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Karaiskos, G; Tsangouri, E; Aggelis, D G; Van Hemelrijck, D; Van Tittelboom, K; De Belie, N, E-mail: gkaraisk@vub.ac.be2016
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[en] 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 polyurethane-based, expansive, healing agent embedded in concrete, is triggered by the crack formation and propagation and promises material repair and operational service life extension. As shown in our previous studies, the formed cracks on small-scale concrete beams are sealed and repaired by filling them with the healing agent. In the present study, the crack formation and propagation in autonomously healed, large-scale concrete beams are thoroughly monitored through a combination of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods. The ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), using embedded low-cost and aggregate-size piezoelectric transducers, the acoustic emission (AE) and the digital image correlation (DIC) are the NDT methods which are comprehensively used. The integrated ultrasonic, acoustic and optical monitoring system introduces an experimental configuration that detects and locates the four-point bending mode fracture on large-scale concrete beams, detects the healing activation process and evaluates the subsequent concrete repair. (paper)
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/25/5/055003; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Smart Materials and Structures (Print); ISSN 0964-1726;
; v. 25(5); [16 p.]

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BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY, BUILDING MATERIALS, DEFORMATION, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY, FAILURES, MATERIALS, MATERIALS TESTING, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC POLYMERS, PETROCHEMICALS, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PLASTICS, POLYAMIDES, POLYMERS, SPECTROSCOPY, SYNTHETIC MATERIALS, TENSILE PROPERTIES, TESTING
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