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
- Editore:
Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Collana:
- State of the Art Reports
- EAN:
9789400766235
- ISBN:
9400766238
- Pagine:
- 266
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials
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".
