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As the aging of asphalt pavement intensifies, rejuvenator has attracted much attention as an important repair material. However, the traditional design method of rejuvenator has the shortcomings of long cycle, low efficiency, and unclear molecular mechanism, resulting in a poor rejuvenation effect. Therefore, 84 molecular models of rejuvenators were constructed using the exhaustive method, covering different chemical compositions, polarities, and electronic structures. The solubility and electronic structure of these rejuvenators were calculated by molecular simulation, and a machine learning dataset was established based on this. The artificial neural network was used to predict the relationship between the molecular structure of the rejuvenating agent and the effect parameters, and the factors affecting the rejuvenation effect were analyzed by the random forest model. The results show that amino groups could improve the rejuvenation effect, and the No. 3 substitution position of Cyclic saturate, No. 2 substitution of Naphthene aromatic, and No. 2 substitution of Straight saturate were identified as the best modification locations to improve the rejuvenation effect. Based on the results, three new molecular structures of rejuvenators were designed, and simulation calculations show that their effects were significantly better than those of the 84 previously constructed rejuvenators. These findings suggest that molecular simulation and machine learning provide a viable alternative tool for efficient rejuvenator molecular design.
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ISSN: 0016-2361
Year: 2024
Volume: 380
7 . 4 0 0
JCR@2022
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