Code
179P08814
Duration
01 January 2014 → 30 June 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Construction engineering
- Earthquake engineering
- Geotechnical and environmental engineering
- Water engineering
- Wind engineering
- Process engineering
- Ceramic and glass materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Polymeric materials
- Semiconductor materials
- Other materials engineering
Keywords
self-healing concrete
polymeric healing agents
capsules
Project description
For self-healing concrete with polymeric healing agents, the bottleneck for valorization is the encapsulation technique since the capsules have to possess multifunctional properties. Since no commercial products seem to be appropriate, the objective of CAPDESIGN is to develop, optimize and test new capsules for applications in self-healing concrete. These capsules have to survive during concrete mixing and placing.