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Tabakovic, A. (author), Faloon, C. (author), O'Prey, D. (author)Conductive alginate capsules encapsulating a bitumen rejuvenator (HealRoad capsules) has demonstrated good healing abilities in pure bitumen and mortar mixes. HealRoad capsules can efficiently heal damage via induction heating. They also release the encapsulated rejuvenator, thereby rejuvenating aged bitumen. These findings indicate that...article 2022
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Tabakovic, A. (author)The global road network spans 64.3million km and is of huge significance for the social and economic development. The level of investment in road construction and maintenance is high, e.g. EU €44billion/year (2019), China €614.7billion/year (2019) and US €94billion/year (2019). Despite the level of investment, there has been minimal investment...article 2022
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Xu, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tabaković, A. (author), Lin, P. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Nahar, S. (author), Lommerts, B.J. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Rejuvenator encapsulation technique showed great potential for extrinsic asphalt pavement damage healing. Once the capsules are embedded within asphalt pavement, the healing is activated on-demand via progressing microcrack. When the microcrack encounters the capsule, the fracture energy at the tip opens the capsule and releases the rejuvenator....article 2021