways and airfields.

Topics concentrate but are not limited to the following:

Policies on the bearing capacity of roads, railways Maintenance and preservation

Unbound aggregate materials and soil properties Reinforcement and rehabilitation design

Bound materials characteristics, mechanical properties Analysis of Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) data

Traffic loading Drainage and environmental effects

Field measurement techniques and analysis tools Climate change, energy and sustainability

Pavement field evaluation Full scale testing (ALF, HVS)

Correlation of laboratory and field testing results Emerging technologies

Monitoring and assessment of roads, railways and airfields structures Life cycle analysis

Geophysical methods for structural evaluation Non-standard pavements

Pavement surface condition and performance assessment Case histories of roads, railways and airfields



Brief conference overview Multiple Preconference Workshops Keynote Lectures + Invited Presentations >300 Paper presentations Special Technical Sessions (DaRTS meeting / EuroFWD UGM)



Scientific Supporters



International Advisory Committee (IAC)

Imad L. Al-Qadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAAlessandra Bianchini, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USADavid R. Brill, Federal Aviation Administration, USAAntonio Gomes Correia, University of Minho/DEC, PortugalDavid D. Davis, Association of American Railroads, USAAndrew Dawson, The University of Nottingham, United KingdomRolf Dollevoet, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsGuy Doré, Laval University, CanadaSigurdur Erlingsson, University of Iceland and Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute, Iceland and SwedenBrian Ferne, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), United KingdomRalph Fischer, Deutsche Bahn AG - DB Systemtechnik, GermanyRita Moura Fortes, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, BrasilGregers Hildebrand, COWI, DenmarkInge Hoff, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayBuddhima Indraratna, University of Wollongong, Australia

Geoff Jameson, ARRB Transport Research Ltd., Australia Elias Kassa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayPauli Kolisoja, Tampere University of Technology, FinlandJens Melsom, Norwegian National Rail Administration, NorwayHelge Mork, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayJean Michel Piau, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks, FranceTom Scarpas, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsRamesh Sinhal, Highways Agency, United KingdomTed Sussmann, University of Hartford/ Volpe Transportation Center, USASusana Svetlicic, DRI Investment Management, SloveniaMark Swanlund, Federal Highway Administration, USADariusz Sybilski, Road and Bridge Research Institute, PolandGabriele Tebaldi, University of Parma, ItalyErol Tutumluer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAXinglong Wang, Heilongjiang Institute of Highway and Transport Research, P.R. ChinaTomas Winnerholt, Swedish Transport Administration, SwedenBenjamin Worel, Minnesota Department of Transportation, USA

Leif Bakløkk (Chair), Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayAndreas Loizos (Co-chair), National Technical University of Athens, GreeceChristina Plati (Secretary), National Technical University of Athens, Greece



Scientific Committee (SC)Gordon Airey, The University of Nottingham, United KingdomJostein Aksnes, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwaySara Anastasio, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, NorwayGeorge Apostolopoulos, NTUA, GreeceJoralf Aurstad, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayJose Tadeu Balbo, University of Sao Paulo, BrazilHartmut Johannes Beckedahl, University of Wuppertal, GermanyAndrea Benedetto, Roma Tre University, ItalyGeir Berntsen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayAmit Bhasin, The University of Texas at Austin, USARonald Blab, Technische Universität Wien, AustriaFrancesco Canestrari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, ItalySilvia Caro, Universidad de Ios Andes, ColombiaArmelle Chabot, IFSTTAR, FranceAthanasios Chassiakos, University of Patras, GreeceKarim Chatti, Michigan State University, USAChassan Chehab, American University of Beirut, LebanonAndrew Collop, De Montfort University, United KingdomJo Daniel, University of New Hampshire, USAEshan Dave, University of New Hampshire, USAHerve Di Benedetto, University of Lyon, ENTPE, FranceNikos Economou, Technical University of Crete, GreeceNikolaos Eliou, University of Thessaly, GreeceSandra Erkens, TU Delft, NetherlandsMarit Fladvad, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwaySimona Fontul, Na. Laboratory for Civil Engineering, LNEC, PortugalJeffrey S. Gagnon, Airport Pavement R & D Section, USANavneet Garg, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), USAKenneth Gavin, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsKonstantina Georgouli, National Technical University of Athens, GreeceKonstantinos Giannakos, Railways R.C., GreeceDimitris Goulias, University of Maryland, USAElie Hajj, University of Nevada Reno, USAKevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas, USAMeor Othman Hamzah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MalaysiaJohn Harvey, University of California, USAJake Hiller, Michigan Technological University, USAPierre Hornych, LUNAM Université, IFSTTAR, FranceIvar Horvli, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayWei-Hsing Huang, National Central University, TaiwanTatsuya Ishikawa, Hokkaido University, Japan

