Effect on stability of asphalt using COVID-19 single use face mask and saline tube waste

Abstract

Highway infrastructures play an important part in local and international studies of emerging metropolitan cities because of their direct and indirect impact on urban expansion, environmental issues, and socioeconomic challenges.Transverse and longitudinal fractures, potholes, and subgrade deformation in flexible pavement result from the higher rate of vehicle addition on the roads to the space of road building. Due to an increase in the number of vehicles on the road, flexible pavements have developed cracks and deformations below the subgrade [1]. *Author for correspondence Different types of waste plastic bottles and optimizing the percentage of additive for improved performance of the asphalt [2].The effects of waste polymer modification on the performance and sustainability of asphalt mixtures. Their findings indicated improved resistance to fatigue cracking and reduced environmental impacts, particularly in terms of energy consumption and carbon emissions [3]. Incorporating disposable medical masks (DMM) enhanced the high and lowtemperature performance of the asphalt, leading to improved complex modulus, rotational viscosity, and tensile elongation. Furthermore, the addition of DMM fibers improved the moisture susceptibility, rutting resistance, and cracking resistance of the asphalt