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Project

Self-healing concrete in realistic extreme conditions - SMARTINCS
Code
01IT2622
Duration
01 June 2023 → 29 February 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • 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.