Jean-Marc Tulliani

This study focuses on the use of additive manufacturing techniques as a possible way to produce n...ovel types of macro-capsules, suitable to be filled with different healing agents and subsequently embedded in cementitious materials to introduce self-healing properties and deal with the sensitivity of these materials to crack form

Heuristically known at least since the first half of XIX century, the self-healing capacity of ce...ment-based materials has been receiving keen attention from the civil engineering community worldwide in the last decade.

The intensive use of cement-based building materials is a growing concern in terms of environment...al impact, since they significantly contribute to the global anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

Development and commercialization of self-healing concrete is hampered due to a lack of standardi...zed test methods. Six inter-laboratory testing programs are being executed by the EU COST action SARCOS, each focusing on test methods for a specific self-healing technique.

Self-healing concrete has the potential to optimise traditional design approaches; however, comme...rcial uptake requires the ability to harmonize against standardized frameworks. Within EU SARCOS COST Action, different interlaboratory tests were executed on different self-healing techniques.