Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Proposed Project

1.1 Introduction 1
2. State of the Art Review
2.1 General Overview 2
2.2 Classification of new materials composites 2
2.2.1 Intelligent Materials 3
2.2.2 Smart Materials 3
2.2.3 Smart Structures 4
2.2.4 Sensory Structures 4
2.2.5 Basic Materials 4
2.3 Self-Healing Concrete 4
2.3.1 Autogenous Self-healing 6
2.3.1.1 Enhanced Autogenous self-healing 7
2.3.2 Autonomous Self-Healing 8
2.4 Types of self-healing concrete 9
2.4.1 Vascular Method 9
2.4.2 Microcapsule Method 11
2.4.3 Using Shape Memory Polymers for crack closure 12
2.4.4 Microbially Induced Calcium carbonate Precipitation (MICP) 12
2.5 Evaluation of Self-healing efficiency 15
2.5.1 Evaluation at Macro-scale level 17
2.5.1.1 Assessment of Regained Mechanical Properties 17
2.5.1.2 Assessment of Regained resistance 18
2.5.2 Evaluation at the Micro-scale level 21
3. Research Proposal
3.1 Introduction 22
3.2 Summary of Relevant work on the topic 22
3.2.1 Delivery of Healing Agent 22
3.2.2 The bacterial healing agent 23
3.2.3 A standardised approach for healing efficiency evaluation 24
3.3 Programme and Methodology 27
3.4 Diagrammatic Workplan 29
3.5 Application to field of study 30

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