A review: Self-healing in cementitious materials and engineered cementitious composite as a self-healing material

M Wu, B Johannesson, M Geiker - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Cementitious materials are the most widely used building materials all over the word.
However, deterioration is inevitable even since the very beginning of the service life, then …

Improved fiber distribution and mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites by adjusting the mixing sequence

J Zhou, S Qian, G Ye, O Copuroglu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2012 - Elsevier
Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) is a class of ultra ductile fiber reinforced
cementitious composites, characterized by high ductility and tight crack width control. The …

Use of slag to improve mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) with high volumes of fly ash

Y Zhu, Y Yang, Y Yao - Construction and building materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Fly ash (FA) has been a necessary ingredient for engineered cementitious composites
(ECCs) with excellent tensile strain capacity and multiple cracking. However, ECC with high …

Cyclic responses of reinforced concrete composite columns strengthened in the plastic hinge region by HPFRC mortar

CG Cho, YY Kim, L Feo, D Hui - Composite Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
The brittleness of concrete raises several concerns due to the lack of strength and ductility in
the plastic hinge region of reinforced concrete columns. In this study, in order to improve the …

Investigation of self-healing behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) materials

L Kan, H Shi - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Crack characteristics of M45-ECC and HFA-ECC specimens pre-loaded to strain levels of
0.3%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 2.0% were investigated in this paper. This was done at different ages …

Strength and ductility of RC beams strengthened with steel-reinforced strain hardening cementitious composites

M Hussein, M Kunieda, H Nakamura - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2012 - Elsevier
Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams using strain hardening cementitious
composites (SHCCs) layer cast to their soffit has recently been investigated. That work …

Investigation of Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites Incorporating High Volumes of Fly Ash and Metakaolin.

E Özbay, O Karahan, M Lachemi… - ACI materials …, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
This study was carried out to develop engineered cementitious composites (ECCs)
incorporating binary blends of high volumes of fly ash (FA) and metakaolin (MK) for the …

Flexural behavior of plain concrete beams strengthened with ultra high toughness cementitious composites layer

SL Xu, N Wang, XF Zhang - Materials and structures, 2012 - Springer
Ultra high toughness cementitious composites (UHTCC), which has metal-like deformation
and crack width restricting ability, is expected to be utilized as retrofit materials. For this …

Effect of composition on flexural behavior of engineered cementitious composites

JL Pan, F Yuan, M Luo, KY Leung - Science China Technological …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, four point bending tests were carried out to investigate the flexural properties of
PVA fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC) with different mix …

Self-healing of engineered cementitious composites in the natural environment

EN Herbert, VC Li - Proc., High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement …, 2012 - Springer
This research investigates the self-healing behavior of Engineered Cementitious
Composites (ECC) in the natural environment. ECC specimens were damaged to 0.5 …