The increasing concern for safety and sustainability of structures is calling for the
development of smart self‐healing materials and preventive repair methods. The …

Heuristically known at least since the first half of XIX century, the self-healing capacity of
cement-based materials has been receiving keen attention from the civil engineering …

The effects of including cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) in Ultra High Performance Concretes
(UHPCs) have been studied in this paper in terms of recovery of both durability and …

The main objective of this study is to quantify the effect of fibre orientation on the tensile
behaviour of Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious Composites …

The effects of alumina nano-fibres are investigated in this paper on the mechanical
performance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Concrete and their …

This paper analyzes the autogenous and stimulated self-sealing capacity of steel fiber
reinforced concretes, with and without crystalline admixtures, under repeated cracking and …

More than one century after its massive introduction in the building industry, concrete is still
the most popular building material. Nevertheless, several critical infrastructures show severe …

This study investigates the self-healing capabilities of Ultra-High Performance Concrete
(UHPC) under the combined influence of mechanical and environmental factors …

The use of recycled materials and industrial by-products as sustainable constituents of
cement-based materials could be an environmentally and technically promising solution for …

The project detailed in this paper aims at a thorough characterization of the effects of
crystalline admixtures, currently employed as porosity reducing admixtures, on the self …