During the last few years, different kinds of autonomic and non-autonomic self-healing
materials have been prepared using diverse techniques for a number of applications. The …

Cement and concrete are vital materials used to construct durable habitats and infrastructure
that withstand natural and human-caused disasters. Still, concrete cracking imposes …

Developed from the author's course on advanced mechanics of composite materials, Finite
Element Analysis of Composite Materials with Abaqus® shows how powerful finite element …

Inspired by the unique and efficient wound healing processes in biological systems, several
approaches to develop synthetic polymers that can repair themselves with complete, or …

This paper investigates the self-healing repair of delamination cracks in a carbon fibre–
epoxy laminate using the mendable thermoplastic poly [ethylene-co-(methacrylic …

Improving the durability and sustainability of concrete structures has been driving the
enormous number of research papers on self-healing mechanisms that have been …

The first reported use of two‐dimensional mesh thermoplastic fibers in an epoxy matrix for
mendable composites is presented, yielding 100% restoration of GIC, failure energy, and …

Crack-repairing technology via embedded capsules containing repair-agent is becoming a
promising approach to sustain the performance of structure materials. From the viewpoint of …

Bioinspired self‐healing polymers have attracted more and more interests. Imparting self‐
healing ability to existing polymers or developing new polymeric materials capable of self …

Concretes with micro-encapsulated healing agents are very appealing due to the
advantages of self-healing and the potential for controllable quantifiable healing on a large …