[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 …

Discussion on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the asphalt materials

H Yao, J Liu, M Xu, J Ji, Q Dai, Z You - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of asphalt materials in pavement engineering has been increasingly
widespread and sophisticated over the past several decades. Variations in the properties of …

Chemical compositions of improved model asphalt systems for molecular simulations

DD Li, ML Greenfield - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
New chemical compositions of model asphalts to represent the AAA-1, AAK-1 and AAM-1
asphalts of the Strategic Highway Research Program are proposed to enable molecular …

Review of interfacial adhesion between asphalt and aggregate based on molecular dynamics

J Xu, B Ma, W Mao, W Si, X Wang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Asphalt materials are uneven and complex organic matter, and the properties of asphalt–
aggregate interfaces are also complex. This makes it difficult for researchers to understand …

Simulation of asphaltene aggregation through molecular dynamics: Insights and limitations

TF Headen, ES Boek, G Jackson, TS Totton… - Energy & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report classical atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of four structurally diverse
model asphaltenes, a model resin, and their respective mixtures in toluene or heptane under …

MCCCS Towhee: a tool for Monte Carlo molecular simulation

MG Martin - Molecular Simulation, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The history of the Monte Carlo for complex chemical systems Towhee open source Monte
Carlo molecular simulation tool is discussed. A proof is given that the Widom insertion …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics simulation on bulk bitumen systems and its potential connections to macroscale performance: Review and discussion

S Ren, X Liu, P Lin, Y Gao, S Erkens - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation plays an effective role in predicting the critical
properties and explaining the macroscale phenomenon at the nanoscale. This review …

Investigating the interactions of the saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene four fractions in asphalt binders by molecular simulations

P Wang, Z Dong, Y Tan, Z Liu - Energy & Fuels, 2015 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics provides a powerful tool to understand the elusive structure–
performance relationship of asphalts. The combined molecular models were selected to …

Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study on thermal, transport, and rheological properties of asphalt

L You, T Spyriouni, Q Dai, Z You, A Khanal - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the thermal (glass transition temperature),
transport (self-diffusion), and rheological (viscosity, storage and loss modulus) properties of …

Viscosity, relaxation time, and dynamics within a model asphalt of larger molecules

DD Li, ML Greenfield - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamics properties of a new “next generation” model asphalt system that represents
SHRP AAA-1 asphalt using larger molecules than past models is studied using molecular …