Engineering poly(isobutylene) as self-healing polymer

All polymeric materials are subject to thermal, mechanical as well as chemical degradation and destruction during their lifetime. As new materials are designed, the quest for materials with self-healing properties (i.e.: those which can regenerate similar to living matter, especially after mechanical deformation) is increasing, culminating in...

Self crack healing induced by high temperature oxidation in SiN/SiC nano-laminated film

In bulk, Si3N4 reinforced by dispersing SiC particle has superior self crack healing ability at high temperature. In consideration with this fact, SiN/SiC nano-laminated film is expected to exhibit the self crack healing at high temperature. In this study, we investigated the self crack healing behavior of the SiN/SiC nano-laminated film...

One-pot preparation and evaluation of thermo-remendable polyurethanes

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Mitigating the effects of space debris on composite structures embedding self healing and carbon nanotube nanocomposite materials

The presence in space of micrometeoroids and orbital debris, particularly in the lower earth orbit, presents a continuous hazard to orbiting satellites, spacecrafts and the international space station. Space debris includes all non-functional, man-made objects and fragments. As the population of debris continues to grow, the probability of...

Evaluating Self Healing Capability of Bituminous Mastics

The self-healing capability of bituminous materials has been known for many years. Researches were mostly focused on the self healing behaviour during load repetitions. The tests are either time consuming and/or complex. In this paper, a simple self healing test procedure is presented combining the fracture-healing-re-fracture test (FHR) with...

Self Healing of Asphalt Mixtures: Towards a Better Understanding of the Mechanism

Traffic is increasing rapidly in terms of number of vehicles and also in axle loads. In order to maximize the availability of the pavement and to minimize hindrances to traffic because of maintenance works, long life pavements are needed. An asphalt pavement with self repairing capabilities is believed to be very useful to this respect. The self...

Development of an autonomous setup for evaluating self healing capability of asphalt mixtures

It is a well known fact that asphalt mixtures have self healing capabilities. Yet most of the self healing investigations are carried out using complex and time consuming fatigue tests. In order to investigate the self healing capability in a simple and efficient manner, a beam on elastic foundation test setup (BOEF) is proposed in this paper....

Electrochemical healing of MAX phase ceramics (abstract)

Crack repair of asphalt concrete with induction energy

It is well known that the healing rates of asphalt courses increase with the temperature. A new method, induction heating, is used in this paper to increase the lifetime of asphalt concrete pavements. Mastic will be first made electrically conductive by the addition of conductive fibers. Then it will be heated via induction energy. This will...