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 …

Infrastructures cover a very broad spectrum of different materials. This paper focuses on civil
engineering structures, concrete and asphalt in particular. The public demand for such …

This paper builds on previous self-healing engineered cementitious composites (ECC)
research by allowing ECC to heal outdoors, in the natural environment, under random and …

Dual component microcapsules of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A epoxy (DGEBA)(resin) and
polyetheramine (hardener) for the self-healing agencies of epoxy were prepared by a water …

The recovery behavior for strength and impermeability of cementitious composites
embedded with organic microcapsules was investigated in this study. Mortar specimens …

A series of microcapsules were prepared by solvent evaporation technique using liquid
curing agent, polyetheramine as the core material and poly (methylmethacrylate) as the …

Crack-repairing technology via embedded capsules containing repair-agent is becoming a
promising approach to sustain the performance of structure materials. From the viewpoint of …

In the study, a novel microcapsule technology based self-healing system for concrete
structures has been developed. Through situ-polymerization reaction, the microcapsule is …

While the Japanese researchers Ohama et al.[1] already mentioned in 1992 that a self-
healing effect was noticed when polymer-modified concrete without hardener was made, the …

In the present work key parameters of different epoxy systems (such as viscosity and gel
time) were evaluated to be used as healing agents when were included in a cement matrix …