Yes! You're right! There are roads that can repair themselves! Everyone has repeatedly in his life, both in the city and in The village faces the problem of potholes and bad roads
NemkumarBanthia, professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found a solution to these problems,
Self-healing roads!
The road he was considering was 12500 kilometers from his life, Vancouver. where he is based.
It is about 90 km from Bangalore. He used advanced materials and technologies to connect rural roads
Increase
This project is the result of research in the field of building materials and engineering for the creation of repair roads. On these roads that Stability and longer life, costs are effectively reduced
Banthia who graduated from IIT Delhi before moving to the Canada 34 years ago. undertook the project under the the auspices of canada-india research center of excellence IC-IMPACTS, where he is scientific director
This road connects the Thondebavi village to the highway and replaces a dirt road. Build this road It was completed in the late winter of 2016, but the condition of the road was important in a few months, because the road should be in terms of How to survive the intense heat of the summer of India and the monsoon winds, was under control
The thickness of the road is about 100 mm, which is about 60% less than the usual and old roads of India. In this way costs and Consumption of materials also decreased.
Approximately 60% of the cement was replaced with fly ash, which reduced carbon footprint or volume Carbon release. The importance of this is that cement production will cause emissions of greenhouse gases
How does it work exactly?
most of us knows that stagnant water is the biggest enemy of roads!
Due to this, these roads made of high resistance concrete Fiber fiber reinforced.
Nano coating restores it by absorbing any water on the surface of the road. this feature
It does not add water to the road surface
These nano coatings are water-friendly or water-friendly. This property means that these nano-water coatings And this water is later used to repair and improve the cracks.
Every time you have Turkish on the road surface,Cement is not hydrated,and the water
and the water in the nanoscale gives the ability to hydrate to the road and more silicates.
To crack the cracks
Dr Banthia, originally from Nagpur,says he expected the road to last for about 15 years, which is two The year is greater than the average age of rural or interurban roads in India.He also said, in addition to the costs The primary route is 30% less than ordinary roads, saving costs over the lifetime is also significant
Given the fact that India needs about 2.4 million kilometers of rural roads, it is not surprising that the project in other states Also repeat.
Not only is the project not limited to rural roads that are not limited to India at a larger level