Overview
- First publication of this kind on self-healing phenomena in cement-based materials
- Valuable new insights on dealing with damage in repair and maintenance issues of civil engineering structures
- Latest state-of-the-art research collected on the topic in just one book
Part of the book series: RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports (RILEM State Art Reports, volume 11)
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About this book
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".
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials
Book Subtitle: State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials
Editors: Mario de Rooij, Kim Van Tittelboom, Nele De Belie, Erik Schlangen
Series Title: RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6624-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: RILEM 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6623-5Published: 04 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9992-9Published: 16 May 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6624-2Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 2213-204X
Series E-ISSN: 2213-2031
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 266
Topics: Civil Engineering, Structural Materials, Solid Mechanics