[HTML][HTML] New innovations in pavement materials and engineering: A review on pavement engineering research 2021

JE Office, J Chen, H Dan, Y Ding, Y Gao, M Guo… - Journal of Traffic and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and
environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly …

A comprehensive review on self-healing of asphalt materials: Mechanism, model, characterization and enhancement

D Sun, G Sun, X Zhu, A Guarin, B Li, Z Dai… - Advances in colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Self-healing has great potential to extend the service life of asphalt pavement, and this
capability has been regarded as an important strategy when designing a sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Review on the diffusive and interfacial performance of bituminous materials: From a perspective of molecular dynamics simulation

S Ren, X Liu, P Lin, Y Gao, S Erkens - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The cohesive and adhesive performances of bituminous materials significantly affect the
service life of asphalt pavement. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method has been …

SEM and ESEM techniques used for analysis of asphalt binder and mixture: A state of the art review

M Mazumder, R Ahmed, AW Ali, SJ Lee - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews techniques and analyses performed on microstructure of the asphalt
binder and mixture using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Environmental …

Analysis of interfacial adhesion properties of nano-silica modified asphalt mixtures using molecular dynamics simulation

Z Long, L You, X Tang, W Ma, Y Ding, F Xu - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of nano-silica can reduce the sensitivity to moisture damage of asphalt
mixtures and improve the anti-oxidation aging ability of asphalt binder. In the present work …

Intrinsic temperature sensitive self-healing character of asphalt binders based on molecular dynamics simulations

D Sun, G Sun, X Zhu, F Ye, J Xu - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was used in this study to explain the microscopic
process of asphalt self-healing and investigate the influence of temperature on the self …

Performance characteristics of asphalt materials based on molecular dynamics simulation–A review

Z Chen, J Pei, R Li, F Xiao - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Molecular simulation method has been widely applied to various fields with the rapid
development of computational techniques. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation applications …

Self-healing behavior of asphalt system based on molecular dynamics simulation

L He, G Li, S Lv, J Gao, KJ Kowalski, J Valentin… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The molecular model of asphalt binder was established by means of molecular dynamics
(MD). The MD model was validated with respect of density, glass transition temperature …

Effect of chemical composition and structure of asphalt binders on self-healing

D Sun, F Yu, L Li, T Lin, XY Zhu - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Asphalt binders have the self-healing ability to repair fatigue cracking automatically, and
therefore the fatigue life can be extended. The extended fatigue life depends on the coupling …

Self-healing of asphalt binder with cohesive failure: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation

W Sun, H Wang - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-healing behavior of asphalt binder is of great interest for development of high
performance material. This study presented a novel method to investigate intrinsic self …