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Investigating the effects of SMA 8G+ mix to ambient weather conditions
Kalim, F. (2024) Investigating the effects of SMA 8G+ mix to ambient weather conditions.
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| Abstract: | The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomena where urban areas experience warmer temperatures relative to their rural counterparts due to its built environment. The effect increases the energy demand for cooling, and with the expanding urban areas, cities will experience warmer temperatures from more emissions created by the increasing energy use for cooling. As such, methods such as reflective coating and cool pavements (Kappou et al. 2022; Faragallah & Ragheb 2022) have been deployed as methods to cope with the UHI effect. An innovation by a Dutch construction company is using light colored aggregates in the asphalt mix, known as the SMA 8G+ for a road maintenance in Bosweg, Enschede. The research highlights how vegetation play in affecting the temperature of an urban area through a data collection, while displaying the contribution of the asphalt mix through a simulation model. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering BSc (56952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/103856 |
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