Self-healing of self-compacting concretes made with blast furnace slag cements activated by crystalline admixture
by Emilio M. Takagi; Maryangela G. Lima; Paulo Helene; Ronaldo A. Medeiros-Junior
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (IJMPT), Vol. 56, No. 1/2, 2018

Abstract: Test samples were examined using a specific crystalline admixture, AR glass fibre and three types of cements with percentages of blast furnace slag (BFS) of 55%, 35% and 0%. Test specimens were loaded under compression until 90% of their failure load, in order to generate a network of micro-cracks. These samples were subsequently immersed in lime water to trigger the self-healing mechanism, followed by various tests at 28, 56 and 84 days. As BFS content ratio was increased to 55%, there was a noticeable increase in mechanical recovery and permeation reduction properties, indicating good self-healing.

Online publication date: Sun, 07-Jan-2018

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