Kim Jenkins, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaTorbjørn Jørgensen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayKamil Elias Kaloush, Arizona State University, USAMalal Kane, LUNAM Université, IFSTTAR, FranceLev Khazanovich, University of Minnesota, USAAlexandros Kokkalis, Democretus University of Thace, GreeceNiki Kringos, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenMurali J. Krishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IndiaEmin Kutay, Michigan State University, USAElena Kuznetsova, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Sabine Leischner, Technische Universität Dresden, GermanyZhen Leng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ChinaBjørn Ove Lerfald, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayEyal Levenberg, Technical University of Denmark, DenmarkJianming Ling, Tongji University, ChinaDallas Little, Texas A&M University, USALuis Guillermo Loria-Salazar, University of Costa Rica, Costa RicaMassimo Losa, University of Pisa, ItalyNikos Malakatas, KEDE, GreeceGülay Malkoç, ASMUD, TurkeyRajib Mallick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USAEvangelos Manthos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceAlessandro Marradi, University of Pisa, ItalyEyad Masad, Texas A&M University at Qatar, QatarLillian Uthus Mathisen, Veidekke AS, NorwayGeorge Mintsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceGoran Mladenovic, University of Belgrade, SerbiaAnastatios Mouratidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceRoar Nålsund, The Norwegian National Rail Administration, NorwaySoheil Nazarian, University of Texas at El Paso, USAAthanassios Nikolaides, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceMarkus Oeser, RWTH Aachen University, GermanyDavid P. Orr, Cornell University, USAHasan Ozer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAJorge Carvalho Pais, University of Minho, PortugalTom Papagiannakis, University of Texas San Antonio, USAManfred Partl, EMPA, SwitzerlandMarco Pasetto, University of Padova, ItalyChristophe Petit, Université de Limoges, France

Andrei Petriaev, Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, RussiaFilippo Pratico, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, ItalyChristiane Raab, EMPA, SwitzerlandJeffery Roesler, University of Illinois, USARabbira Garba Saba, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayMofreh Saleh, University of Canterbury, New ZealandEzio Santagata, Politecnico di Torino, ItalyCharles Schwartz, University of Maryland, USAMohamed Shahin, Curtin University, AustraliaKjell Arne Skoglund, Sintef, NorwayBrynhild Snilsberg, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayKonstantinos Spiliopoulos, NTUA, GreeceWynand JvdM Steyn, University of Pretoria, South AfricaEven Sund, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayNader Tabatabaee, Sharif University of Technology, IranEphrem Taddesse, University of Agder, NorwaySerdal Terzi, Suleyman Demirel University, TurkeyCarl Thodesen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwaySusan Tighe, University of Waterloo, CanadaDavid Timm, Auburn University, USAFabio Tosti, University of West London, United KingdomYiannis Tsompanakis, Technical University of Crete, GreeceWaheed Uddin, University of Mississippi, USANils Sigurd Uthus, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NorwayCarl Van Geem, Belgian Road Research Centre, BelgiumJulie Marie Vandenbossche, University of Pittsburg, USAChrist Van Gurp, KOAC-NPC, The NetherlandsKonstantinos Vogiatzis, University of Thessaly, GreeceHainian Wang, Chang'an University, ChinaKelvin Wang, Oklahoma State University, USALinbing Wang, , Virginia Tech, USAYuhong Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ChinaGreg White, University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaMichael Wistuba, TU Braunschweig, GermanyPyeong Jun Yoo, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, S. KoreaZhanping You, Michigan Technological University, USAAdam Zofka, Road and Bridge Research Institute, Poland



Scientific Reviewers A Special thanks to the scientific reviewers for their invaluable assistance reviewing

the papers.

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Preconference WorkshopsMorning workshops: 9.00-13.00 (Tuesday 27 June 2017)

Afternoon workshops: 14.00- 18.00 (Tuesday 27 June 2017)

TOPIC: Introducing FAARFIELD 1.41: Latest Updates to FAA Airport Pavement Design ProceduresCoordinated by Dr. David R. Brill

TOPIC: Modelling and Testing of the Vehicle-Tire-Pavement SystemCoordinated by Prof. Markus Oeser, Prof. Frohmut Wellner and Prof. Michael Kaliske

TOPIC: Railway Track Settlements: Innovations in Monitoring and MaintenanceCoordinated by Prof. Rolf Dollevoet

TOPIC: Cold Regions Engineering: Challenges and OpportunitiesCoordinated by Dr. Elena Kuznetsova and Prof. Guy Dore



Preconference Workshops

Morning Workshops BCRRA 2017 Athens, Greece


Preconference Workshops

Afternoon Workshops BCRRA 2017 Athens, Greece


Program Overview



Keynotes Lectures

“Recent Innovations in Airfield Pavement Design and Materials”

