Performance monitoring of large-scale autonomously healed concrete beams under four-point bending through multiple non-destructive testing methods Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Concrete is still the leading structural material due to its low production cost and great structural design flexibility. Although it is distinguished by such a high durability and compressive strength, it is vulnerable in a series of ambient and operational degradation factors which all too frequently result in crack formation that can adversely affect its mechanical performance. The autonomous healing system, using encapsulated ...