Self-healing in cementitious composite containing bacteria and protective polymers at various temperatures

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F21%3A00347999" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/21:00347999 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.34910/MCE.107.13" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.34910/MCE.107.13</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34910/MCE.107.13" target="_blank" >10.34910/MCE.107.13</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Self-healing in cementitious composite containing bacteria and protective polymers at various temperatures

Original language description

The paper is focused on two main issues of the so-called bio-based self-healing concrete i.e. protection of the bacterial spores embedded in the cementitious matrix and behavior of the material at low temperatures. The second aspect is particularly important as the impact of the conditions corresponding to real outside environment was rarely investigated before. An investigation of the influence of temperatures below the freezing point is a unique extension of the current state of the art. In the current study, as a form of protection, superabsorbent polymers (SAP) powder and 16 % polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) water solution are applied. The performed mechanical tests showed pronounced negative impact of the PVA addition on both tensile and compressive strength (a decrease of 56% and 79%, respectively), while the SAP negatively affected only the compressive strength (a drop of 30%). In our study, the composite containing SAP reached even slightly higher tensile strength compared to the control (around 7% increase). The healing action was observed on cracked cementitious composites beams at ideal (i.e. room) temperature, low temperature (10 °C), and after exposure to freeze cycles (-5 to 0 °C). After 28-day immersion in water at the ideal temperature, the series containing SAP and bacterial spores (BAC_SAP) showed the most pronounced healing – the value of the average maximum healed crack width (Δwmax) reached 219 μm. In the case of preliminary freeze cycling, the BAC_SAP also reached the highest values. At low temperatures, the positive impact of SAP seems to be inhibited as Δwmax is the highest in the control series. In all of the applied conditions, insufficient crack-sealing was detectable in the samples containing PVA. Thus, the SAP proved to be applicable for the protection of bacterial spores at ideal temperatures; however, more research concerning its mechanism in cementitious composite at lower temperatures is needed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-15697S" target="_blank" >GA18-15697S: Self-healing of cementitious composites by bacteria-induced calcification</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Magazine of Civil Engineering

ISSN

2071-4726

e-ISSN

2071-0305

Volume of the periodical

105

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

RU - RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000730911700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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