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“IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICENT, THE MOST MERCIFUL.

”
SELF HEALING
TECHNOLOGY FOR
ASPHALT PAVEMENTS

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
1
GROUP : 08
MEMBERS:

MUHAMMAD OWAIS FA20-CVE-067

SOHAIL KHAN FA20-CVE-082

MUHAMMAD TAHIR
FA20-CVE-071
2 INTRODUCTION
 Road network plays a major economic and social role
 Operational health of road network signifies the nation’s
economy role
 Problems
 Occurrence of cracks
 Cause of CO2 emissions
 Traffic disruption
 Pavement deterioration
 More operational
 More maintenance cost
3
Benefits of SELF HEALING
TECHNOLOGY
 Improve traffic flow
 Reduce CO2 emissions
 Less Maintenance cost
 Less Operational cost
 Preserving natural resources
 Extend pavement life
4
Self Healing Process
 It is ability to Restore its stiffness and strength by closing
micro cracks.
 It can be enhanced by adding a modifier
 It mainly consists of three steps:
1. Wetting of the faces of two micro cracks
2. Diffusion of molecules from one face to the other.
3. Randomization of the diffused molecules
 These steps of process often termed as “Reversible
Hydrogen bonding”
5 Self Healing Process

Time and Temperature dependent


It is a viscosity driven process

Schematic Representation of reversible


Hydrogen bonding
6 Self Healing Process

 Necessary conditions for Self healing agents


1. Good compatibility with bitumen
2. High temperature stability
3. Ability to survive mixing and construction
conditions
4. Healing temperatures between 30℃ and 40℃
5. Capable of continuous/multi-time healing
 Cracks do not heal below 20-30 mm inside
7
Methods of Self-healing
 Self healing for pavements can be done in three methods:
1. Incorporation of nanoparticles
2. Induction heating
3. Rejuvenation
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Nanoparticles
• Nano clay
 Have capacity to repair micro cracks
in pavement
 Principle: Nanoclay move
towards the tip of crack by
surface energy and stops crack
propagation and heal damaged
surface
 used in pavement design to improve
the ageing, rheological and thermal
properties of mix
9 Nanoparticles
• Nano rubber
 Have capacity to repair micro cracks in
pavement
 Rubber modifiers and polymers are used
 Advantage: double role i.e., Durability & Self
healing modifier
 Disadvantage : of Polymer modifiers is their
thermodynamic incompatibility with the
bitumen results in variation of material
density, polarity, molecular weight, solubility
between the polymer and the asphalt.
 Recovery can be in between 15-90%
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Induction Heating
 Conductive fibers and fillers can be added
 Principle: Three steps
1. Sending an alternating current through the coil
2. Generating electromagnetic field(emf) through the specimen
placed under the coil.
3. Generated emf Induces heat through the specimen by the flow
of Eddy currents
 Major healing mechanisms are capilary flow and diffusion of
bitumen at high temperatures.
11 Induction Heating
 Most progressive method of Self-healing reported till now
 transitioned from laboratory from site in a short time.
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Rejuvenation
 Rejuvenator-An engineered emulsion containing maltenes
and saturates.
 Asphalt binder - Asphaltenes + Maltenes
 Purpose: Rejuvenator is to reduce the stiffness of
oxidised asphalt binder and to flux the binder
 Self-assembled mono layer
• When cracks within the surface of pavement layer, a
Rejuvenator can be applied to stop the propagation of
cracks
• Life span of the pavement can be extended
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Rejuvenation
Disadvantages:
1. applicable to the top few centimetres only
2. reduction in the surface friction of the road and it could be
harmful to the environment
• The fracture energy at the tip opens the microcapsules and
releases the healing agent and then mixes with binder to seal
the crack
• Waste cooking oil can be encapsulated as a rejuvenator.
• This approach is most favorable method for self healing
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Rejuvenation
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Conclusions
Self Healing Asphalt can give advantages like:
 Extends pavement lifespan.
 Reduces maintenance costs.
 Improves road safety.
 Environmentally sustainable.
 Needs further research.
 Requires collaboration for adoption.
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Conclusions
Self Healing Asphalt Advantages:
 Minimizes traffic disruptions.
 Lowers carbon footprint.
 Enhances urban resilience.
 Opens new design opportunities.
 Public awareness is crucial.
 Transforms road maintenance.
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Conclusions
 Self-healing technology in asphalt pavement is a significant
innovation that has the potential to revolutionize road
construction and maintenance. However, despite its many
benefits, there are several disadvantages:
• Higher initial cost.
• Limited effectiveness for severe damage.
• Still requires periodic maintenance.
• Potential environmental concerns.
• Long-term durability is uncertain.
• Limited research on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
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Future Research towards SHT
 Development of damage sensing and repair triggering
elements
 Elements incorporated should have ability to sense the
damaged part

 Development of multiple self-healing processes

 Development of self healing assessment processes

 Develop self-diagnostic systems to detect damage.

 Study the impact of climate and weather on self-healing


mechanisms.

 Investigate the use of recycled materials in self-healing


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THANK
YOU

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