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Title: | Biomimetic self-healing cementitious construction materials for smart buildings | Authors: | Shah, K.W. Huseien, G.F. |
Keywords: | Climate change Concrete durability Self-healing technology Sustainability |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Citation: | Shah, K.W., Huseien, G.F. (2020). Biomimetic self-healing cementitious construction materials for smart buildings. Biomimetics 5 (4) : 1-22. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics5040047 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | Climate change is anticipated to have a major impact on concrete structures through increasing rates of deterioration as well the impacts of extreme weather events. The deterioration can affect directly or indirectly climate change in addition to the variation in the carbon dioxide concentration, temperature and relative humidity. The deterioration that occurs from the very beginning of the service not only reduces the lifespan of the concretes but also demands more cement to maintain the durability. Meanwhile, the repair process of damaged parts is highly labor intensive and expensive. Thus, the self-healing of such damages is essential for the environmental safety and energy cost saving. The design and production of the self-healing as well as sustainable concretes are intensely researched within the construction industries. Based on these factors, this article provides the materials and methods required for a comprehensive assessment of self-healing concretes. Past developments, recent trends, environmental impacts, sustainability, merits and demerits of several methods for the production of self-healing concrete are discussed and analyzed. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | Source Title: | Biomimetics | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/196304 | ISSN: | 2313-7673 | DOI: | 10.3390/biomimetics5040047 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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