An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Compartmented Alginate Fibres Encapsulating Rejuvenator as Asphalt Pavement Healing System

Authors

Amir Tabakovic, Technological University DublinFollow
Luke Schuyffel, Delft University of TechnologyFollow
Aleksandar Karac, University of ZenicaFollow
Erik Schlangen, Delft University of TechnologyFollow

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Civil engineering, Transport engineering, Bio-derived novel materials

Publication Details

Journal: MDPI Applied Sciences 2017, 7, 647; doi:10.3390/app7070647

Title: An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Compartmented Alginate Fibres Encapsulating Rejuvenator as Asphalt Pavement Healing System

Authors: Amir Tabakovic *, Luke Schuyffel, Aleksandar Karac, Erik Schlangen

Abstract

This paper explores the potential methods for evaluating a healing system for asphalt pavements. The healing system under investigation involves compartmented calcium-alginate fibres encapsulating an asphalt binder healing agent (rejuvenator). This system presents a novel method of incorporating rejuvenators into asphalt pavement mixtures. The compartmented fibres are used to distribute the rejuvenator throughout the pavement mixture, thereby overcoming some of the problems associated with alternate asphalt pavement healing methods, i.e., spherical capsules and hollow fibres. The asphalt healing efficiency methods to be evaluated in this paper include: (i) standard test methods for asphalt pavements, such as the Indirect Tensile Strength test and the 4 Point Bending Fatigue test; and (ii) alternative fracture tests such as the Semi Circular Bend test. The study employs fracture theory in order to evaluate the efficiency of the damage repair. The research findings demonstrate that including compartmented calcium-alginate fibres encapsulating a rejuvenator into an asphalt pavement mix does not significantly improve the healing properties of the asphalt pavement. Nevertheless, the findings indicate that, with further enhancement, compartmented calcium alginate fibres may present a promising new approach for the development of self-healing asphalt pavement systems. Additionally, the test results indicate that the 4 point bend fatigue test is the most suitable test for evaluating the performance of self healing asphalt pavements.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/app7070647

Recommended Citation

Tabakovic, A. et al. (2017) An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Compartmented Alginate Fibres Encapsulating Rejuvenator as Asphalt Pavement Healing System, MDPI Applied Sciences 2017, 7, 647; doi:10.3390/app7070647

Funder

EC Marie Curie IEF,

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