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Boada-Parra, GustavoCorresponding AuthorGulisano, FedericoAuthorApaza-Apaza, FreddyAuthorJurado-Pina, RafaelAuthorGallego, JuanAuthor

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August 14, 2025
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From Conventional to Electrified Pavements: A Structural Modeling Approach for Spanish Roads

Publicated to: Coatings. 15 (7): 801- - 2025-07-09 15(7), DOI: 10.3390/coatings15070801

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Boada-Parra, Gustavo; Romero, Ronny; Gulisano, Federico; Apaza-Apaza, Freddy; Cubilla, Damaris; Serpi, Andrea; Jurado-Pina, Rafael; Gallego, Juan
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Affiliations

Univ Cagliari, Dept Civil Environm Engn & Architecture, I-09123 Cagliari, Italy - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Transporte Terr & Urbanismo, C Prof Aranguren 3, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ San Francisco Quito, Coll Sci & Engn, Diego Robles & Via Interocean, Quito 170901, Ecuador - Author
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Abstract

The accelerated growth of the transport sector has increased oil consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, intensifying global environmental challenges. The electrification of transportation has emerged as a key strategy to achieve sustainability targets, with electric vehicles (EVs) expected to account for 50% of global car sales by 2035. However, widespread adoption requires smart infrastructure capable of enabling dynamic in-motion charging. In this context, Electric Road Systems (ERSs), particularly those based on Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technologies, offer a promising solution by transferring energy between road-embedded transmitters and vehicle-mounted receivers. This study assesses the structural response and service life of conventional and electrified asphalt pavement sections representative of the Spanish road network. Several standard pavement configurations were analyzed under heavy traffic (dual axles, 13 tons) using a hybrid approach combining mechanistic-empirical multilayer modeling and three-dimensional Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations. The electrified designs integrate prefabricated charging units (CUs) placed at a 9 cm depth, disrupting the structural continuity of the pavement. The results reveal stress concentrations at the CU-asphalt interface and service life reductions of up to 50% in semiflexible pavements. Semirigid sections performed better, with average reductions close to 40%. These findings are based on numerical simulations of standard Spanish sections and do not include experimental validation.
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Keywords

AsphaltAsphalt pavementsCharging (batteries)Charging unit integratioCharging unit integrationElectric road systemElectric road systems (erss)Electric utilitiesElement methodEnergy transferFinite element methodFinite element method (fem)Greenhouse gasesLife assessmentMotor transportationPavement structural performancePetroleum transportationPower transfersRadioRoad systemsService lifeService life assessmentStructural performanceTraffic controlWireless powerWireless power transferWireless power transfer (wpt)

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Coatings due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 87/187, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Physics, Applied. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/95542/

    As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Ecuador; Italy.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BOADA PARRA, LUIS GUSTAVO) and Last Author (GALLEGO MEDINA, JUAN).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BOADA PARRA, LUIS GUSTAVO.

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    Project objectives

    La aportación persigue los siguientes objetivos: analizar la respuesta estructural de pavimentos convencionales y electrificados representativos de la red vial española; evaluar la vida útil de diferentes configuraciones de pavimento bajo tráfico pesado mediante modelado mecanicista-empírico y simulaciones FEM tridimensionales; determinar el impacto de la integración de unidades de carga prefabricadas a 9 cm de profundidad sobre la continuidad estructural del pavimento; caracterizar las concentraciones de esfuerzo en la interfaz entre las unidades de carga y el asfalto; comparar el desempeño y la reducción de vida útil en pavimentos semiflexibles y semirrígidos; y proporcionar una base numérica para el diseño de infraestructuras inteligentes para sistemas de carga dinámica en movimiento.
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    Most relevant results

    El estudio presenta un análisis estructural comparativo entre pavimentos convencionales y electrificados en carreteras españolas. Los resultados más relevantes son: (1) la integración de unidades de carga prefabricadas a 9 cm de profundidad genera concentraciones de esfuerzo en la interfaz CU-asfalto; (2) los pavimentos semiflexibles experimentan una reducción de vida útil de hasta un 50%; (3) las secciones semirrígidas muestran una disminución promedio cercana al 40% en su vida útil; (4) el análisis se basa en simulaciones numéricas mediante métodos mecánico-empíricos y FEM tridimensional, sin validación experimental; (5) el estudio considera cargas pesadas (ejes dobles de 13 toneladas) representativas del tráfico español.
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    Awards linked to the item

    This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the TED2021-131474B-I00 project.
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