The transport infrastructure is crucial to maintaining the interconnection of urban, rural, and
commercial centres, thus allowing the socioeconomic growth of populations and …

Ageing is a common phenomenon that seriously affects the performance and service life of
asphalt pavements. In this paper, multiscale evaluations of bitumen ageing behaviour were …

Bitumen, a product mostly used as a binder in road construction, has been subject of
numerous scientific investigations with the goal to optimise its function as an engineering …

Graphene is a carbon-based nanomaterial used in various industries to improve the
performance of hundreds of materials. For instance, graphene-like materials have been …

Asphalt binders, an indispensable component in road infrastructure construction and
maintenance, have been utilized for centuries in the roads. While binders have …

The ageing of bitumen is an inevitable phenomenon which is still challenging to be
characterised. This paper aims at evaluating the ageing degrees of bitumen …

Asphalt mixtures have the potential to repair a part of their cracks through self-healing
capability. However, various factors, such as aging, can influence the effectiveness of this …

The application of chemical analysis on bituminous materials has increased drastically over
the past decades. One of the most common spectroscopic methods used in the field of …

Rejuvenators improve the performance of reclaimed asphalt mixtures but relatively little is
known about their long-term aging characteristics. This study evaluated the effect of four …

Recent research proves that pyrolytic oils from waste tires are effective in restoring the
chemical and rheological properties of aged asphalt binders. Nonetheless, the role of oil …