ABSTRACT
Evaluating the temperature changes that occur in the structure of a road in the face of changes in weather conditions is crucial because temperature determines the behavior of materials, and particularly it has a significant impact on the behavior of bituminous materials. A first step in the process of assessing temperature changes is the evaluation of the heat flux that affects the surface of the road, which is called sensible heat qsens. The loss of heat through the road surface due to thermal emission requires the evaluation of the temperature surrounding the road which, in turn, requires the dew point temperature. One-dimensional models have two boundaries: the boundary on the road surface, in which the temperature is directly controlled by the climatic variables, and the lower boundary that, if chosen far enough from the surface, can be considered as a boundary with zero heat flow.
