Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials

State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials

Mario de Rooij editor Kim van Tittelboom editor Nele De Belie editor Erik Schlangen editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer

Published:16th May '15

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Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials cover

Self-healing materials are man-made materials which have the built-in capability to repair damage. Failure in materials is often caused by the occurrence of small microcracks throughout the material. In self-healing materials phenomena are triggered to counteract these microcracks. These processes are ideally triggered by the occurrence of damage itself.

Thus far, the self-healing capacity of cement-based materials has been considered as something "extra". This could be called passive self-healing, since it was not a designed feature of the material, but an inherent property of it. Centuries-old buildings have been said to have survived these centuries because of the inherent self-healing capacity of the binders used for cementing building blocks together.

In this State-of-the-Art Report a closer look is taken at self-healing phenomena in cement-based materials. It is shown what options are available to design for this effect rather than have it occur as a "coincidental extra".

ISBN: 9789400799929

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 4394g

266 pages

2013 ed.