eprintid: 10187643 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/18/76/43 datestamp: 2024-02-23 10:13:07 lastmod: 2025-02-22 07:10:06 status_changed: 2024-02-23 10:13:07 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Lv, Leyang creators_name: Zhang, Xiangyu creators_name: Šavija, Branko creators_name: Zhang, Mingzhong creators_name: Han, Kaihang creators_name: Zhang, Honghzhi creators_name: Pei, Chun creators_name: Zhu, Jihua creators_name: Xing, Feng title: Self-healing of cementitious materials using sustainable cenosphere-based manufactured aggregate ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F44 keywords: Self-healing concrete, Encapsulated healing agent, Cenosphere, Hydration, Microstructure, Engineering properties note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Self-healing concrete using encapsulated healing agent has shown great potential in enhancing concrete durability. However, the capsules are expensive to make and can lower the mechanical properties of concrete. In this study, a new type of manufactured aggregate that employs waste-derived fly ash cenosphere as a carrier of healing agent (SH-CS) was designed and produced. The effect of SH-CS incorporation on hydration, engineering properties and self-healing efficiency of cement mortar was systematically evaluated, with a special focus on self-healing mechanism through the analysis of the mineral composition of the healing product. The results indicate that the prepared SH-CS has good stability in and compatibility with cement mortar. The addition of SH-CS has small influence on the fresh properties of cement mortar and less negative effect on compressive strength at the hardened stage compared to the existing study. By replacing 3 wt.% of fine aggregate with SH-CS, up to 71% of the crack opening area of mortar specimens with a crack width of about 0.3 mm was self-healed after 28 days of water exposure. The self-healing behaviour of SH-CS led to a maximal 41% drop in water adsorption and contributed to the recovery of flexural strength. The healing products precipitated on the fracture surface were mainly composed of amorphous C-S-H and Calcite. It can be estimated that incorporating SH-CS in concrete would result in only a moderate (∼29%) rise in cost for C40 concrete. date: 2024-03-15 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier BV official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135361 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2249734 doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135361 lyricists_name: Zhang, Mingzhong lyricists_id: MZHAA72 actors_name: Zhang, Mingzhong actors_id: MZHAA72 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Construction and Building Materials volume: 419 article_number: 135361 issn: 0950-0618 citation: Lv, Leyang; Zhang, Xiangyu; Šavija, Branko; Zhang, Mingzhong; Han, Kaihang; Zhang, Honghzhi; Pei, Chun; ... Xing, Feng; + view all <#> Lv, Leyang; Zhang, Xiangyu; Šavija, Branko; Zhang, Mingzhong; Han, Kaihang; Zhang, Honghzhi; Pei, Chun; Zhu, Jihua; Xing, Feng; - view fewer <#> (2024) Self-healing of cementitious materials using sustainable cenosphere-based manufactured aggregate. Construction and Building Materials , 419 , Article 135361. 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135361 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135361>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187643/1/Accepted%20Version.pdf