Code
01IT2622
Duration
01 June 2023 → 29 February 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Sustainable building
- Construction materials
- Construction materials technology
- Life cycle analysis of construction materials
- Non-destructive testing, safety and diagnosis
Keywords
3D printing
Self-healing concrete
vascular networks
Project description
Vascular networks for self-healing concrete can reduce maintenance costs and extend the service
life of a structure. This project aims to optimize the topology, radius and interconnectivity of vascular networks, and realizing the designs by 3D printing. The networks are embedded in concrete and tested for self-healing efficiency, and topologies are further optimized by employing numerical simulations. |