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Analysis of the microcharacteristics of different kinds of asphalt based on different aging conditions

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Asphalt aging often leads to rapid degradation of road performance, which seriously affects the service life of asphalt pavement. Exploring the influence of asphalt oil sources, asphalt grades, and filler types on asphalt microcharacteristics in the asphalt aging process can provide an essential reference to guide asphalt pavement maintenance. In this study, we selected seven kinds of asphalt and three fillers commonly used in China for research. The pressurized aging vessel (PAV) and homemade ultraviolet (UV) aging equipment were used to perform thermo-oxidative aging and UV aging tests, respectively, of asphalt. The microcharacteristics of asphalt before and after aging were analyzed via attenuated total reflectance fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance 1H spectroscopy. The results show that the oil source of asphalt exerted the most significant influence on the microcharacteristics of the aged asphalt, while the effect of the asphalt grade was relatively limited. The addition of fillers did not affect the aging mechanism of asphalt. UV and PAV aging generated apparent differences in the changes in the aged asphalt microstructure.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Nos. 51878229, 52178420), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M702293), Science and technology project of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development (2019-K-137), Special subsidy from Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government (HITTY-20190028), Key R & D projects in Liaoning Province (2020JH210300097), Harbin Science and technology project (2019CYJBCG0192).

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  1. School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Rd Nangang District, Harbin, 150090, China

    Zhongshi Pei, Decheng Feng & Junyan Yi

  2. Liaoning Provincial Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd, Shenyang, 110166, Liaoning Province, China

    Jiwei Cao, Wei Hu & Junda Ren

  3. Shenzhen Tianjian (Group) Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, 518034, Guangdong Province, China

    Meng Xu

  4. Harbin Quan Traffic Technology Co., Ltd, Harbin, 150090, Heilongjiang Province, China

    Zhongshi Pei

  5. Pavement Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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Data curation: ZP, MX; Formal analysis: JY, ZP, MX; Investigation: ZP, WH, JR; Methodology: JY, DF, RJ; Project administration: JY, DF, JC; Resources: JY, JC, DF; Supervision: DF, JY; Writing – original draft: ZP, JY, MX.

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Pei, Z., Xu, M., Cao, J. et al. Analysis of the microcharacteristics of different kinds of asphalt based on different aging conditions. Mater Struct 55, 250 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-022-02088-3

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