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The main objectives of this project include the development and evaluation of a group of self-healing cement composites that will incorporate different types of encapsulated healing agents, such as activated mineral admixtures and hydraulic phases and the development and optimization of the encapsulation methodology, including solid dispersion parameters for effective self-healing cement and concrete mixtures, such as mechanical properties of the produced microcapsules, rheological properties of wet mixtures, microstructural and mechanical properties of hardened mixtures.
In order to achieve these objectives, a knowledge-based repository on laboratory-generated data (experimental) and theoretical results for currently available and future emerging self-healing technologies will be generated. The repository will provide TITAN a valuable tool for enabling in prompt time the most promising technological and material solutions, for enhancing the service life of cement and concrete mixtures. The main scientific areas, where data will be generated, encompass various types of healing agents, encapsulation methodologies and parametric optimization of self-healing cement and concrete composites
