Self-healing in cementitious materials—A review

K Van Tittelboom, N De Belie - Materials, 2013‏ - mdpi.com
Concrete is very sensitive to crack formation. As wide cracks endanger the durability, repair
may be required. However, these repair works raise the life-cycle cost of concrete as they …

Experimental characterization of the self-healing capacity of cement based materials and its effects on the material performance: A state of the art report by COST …

L Ferrara, T Van Mullem, MC Alonso, P Antonaci… - … and building materials, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Heuristically known at least since the first half of XIX century, the self-healing capacity of
cement-based materials has been receiving keen attention from the civil engineering …

Evaluation of properties and performance of rubber-modified concrete for recycling of waste scrap tire

S Guo, Q Dai, R Si, X Sun, C Lu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Using rubber particles as concrete aggregates can reduce the environmental impacts
caused by the large accumulation of scrap tires. However, the added rubber particles can …

[HTML][HTML] Impregnation and encapsulation of lightweight aggregates for self-healing concrete

R Alghamri, A Kanellopoulos, A Al-Tabbaa - Construction and Building …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This study investigated a technique of impregnating potential self-healing agents into
lightweight aggregates (LWA) and the self-healing performance of concrete mixed with the …

Robust self-healing concrete for sustainable infrastructure

VC Li, E Herbert - Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 2012‏ - jstage.jst.go.jp
This article introduces the concept of self-healing concrete for sustainable infrastructure
through reduction of maintenance and repair in the use phase. To realize this goal, self …

Is concrete healing really efficient? A review

A Sidiq, R Gravina, F Giustozzi - Construction and Building Materials, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Concrete is a widely used material in the construction industry due to its affordability and
availability; however, it is also sensitive to crack formation typically under tension stresses …

Glass encapsulated minerals for self-healing in cement based composites

A Kanellopoulos, TS Qureshi, A Al-Tabbaa - Construction and Building …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
This study presents the encapsulation of mineral compounds as healing materials for
cement-based composites. Three liquid (sodium silicate, colloidal silica and tetraethyl …

[HTML][HTML] Past and present techniques of self-healing in cementitious materials: A critical review on efficiency of implemented treatments

A Danish, MA Mosaberpanah, MU Salim - Journal of Materials Research …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Concrete is being extensively used in construction industry worldwide because of its
availability and affordability but it is vulnerable to crack formation. Because of cracking …

Sealing of cracks in cement using microencapsulated sodium silicate

P Giannaros, A Kanellopoulos… - Smart Materials and …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Cement-based materials possess an inherent autogenous self-healing capability allowing
them to seal, and potentially heal, microcracks. This can be improved through the addition of …

Encapsulation technology and techniques in self-healing concrete

G Souradeep, HW Kua - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2016‏ - ascelibrary.org
Throughout concrete structures' service life span, deterioration inevitably occurs. A typical
phenomenon of deterioration in concrete structures is cracking, which affects durability and …