Researcher
Wim Van den bergh
- Research Expertise:Expertise in bitumen rheology, asphalt recycling and innovative technologies for sustainable asphalt pavements, structural pavement design inclusive.
- Keywords:ASPHALT, RHEOLOGY, RECYCLING, ROAD CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, Construction and building technology
- Disciplines:Infrastructure engineering and asset management, Materials recycling and valorisation
- Research techniques:Rheology by Dynamic Shear Rheometer. Software for mixture design and road design. Experimental laboratory set-ups such as UTM for 2point bending tests. FTIR for qualitative analysis of bitumen.
- Users of research expertise:Road Agencies, Contractors, Research institutes, Pavement Managers
Affiliations
- Sustainable Pavements and Asphalt Research (SuPAR) (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Apr 2023 → Today - Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings (EMIB) (Research group)
Member
From23 Sep 2016 → 31 Mar 2023 - Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings (EMIB) (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2013 → 22 Sep 2016
Infrastructure
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Projects
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- Digital Information Management in the Infrastructure Sector (DIMInfra).From1 Mar 2024 → TodayFunding: VLAIO COOCK Collective Research & Development and Collective Knowledge Dissemination
- Assessing the potential of bio-modified bitumen with lignin and waste cooking oil.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Exploring the deteriorative mechanisms in polymer-modified bitumenFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Fate of Polymers in Recycled Asphalt: a Multiscale Approach.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Exploring the Physicochemical Bonding Mechanism in Fibre-reinforced Bitumen-Foamed Aggregate Matrix (FIFA).From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- In-depth study "Heat from Asphalt".From12 Jul 2022 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: Foreign public sponsor
- Purchase of an Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT).From1 Jun 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Portable Innovation Open Network for Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Solutions (PIONEERS).From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, green and integrated transport
- Sustainable foundations through in situ recycling with foamed bitumen technology (FOAM)From1 Nov 2020 → 30 Oct 2022Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
- Sustainability assessment of roads containing reclaimed asphalt pavement - Decision support based on life cycle assessment & life cycle cost analysis during road design.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
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- The impact of reclaimed asphalt rate on the healing potential of bituminous mortars and mixtures(2022)
Authors: Alexandros Margaritis, Navid Hasheminejad, Georgios Pipintakos, Geert Jacobs, Johan Blom, Wim Van den bergh
Pages: 4664 - 4674 - Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility(2022)
Authors: Mohammadtaher Ghalandari, Robin Baetens, Ivan Verhaert, Diana S.N.M. Nasir, Wim Van den bergh, Cedric Vuye
Pages: 1 - 15 - The use of geopolymers to reduce volatile organic compounds emission from crumb rubber modified bitumen(2022)
Authors: Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Miguel Portillo Estrada, Johan Blom, David Hernando, Wim Van den bergh, Cedric Vuye
Number of pages: 1 - Do chemistry and rheology follow the same laboratory ageing trends in bitumen?(2022)
Authors: Georgios Pipintakos, Caitlin Lommaert, Aikaterini Varveri, Wim Van den bergh
Pages: 1 - 18 - Towards an enhanced understanding of the oxidative ageing mechanisms in bitumen(2022)
Authors: Georgios Pipintakos, Wim Van den bergh, Hilde Soenen
Number of pages: 158 - Alkali-activated binders with reclaimed asphalt aggregates as a potential base layer of pavements(2022)
Authors: Wim Van den bergh, Johan Blom, Augusto Cesar da Silva Bezerra, Flávio Antônio dos Santos
Number of pages: 178 - Recommendation of RILEM TC 264 RAP on the evaluation of asphalt recycling agents for hot mix asphalt(2022)
Authors: Martin Hugener, Di Wang, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Laurent Porot, Patricija Kara De Maeijer, Marko Orešković, Margarida Sa-da-Costa, Hassan Tabatabaee, Edoardo Bocci, Atsushi Kawakami, et al.
- A coarse-grained molecular model for simulating self-healing of bitumen(2022)
Authors: Liang He, Zhiguang Zhou, Fei Ling, Alessio Alexiadis, Wim Van den bergh, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Romain Balieu, Jiqing Zhu, Jan Valentin, Karol J. Kowalski, et al.
Pages: 1 - 20 - Quantifying the environmental and economic impact of adding RAP and rejuvenators in asphalt pavements using LCA and LCCA(2021)
Authors: Ben Moins, David Hernando, Matthias Buyle, Cyril France, Wim Van den bergh, Amaryllis Audenaert
Number of pages: 84 - Application of a fatigue cracking model to predict service life in the life cycle cost analysis of asphalt base layers containing various rates of reclaimed asphalt pavement(2021)
Authors: Ben Moins, David Hernando, Wim Van den bergh, Amaryllis Audenaert
Pages: 104 - 119