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 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: de Rooij, Mario (Editor), Van Tittelboom, Kim (Editor), De Belie, Nele (Editor), Schlangen, Erik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, 11
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Civil engineering.; Structural materials.; Civil Engineering.; Structural Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of 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 a...