Thursday 29 June 2017 08:30 – 09:30

“Imposed vs. chosen change: A vision for the future of the pavement enterprise”Wednesday 28 June 2017 09:45 – 10:45

“Novel monitoring techniques for preventive maintenance of railway tracks”Friday 30 June 2017 09:00 – 10:00BCRRA 2017 Athens, Greece


Special PresentationsTheme lecture: “Toll Road PPP’s. A tool for innovation promoting cost efficiency through high quality pavements”By: Bill M. Halkias, P.E., F.ASCE, F.ITE, President, Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network (HELLASTRON)Wednesday 28 June 2017 9:30 – 9:45

Special theme lecture: A deep-learning based fully automated cracking detection with pixel-accuracyBy: K.C.P. Wang, Professor at Oklahoma State UniversityThursday 29 June 2017 15:25 – 15:45

Theme lecture: “Developing Airport Business: The key role of pavements in airfield investments”By: Dimitrios J. Dimitriou, Chairman of Athens Airport, Assistant Professor at DUTHFriday 29 June 2017 08:45 – 09:00



Special Technical Sessions

Friday 30 June (12:20-17:15)Room PELLA

Friday 30 June (12:20-17:15)Room PELLA



Proceedings Proceedings in electronic format Booklet with abstracts Indexed in EI and Scopus The compendium of papers will be

submitted for an SCI number

Credit card USB drive on last page of Abstract booklet contains full papers



Paper Distribution > 500 Submitted Abstracts > 380 Submitted papers for review 306 Accepted papers after peer review (*included in proceedings)

209 papers for oral presentation 97 papers for poster presentation

Papers from over 40 countries Top contributor countries

United States (56) / United Kingdom (24) / Greece (21) / France (18) / China (18)



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Conference Sessions & ChairsSESSION TOPICSSubgrade soils (Sabine Leischner)

Recycled materials and techniques (2)(Massimo Losa & Dariusz Sybilski)

Unbound granular materials (Sigurdur Erlingsson)

Performance modeling (2)(Francesco Canestrari & Emin Kutay)

Asphalt mixes (2)(Sandra Erkens & Eyad Masad)

Mechanics of layers interfaces(Herve Di Benedetto)

Performance of asphalt mixes with additives (2)(Gordon Airey & Silvia Caro)

Geophysical assessment (Andrei Petriaev & Christina Plati)

Effect of traffic loading(Athanassios Nikolaides)

Airfield pavements structures (3)(David Brill, Elie Hajj & Greg White)

Structural design methods (Michael Wistuba)

Railway track structures (3)(Simona Fontul, Rita Moura Fortes , Tatsuya Ishikawa, & Pauli Kolisoja)



Conference Sessions & ChairsSESSION TOPICSIn-situ measurements techniques and monitoring (2)(Jorge Carvalho Pais & Erol Tutumluer)

Environmental challenges (2)(Andrew Dawson & Guy Dore)

Backcalculation analyses of deflection measurements (Karim Chatti)

Life cycle assessment and sustainability(Athanasios Chassiakos)

Structural evaluation (Lev Khazanovich)

Full-scale testing(Andrea Benedetto)

Pavement serviceability condition (2)(Markus Oeser & Filippo Pratico)

Case histories(Pierre Hornych)

Rehabilitation and maintenance issues(Dimitris Goulias)

Permanent deformability characteristics of geomaterials and unbound materials(Tom Papagiannakis)

Stabilization and reinforcement (3)(Chassan Chebab, Anastasios Mouratidis & Soheil Nazarian)

Special technical sessions (2017 DaRTS meeting / 8th EuroFWD UGM) (3)(Carl Van Geem, Gulay Malkoc & Adam Zofka)



A Special thanks to:The local organizing committee

Brad Cliatt, National Technical University of Athens, GreecePanos Georgiou, National Technical University of Athens, GreeceKonstantina Georgouli, National Technical University of Athens, GreeceKonstantinos Gkyrtis, National Technical University of Athens, GreeceChristina Plati, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

& the Conference Secretariat (responsible for registration, accommodation and venue matters)Triaena Tours & Congress. (http://www.triaenatours.gr)

Lanyard ColorsWhite = Conference ChairsRed = Keynote SpeakersOrange= Session ChairsBlue = ParticipantsGrey = Volunteer



Conference Sponsors



Conference Exhibitors

EDAFOS ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS S.A.



WELCOME TO GREECE

& Welcome to Athens…….

One day post conference tours to 1)Argolis and 2) a Three Island Cruise - AthensAccompanying person tour to Acropolis Museum and the Plaka area



On behalf of the Organizing Committee

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful stay in Athens

and a productive and memorable BCRRA

2017.



A special thanks to the Co-ChairsProfessor Andreas Loizos National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Professor Imad Al-QadiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Professor A.(Tom) ScarpasDelft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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