Bowei Sun

Civil Aviation University of China | CAU CAFU · School of Transportation Science and Engineering

The emergence of a new distress mode, known as alkali leaching, has been increasingly reported in the cement concrete bridge deck pavement (CCBDP). The presence of defects in the pavement structure causes the accumulation and movement of alkaline solution. The examination of the internal pore features of deteriorated pavements is advantageous in or...

The inhomogeneous settlement of subgrade seriously affects the safety of aircraft operation. To investigate the mechanical response of pavement slabs supported on an inhomogeneous settlement, a three-dimensional model of aircraft load–pavement structure–heterogeneous pavement was established; then, the inhomogeneous settlement conditions were simul...

Recently calcium alginate has been successfully applied to encapsulate asphalt rejuvenator, which can protect asphalt rejuvenator from early leakage and release asphalt rejuvenator when triggered by specific factors such as cracks. The interfacial adhesion property of asphalt binder with calcium alginate carrier is of great importance to its actual...

In order to investigate the self-healing behavior of asphalt binder at the molecule scale, the self-healing models of neat and aged asphalt binder with different damage degrees were established by introducing a vacuum pad between two layers filled with asphalt molecules. With this model, the self-healing process was simulated at various healing con...

Geosynthetic interlayer systems are effective techniques to control reflective cracking and have better waterproof performance in damaged asphalt pavements. The interlayer bonding performance is critical to its function. This research investigated the interfacial adhesive property and road performance of asphalt overlay with geotextile interlayer....

Fine asphalt mortar (FAM) affects the pavement performance of asphalt concrete (AC) significantly, especially for the FAM modified by Polymer modifiers. However, most of the previous studies mainly concentrated on the decelerated creep stage and equi-velocity creep stage, while rarely focused on the accelerated creep stage. In this paper, a develop...

Recently, a new distress type in as-built dense-graded asphalt concrete (DGAC) paved on concrete bridge decks, namely alkali leaching, has been detected in China. The water carries dissolved alkali ions from the cement concrete deck to the pavement surface and reacts with CO2 in the air to form whitish carbonate deposits. The “bottom-up” water tran...

Asphalt aging is a major cause of distresses in asphalt pavement, seriously decreasing the in-service performance and shortening the lifetime of pavement. Traditional asphalt rejuvenating methods usually consume a great deal of worker and energy resources. This study encapsulated rejuvenator to automatically realize in-situ rejuvenation of aged asp...

With the rapid development and application of nanomaterials in recent years, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) compounded styrene–butadienestyrene (SBS) to prepare novel asphalt binders with superior high-temperature performance and outstanding mechanical property, have gradually become a hot topic. However, this approach may result in poor compatibili...

Encapsulation is a promising approach to enhance the self-healing ability of asphalt materials. In this study, microcapsules encapsulated waste engine oil was synthesised to improve the self-healing ability of asphalt. The factors affecting the synthesis of microcapsules, especially emulsification and core shell ratio, were investigated through a m...

A new distress type, namely alkali leaching, was recently observed to have developed on an as-built dense-graded asphalt concrete (DGAC) paved on a cement concrete bridge deck in China. Not only does alkali leaching affect the aesthetic appearance of the cement concrete bridge deck pavement (CCBDP) due to the distinctive color contrast, it also cre...

Asphalt pavement inevitably suffers rutting distress induced by repeated loads under high temperatures, which can be effectively alleviated by the modification of asphalt binders. This paper summarized the asphalt modifiers for enhancing the performance of asphalt pavement at high temperatures in terms of the modifier type, additive amount and impr...