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Gordon Airey

Professor of Pavement Engineering Materials, and Director of the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Gordon Airey is the head of the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre research group.

Transportation Infrastructure Engineering MSc: Sustainable Highways / Sustainable Railways

Expertise Summary

Gordon's general research interests are in the areas of rheological characterisation of bitumen and asphalt mixtures, including polymer modified bitumens (PMBs) and crumb rubber modified (CRM) binders and mixtures; durability assessment (ageing and moisture susceptibility) of asphalt materials; micro-structural and mechanical property characterisation of asphalt mixture using 2D image analysis techniques and mechanical property tests including stiffness modulus, fatigue and permanent deformation resistance; the influence of compaction methods on the micro-structural and mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures; the influence of filler type and concentration on mechanical performance of asphalt mixtures and bitumen-filler mastics; constitutive modelling of asphalt mixture performance; and the measurement and assessment of interlayer bond between asphalt mixture pavement layers and materials. Gordon's interests are currently expanding to include physico-chemical analysis of bituminous materials in collaboration with chemists and chemical engineers.

Research Summary

An EPSRC-funded project 'The Influence of Laboratory Compaction Methods on the Performance of Asphalt Mixtures' investigating the effect of different compaction methods on the micro-structural and… read more

Selected Publications

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