Study on the effect of aging on physical properties of asphalt binder from a microscale perspective

• Published in: Construction & building materials Vol. 187; pp. 718 - 729
• Main Authors: Qu, Xin, Liu, Quan, Guo, Meng, Wang, Dawei, Oeser, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 30.10.2018
• Subjects: Aging; Asphalt binder; Macro-micro coupling; Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; Physical properties; Aging; Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; Physical properties; Asphalt binder; Macro-micro coupling

•Six molecular models of asphalt binders at different aging states are created.•Asphalt binder models are optimized according to some chemical test.•Study on different aging states of asphalt binder on a micro scale.•Some correlations between micro and macro properties of asphalt binders are propose...