EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON SELF HEALING CONCRETE
Abstract
This study is stimulated by the need to reduce the costs of maintenance and repair of the aging infrastructure. Cracks in concrete is the main reason for a decreased strength of concrete structures also some additional problems like direct loading, external loading, temperature and humidity leads to reduce the concrete strength. For reducing of cracks in concrete, the proposed approach is self-healing. It is therefore economical to restrict the development of “early age small cracks” at the moment they appear, than to repair them after they have developed to large cracks. For self-healing concrete, we use extensive materials to regain the cracks by using the materials like bacteria and chemical agents were used. The maincause of self-healing was attributed to the precipitation of calcium carbonate, a result of reaction between calcium ions from the concrete and carbon dioxide dissolved in water.
Author
K. Ashwath, D. Kanagaraj
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