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Self-Healing Technology for Asphalt Pavements

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Self-healing technology is a new field within material technology. It represents a revolution in materials engineering and is changing the way that materials behave. Incorporating self-healing technology into the road design process has the potential to transform road construction and maintenance processes by increasing the lifespan of roads and eliminating the need for road maintenance. By decreasing the unnecessary premature ageing of asphalt pavements, self-healing asphalt can reduce the amount of natural resources used to maintain road networks, decrease the traffic disruption caused by road maintenance processes, decrease CO2 emissions during the road maintenance process and increase road safety. In addition to environmental savings, self-healing materials have the potential to deliver significant cost savings for road network maintenance across the EU. There are three main self-healing technologies available for asphalt pavement design: nanoparticles, induction heating and rejuvenation. This chapter reviews all three options and outlines the future development of self-healing asphalt technology.

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    “pen” stands for penetration. Bitumen penetration test (EN 1426:2015) indicates the hardness of bitumen, lower penetration indicating a harder bitumen. Specifications for penetration graded bitumen normally state the penetration range for a grade, e.g. 70/100.

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This research has been conducted under the Marie Curie IEF research funding, research project Self-Healing Asphalt for Road Pavements (SHARP), project number 622863.

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Tabaković, A., Schlangen, E. (2015). Self-Healing Technology for Asphalt Pavements. In: Hager, M., van der Zwaag, S., Schubert, U. (eds) Self-healing Materials. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 273. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2015_335

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