self-healing

A method to defeat damage propagation autonomously in self-healing materials

By / December 10, 2010

a) Digital image correlation showing the recovery strain due to the shape memory effect around the crack location.b) Schematic of complete flow for the combination of active toughening with active…

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Materials stories that may also be of interest

By / November 2, 2010

At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…

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Rhode Island grad student makes progress in new self-healing concrete approach

By / June 11, 2010

While working on her master’s degree, University of Rhode Island grad student Michelle Pelletier says she has come up with an effective and inexpensive method of creating self-healing concrete using…

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Video of the week II – Self-healing concrete

By / April 30, 2009

Following on the heels of our first Video of the week, this is look at Victor Li’s latest innovation: self-healing concrete. Cement and Concrete Research is soon to publish a…

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