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Enhancing the Durability and the Service Life of Asphalt Pavements Through Innovative Light-Induced Self-Healing Materials [Supporting Dataset]
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2018-12-01
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Abstract:The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of a new generation of Ultraviolet (UV) light-induced self-healing polymers in enhancing the durability and self-healing properties of asphalt mixtures. Self-healing polymers were successfully synthesized in the laboratory and were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). In addition, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) results showed that the synthesized polymers achieved the required thermal stability to resist asphalt mixture production processes. Viscosity results showed that addition of 5% Recycled Asphalt Shingle (RAS) and/or 20% Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) caused an increase in the viscosity of the binder blends. However, a reduction in viscosity of the binder blends containing recycled asphalt materials was observed when adding self-healing polymers. Semi-Circular Bending (SCB) test results showed that addition of recycled asphalt materials negatively affected the cracking performance of mixtures. However, incorporation of self-healing polymer (SHP) and 48h of UV light exposure improved the cracking resistance. This behavior was more evident with mixtures prepared with an unmodified binder. Loaded-Wheel Test (LWT) results showed that the addition of the self-healing polymer led to an increase in the rut depth of the samples prepared with an unmodified binder. However, the final rut depth was less than 6 mm, which is an acceptable rutting performance. Thermal-Stress Restrained Specimen Test (TSRST) results showed that addition of 5% RAS negatively affected the low-temperature cracking performance of the mix. In contrast, 5% SHP enhanced the low-temperature cracking performance of the mix by increasing the fracture load and decreasing the fracture temperature. For mixtures prepared with an unmodified binder, the optimum crack healing efficiency was observed for the mixtures containing 5% RAS and 5% self-healing polymer and exposed to 48h of UV light. Yet, self-healing polymer did not perform well in mixtures prepared with PG 70-22M polymer-modified binder. This may be due to the interaction between the polymer in the binder and the self-healing polymer. The total size of the described zip file is 534 MB. Docx files are document files created in Microsoft Word. These files can be opened using Microsoft Word or with an open source text viewer such as Apache OpenOffice. Files with the .xlsx extension are Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files. These can be opened in Excel or open-source spreadsheet programs. PDFs are used to display text and images and can be opened with any PDF reader or editor. A DPT file stores data and can be opened using programs such as Microsoft Excel or open source programs such as Notepad. Text files can be view in notepad or any document reading software.
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Content Notes:National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: As this dataset is preserved in a repository outside U.S. DOT control, as allowed by the U.S. DOT's Public Access Plan (https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647) Section 7.4.2 Data, the NTL staff has performed NO additional curation actions on this dataset. The current level of dataset documentation is the responsibility of the dataset creator. NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2022-11-11. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset at the host repository, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
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