Self-healing of micro-cracks in engineered cementitious composites

The performance of an Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) to self-heal micro-cracks under a controlled laboratory environment is presented. Ten dog-bone shaped samples were prepared; five of them were preloaded to known strains and then left to heal in water in a temperature-controlled laboratory. Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) measurements were undertaken to monitor the crack-healing process. It was found that all samples exhibited recoveries in UPV and were able to recover to between 96.6% and 98% of their pre-test UPV values over a period of four weeks. An accelerated rate of healing was observed in the initial two-day period immediately following the preloading test.

SURYANTO, B. ; WILSON, S.A; McCARTER,W.J Unknown Universitas Kristen Petra English eDIMENSI Journal Unknown 187 Civil Engineering Dimension, Vol. 17, No. 3, December 2015 (Special Edition), 187-194; SURYANTO,B. (NA00404749), WILSON, S.A (NA00404750) dan McCARTER, W.J (NA00404751) Unknown

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