Dutch patent and testing asphalt has the ability to ... fill the pothole itself

It is estimated that the use of asphalt asphalt will save 90 million euros per year.

Vibrations due to vehicle noise often make asphalt pavement cracking or sinking into potholes. Erik Schlangen, head of the Microelectromechanical Laboratory of Delft University in the Netherlands, invented the asphalt self-adhesive .

With asphalt resin, these potholes are no longer a concern of the driver anymore.

Erik Schlangen combines steel fibers with asphalt to conductive materials. After that, the large sensor running on the asphalt will heat the cracks again. Asphalt that is not self-sufficient so large sensors are needed to repair the road.

The Netherlands has carried out asphalt test on 12 routes have good results.

Asphalt is priced at 25% higher than normal asphalt. In return, its usage time doubles. (Illustration).

Normally, asphalt road is good for 7 to 10 years. So Erik Schlangen hopes his invention will make a difference.

Asphalt is priced at 25% higher than normal asphalt. In return, its usage time doubles. As a result, it is estimated that the use of asphalt asphalt will save 90 million euros per year.

In addition, Schlangen's team wanted to put the bacteria in the concrete so that it could be as straightforward as that. Because bacteria produce calcium carbon to fill the crack.

Chicken on the road .

Bacteria are not harmful to humans and can survive naturally for more than 200 years, which will lengthen the life of the concrete.

The research team also wants to apply this idea to other projects to improve the durability.