Experimental characterization of the self-healing capacity of cement based materials: An overview

This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ICEM), celebrada en Brussels, Belgium, 1–5 July 2018.This paper, prepared in the framework of the COST Action SARCOS WG2 activities (http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15202), provides an overview of the main concepts underlying the experimental characterization of the self-sealing capacity of cement-based materials. This effort intends to pave the way towards standardization of such experimental methods for a comparative assessment of the self-healing capacity of different cement-based materials and of the effectiveness of different techniques, in order to incorporate self-healing concepts and outcomes into durability-based predictive models and design approaches.The authors acknowledge the support from EU COST Action CA 15202 “SARCOS