Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) is a unique type of high performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composite. ECC has very high tensile ductility making it as a suitable alternative solution for pavement application. However, ECC lacks aggregates, thus the (surface) pavement can be slippery which leads to higher risk of skid-traffic accident. To overcome this issue, a suitable aggregate called corundum, a hard and durable material, is used in the modified mixture design of ECC. Laboratory test results have shown that modified ECC mixed with corundum provide sufficient skid resistance with more than 55 of British Pendulum Number. A numerical model with Finite Element (FE) analysis is developed to study the skid resistance of pavement made of modified ECC. The FE model has been validated with British Pendulum Tester in laboratory scale. Further, the FE model can be used to predict the skid resistance when the ECC pavement is treated with different grooves.

A modified strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) material, fabricated using corundum aggregates (SHCC-Cor), has been proposed for roadway applications as it offers high structural performance and high skid resistance. However, the acoustic performance of SHCC is unclear and has not been well studied in the past. Theoretically, SHCC may not provide the optimum solution in acoustic performance as it provides a low texture profile, high density, and low porosity. In this study, the acoustic performance of pavement slabs made of SHCC and modified SHCC-Cor are investigated using a nondestructive method to determine the surface roughness (macro texture) of slab surfaces. The pavement–tire noise level was then simulated using SPERoN software. As result, the noise level coming from the pavement made of SHCC could be up to 65 dB(A), while the noise level for SHCC-Cor increased up to 69.2 dB(A) because of the lower shape factor (G) due to a rougher surface as a result of the existence of corundum aggregate on the SHCC surface. The aeroacoustics were also increased compared to the SHCC slab. The modification of SHCC-Cor by introducing grooves (SHCC-Cor-Gro) successfully reduced the sound level coming from the vibration.