Moisture Damage of Asphalt Based on Adhesion, Microsurface Energy, and Nanosurface Roughness
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 10
Abstract
To explore the influence of water on the multiscale adhesive behavior between asphalt binder and aggregate, the nanosurface morphology and microsurface energy of asphalt binder and the macrobonding force between the asphalt binder and aggregate over different soaking times were examined using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and the pull-off test. Relationships between the macrobonding and the nanosurface roughness as well as the microsurface energy were analyzed. The results demonstrated that the effect of water on the surface morphology of asphalt binder was important. After immersion in water, water-induced bulges occurred on the asphalt binder surface, which further changed the nanosurface roughness and the surface energy of asphalt. As per the sensitivity results, it can be concluded that the surface energy of asphalt and the effective contact area between asphalt and aggregate were reduced because of moisture, thus resulting in the failure of adhesion.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project No. 51908460, by the Open Fund of Key Laboratory for Special Area Highway Engineering of Ministry of Education (Chang’an University) under Project No. 300102219516, and by the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Road Structure & Materials of Ministry of Transport (Chang’an University) under Project No. 300102219520.
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Received: Aug 13, 2021
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Published online: Jul 20, 2022
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