A new system for crack closure of cementitious materials using shrinkable polymers

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 795-801

  Jefferson, Anthony ^a   Joseph, Christopher ^a   Lark, Robert ^a   Isaacs, Ben ^a   Dunn, Simon ^a   Weager, Brendon ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETCOMPOSITES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack healing; Durability; Long term performance; Shape Memory Polymer

Indexed keywords

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CRACK FACES; CRACK-HEALING; DURABILITY OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MACRO-CRACKS; MORTAR SPECIMENS; NEW SYSTEM; ORIENTED POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT;

CEMENTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DURABILITY; POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 77949490191     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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