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Fatigue and healing properties of bituminous mastics reinforced with nano-sized additives

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The research work described in the paper focused on fatigue and healing properties of bituminous mastics reinforced with nano-sized additives.

Commercially available multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and montmorillonite nanoclay (NC) were combined with a single base bitumen and a standard mineral filler to produce bituminous mastics. These blends were prepared in the laboratory by making use of a technique consisting in simple shear mixing followed by sonication.

Fatigue behaviour of mastics under repeated loading was investigated by means of time sweeps performed in the strain-controlled mode at various amplitudes. Healing potential was assessed by adopting a testing protocol specifically conceived to discriminate between recovery of damage induced by fatigue loading and other artefact phenomena which may affect material response. All rheological measurements were carried out with a dynamic shear rheometer in the parallel plates geometry.

Outcomes of the experimental investigation were found to be highly dependent on the nature of additive type, as a result of the key role played by interaction mechanisms that nano-particles can establish within the bituminous mastic.

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The study reported in this paper is part of the FIRB research project on “Innovative nano-structured and polymer-modified bituminous materials” funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR). Technical support provided by Nanocyl s.a. is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Ezio Santagata, Orazio Baglieri, Lucia Tsantilis, Davide Dalmazzo & Giuseppe Chiappinelli

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Santagata, E., Baglieri, O., Tsantilis, L. et al. Fatigue and healing properties of bituminous mastics reinforced with nano-sized additives. Mech Time-Depend Mater 20, 367–387 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-016-9301-4

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