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The Use of Additive Manufacturing in Self-Healing Cementitious Materials (2024-01)

A State of the Art Review

10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100334

 Wan Zhi,  Xu Yading,  He Shan,  Schlangen Erik,  Šavija Branko
Journal Article - Developments in the Built Environment

Abstract

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on the application of additive manufacturing (AM) in self-healing cementitious materials. AM has been utilized in self-healing cementitious materials in three ways: (1) concrete with 3D-printed capsules/vasculatures; (2) 3D concrete printing (3DCP) with fibers or supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs); and (3) a combination of (1) and (2). 3D-printed capsules/vascular systems are the most extensively investigated, which are capable of housing larger volumes of healing agents. However, due to the dimension restraints of printers, most of the printed vasculatures/capsules are in small scale, making them difficult for upscaling. Meanwhile, 3DCP shows great potential to lower the environmental footprint of concrete construction. Incorporation of fibers and SCMs helps improve the autogenous healing performance of 3DCP. Besides, 3D-printed concrete with hollow channels as the vasculature could further improve the autonomous healing and scalability of self-healing cementitious materials. Finally, possible directions for future research are discussed.

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BibTeX 
@article{wan_xu_he_schl.2024.TUoAMiSHCM,
  author            = "Zhi Wan and Yading Xu and Shan He and Erik Schlangen and Branko Šavija",
  title             = "The Use of Additive Manufacturing in Self-Healing Cementitious Materials: A State of the Art Review",
  doi               = "10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100334",
  year              = "2024",
  journal           = "Developments in the Built Environment",
}
Formatted Citation

Z. Wan, Y. Xu, S. He, E. Schlangen and B. Šavija, “The Use of Additive Manufacturing in Self-Healing Cementitious Materials: A State of the Art Review”, Developments in the Built Environment, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100334.

Wan, Zhi, Yading Xu, Shan He, Erik Schlangen, and Branko Šavija. “The Use of Additive Manufacturing in Self-Healing Cementitious Materials: A State of the Art Review”. Developments in the Built Environment, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100334.