The effect of varying volume fraction of microcapsules on fresh, mechanical and self-healing properties of mortars
- Submitting institution
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University of Hertfordshire
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 19723481
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.06.119
- Title of journal
- Construction and Building Materials
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- First page
- 577
- Volume
- 122
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0950-0618
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research was the first reported systematic study in the literature on the effect of varying volume fraction of microcapsules on a wide spectrum of properties of cementitious matrices which subsequently fed into the Royal Society report on “Animate Materials” (18/02/21). This research provided clarity over the very limited and contradictory data in the literature at that time. The research findings presented detailed data for a variety of scenarios (% dosage, initial crack-width) and utilised an extensive array of experimental techniques. The findings contributed significantly in the first UK large application of self-healing concrete (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.178).
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- Non-English
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