Cracks in cement concrete composites, whether autogenous or loading-initiated, are almost
inevitable and often difficult to detect and repair, posing a threat to safety and durability of …

Maintenance and rehabilitation at appropriate time is essential for the asphalt pavements to
serve the traffic till the end of their design lives. However, frequent production and …

Conductive carbon nanomaterials have been extensively developed for smart cementitious
composites to gain multifunctionalities (eg self-sensing, self-healing, self-heating, and …

Self-healing is a biological phenomenon in which living organism responds to the suffered
damage in a complex way. Inspired by the self-healing phenomenon in nature, various …

Road pavements are designed to withstand road traffic and weathering actions while
ensuring comfortable and safe riding conditions as well as low costs and damage to the …

This paper presents the results of a research into the technical viability of heating asphalt
mixtures with microwaves and how the microwaves influence the heating process of the …

To promote asphalt self-healing, asphalt mixture can be heated via induction heating. This
technique consists in adding electrically conductive and magnetically susceptible particles …

Microwave heating could contribute to the sustainability of several operations in the
construction and maintenance of asphalt pavements. This paper aims at describing the …

Induction heating can be used for repairing cracks in asphalt concrete. With this purpose,
electrically conductive particles have to be added to the asphalt mixture, which is then …

Self-healing of bituminous materials represents nowadays a promising approach to
increasing the lifespan of asphalt pavements. During the last decade, different techniques …