Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza

Charles University in Prague | CUNI · Faculty of Science

Graphene is a carbon-based nanomaterial used in various industries to improve the performance of hundreds of materials. For instance, graphene-like materials have been employed as asphalt binder modifying agents in pavement engineering. In the literature, it has been reported that (in comparison to an unmodified binder) the Graphene Modified Asphal...

Warm Mix Asphalts (WMAs) are asphalt concretes produced at lower temperatures than traditional Hot Mix Asphalts (HMAs). Nonetheless, the above is not enough to diminish the environmental impacts associated with the road infrastructure industry. Accordingly, incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement for Natural Aggrega...

Crumb rubber (CR) is one of the materials most widely used in the road infrastructure industry due to its mechanical and environmental benefits as an asphalt binder modifier. Nonetheless, CR decreases the workability of mixes by increasing the viscosity of the binder, leading to an increase in the production temperatures of asphalt mixes. However,...

The transport infrastructure is crucial to maintaining the interconnection of urban, rural, and commercial centres , thus allowing the socioeconomic growth of populations and communities. Nevertheless, due to the ageing phenomenon, the useful life of asphalt pavements is significantly reduced. Therefore, a greater consumption of financial resources...

Debido a los beneficios mecánicos y medioambientales asociados, el grano de caucho (GCR) se ha utilizado ampliamente en la industria de la infraestructura vial para mejorar el rendimiento del ligante asfáltico. De este modo, se logran varios beneficios, tales como, una mayor vida útil, una mayor resistencia a la intemperie, un aumento en la resiste...

En los últimos años, el crecimiento acelerado de la población y la demanda de productos que generen desarrollo en la sociedad es cada día mayor, generando un sinnúmero de impactos negativos en el medio ambiente. Por su parte, en la ingeniería civil, la necesidad de infraestructuras viales ha aumentado considerablemente. Teniendo en cuenta los diver...

Unlike conventional pavements with a service life of 20~30 years, perpetual pavements (PPs) are designed to have a 50-year service life without requiring major maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) activities. In this way, PPs are more cost-effective than conventional rigid pavements (CRPs) and conventional flexible pavements (CFPs). Nonetheless, ev...

Due to the associated mechanical and environmental benefits, Crumb Rubber (CR) has been used extensively in the road infrastructure industry to improve asphalt binder performance. In this way, several benefits are achieved: longer service life, higher resistance to weathering, more prominent rutting resistance, and less susceptibility to fatigue cr...

In this research, a methodology was developed to optimize the design of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) with the inclusion of three recycled materials as partial replacement of natural aggregates (NAs), namely Crumb Rubber (CR), Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), and Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA). The methodological proposal is composed of 4 sections den...

Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) is a type of asphalt concrete with growing notoriety in the paving industry since they generate economic and environmental benefits compared to traditional alternatives. Various techniques have been studied to maximize the sustainability components present in WMAs, including the Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) inclusion as...