Engineered Self-Healing Concrete By using Crystalline

Admixture and Super Absorbent Polymers

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF : PRESENTED BY

M .CHANDRAIAH P.JAKIR HUSSIAN (169X1A0183)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR M.A.IRFAN BASHA (169X1A0177)
M.JAGAN MOHAN (169X1A0174)
T.ABISHEIK GOUD (169X1A01A2)
CONTENTS
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Literature review
 Methodology
 Conclusions
INTRODUCTION
 In concrete structures , Self-healing refers to the property of
the structure being able to autonomously and autogenously
repair minor damages or cracks caused by external loads
and environmental factors
 cracks mainly due to the
1.External loads (ref fig 1)
2.environmental factors (ref fig 2)
Effects of cracking

1.Reduction of durability of concrete

2.Reduces structural safety and serviceability
3.Stiffness reduction
4.Steel bar corrosion
5.Improper functioning
Self-healing Concrete
 Self sealing/closing :
Ability of closing cracks
 Self healing:
Ability of closing cracks and restoring
physical/mechanical properties
 Autogenous self sealing /healing due to own
concrete constituents
 Autonomic(engineered) self sealing/ healing
triggered by engineered additions
Why Self-healing concrete

 Traditional repairs are expensive

 Sense and respond to damage , restore
performance without affecting inherent
properties
 KEY:-No human intervention required .
 It is like modeling and mimicking of the human
body and other living systems which have the
ability to Self-heal.
Objectives

• Improvement of mechanical properties of concrete by using crystalline admixture

and superabsorbent polymer.
• To study the effect of superabsorbent polymer on the self-healing properties of
concrete due to early age cracks.
• To study the effect of superabsorbent polymer and crystalline admixture on the
self-healing properties of concrete due to early age cracks.
• To determine the influence of water immersion ,wet-dry cycles , water contact
condition on self healing concrete using superabsorbent polymer.
LITERATURE REVIEW
AUTHOR TITLE
Byoungsun Park, “Self-healing Capability Of
Cementitious Materials With
Young Cheol Choi Crystalline Admixtures And
Super Absorbent Polymers”
M. Roig-Flores S. “Self-healing capability of
concrete with crystalline
Moscato, admixtures in different
P. Serna a, L.Ferrara environments”
JOURNAL AND STUDY
YEAR PUBLISHED
ELSEVIER-2018 • The crystalline admixtures increased
the self-healing capability along with
Construction And SAP’s while SAP’s swelled to seal the
Building Materials cracks
• In this study the specimen containing
SAP’s was observed to re-swell and
seal the cracks
• Using CAs with SAPs accelerated
self-healing.
ELSEVIER-2015 • They concluded that specimens with
Crystalline Admixtures showed a
Construction And more stable and reliable behavior in
Building Materials healing tests, featuring lower
dispersion and clearer trends.
• Under four exposures in order of
decreasing permeability healing rate
are: water immersion (around 0.90) >
water contact (around 0.80) >
humidity chamber (around 0.15) > air
exposure (around 0.15).
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PUBLISHED

H.X.D. Lee, “Self-sealing of cracks in ELSEVIER-2015 • SAP is effective in enhancing crack

H.S.Wong , concrete using Cement and sealing.
N.R. Buenfeld superabsorbent polymers” Concrete Research • This leads to the sealing of a 0.3mmcrack.
• Simulations based on properties of the SAP
used in this study show that an SAP dosage
of 1% by weight of cement would seal a
0.2 mm crack,.

D.Snoeck , “Repeated Autogeneous ASCE-2016 • SAP particles promote self-healing by

N.De Belie Healing In Cementitious providing water on crack formation and
Composites By Using regain the mechanical properties.
• The healed specimens are able to regain the
Superabsorbent
mechanical properties up to 75%
Polymers” • This study concludes due to the swelling
action of SAP in a crack there is a increase
in durability and service life of civil
structures
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YEAR PUBLISHED

T.Chandra sekhar Macro ELSEVIER-2018 •The capability of

reddy , mechanical Ain Shams CA is to produce
A.Raviteja properties of self- engineering journal more hydrated
products and
healing concrete
healing the pores
with crystalline and pre cracks in
admixture under concrete during
different hydration and after
environments hydration
•The strength
regaining capacity
of concrete with CA
under the WI
exposure is 95%
which is the best
among all exposure
conditions
considered
Methodology
 Firstly we are planning to prepare the mix by trial and error method by using the code of
ACI 211.4R-93
 Next we are planning to cast the cubes and cylinder to conventional concrete of M70
grade to check its characteristic strength
 As the strength attain , the mix proportion can be consider
 Concrete cubical moulds of size 100mm 3 were cast for determination of compressive
strength of concrete and split tensile strength of concrete is determined by casting
cylinder of size 100X150mm
 The strength healing capability of concrete with 1.1% of crystalline admixture and 0.3-0.5%
of superabsorbent polymer by weight of cement is studied under different environmental
exposures like water immersion , swet (or)dry cycle , water contact by assessing regained
mechanical properties
 Self healing capability of the concrete is assessed by elevated strength regain capability
of cracked specimens after healing. The crack width between 0.2 & 0.4 is maintained and
placed in different environmental exposures
 As the most shrinkage cracks occurs few days after casting ,pre-cracking is fixed at 2
days for early age cracks.
Conclusions
The following conclusion can be drawn from the results:

 The regained mechanical properties of tested specimens are reliable

compared to the control concrete specimens.
 Concrete with crystalline admixture and (0.5%) SAP will shows better
healing ability of water immersion ,wet-dry cycles , water contact condition on self
healing concrete using superabsorbent polymer.
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