Hybrid and Multifunctional Asphalt Pavements: An Evidence-Based Review of Computational Intelligence, Digital Twins, and Circular Deployment
摘要
This review examines hybrid and multifunctional asphalt modifiers for enhancing pavement performance and sustainability. By integrating polymers, nanomaterials, and waste-derived fillers, these systems generate multiphase networks that improve rutting resistance, fatigue tolerance, and low-temperature flexibility, while multifunctional additives enable self-healing and self-sensing capabilities. Recycled and bio-based materials can reduce environmental impacts when they substitute virgin inputs and extend service life, but laboratory gains remain constrained by interfacial compatibility, dispersion quality, aging sensitivity, and scale-up uncertainty. Advanced characterization, molecular modelling, numerical simulation, machine learning, and digital-twin concepts provide tools for formulation optimization, condition prediction, preventive maintenance, and field-performance updating. The review further introduces a methodologically conservative analytical layer, including a worked homogeneous pooled subset, a conservative Synergy Index example, decision-support equations, LCA/LCCA metrics, a Circularity-Adjusted Synergy Index, a critical digital-twin evidence synthesis, and recommendations for standards bodies. Overall, hybrid and multifunctional asphalt modifiers provide a strategic route toward durable, low-carbon pavements, provided that claims are supported by reproducible data, field validation, and transparent circularity assessment.