The Effect of Moisture on the Adhesion Energy and Nanostructure of Asphalt-Aggregate Interface System Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Open Access
- 11 September 2020
- Vol. 25 (18), 4165
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25184165
Abstract
In this work, the influences of moisture intruded into the asphalt-aggregate interface have been investigated at the atomistic scale. The molecular interactions of asphalt with limestone and granite were studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and the mineral surface components of limestone and granite were detected using the hyperspectral image technique. Relative concentration and radial distribution function (RDF) were employed for the characterization of asphalt component aggregations on aggregates surface. Adhesion work and debonding energy were also evaluated to investigate interface energy variations in asphalt-aggregate systems. MD results showed that the presence of interfacial moisture modified asphalt nanostructure and affected the aggregation state and distribution characteristics of asphalt components near aggregate surface. The study also demonstrated that the external moisture that intruded into the interface of the asphalt-aggregate system can decrease the concentration distribution of the asphalt components with powerful polarity on aggregate surface, reduce the adhesion works of the asphalt-aggregate interface, and decline the water damage resistance of asphalt mixture.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51908154, No.51878193)
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