Research DIRECTIONS & Technical Software/Tools

Research direction(s), however not limited to:

Viscoelastic response of asphalt binder and mixes

Mechanics of Semi Flexible Pavement (SFP) based composite materials

Non-destructive methods for understanding pavement materials behavior

Thermodynamics of aggregate-asphalt interface

Development of sustainable pavement materials

Important technical software/tools

IITPAVE (for flexible pavement analysis)

IITRIGID (for rigid pavement analysis)

FEM based analysis for flexible and rigid pavement

For airport pavement design

For overlay thickness design

For plotting and statistical analysis

For programming, statistical, and plotting

For diagram and graphics based application