Abstract: The construction industry is one of the ever growing and leading sectors, which contributes to the economic growth of any nation. One of the current challenges in this industry is to ensure compliance with the norms and standards pertaining to the construction process, building quality, performance, and most remarkably, the environmental impact. The materials used in construction have a crucial role in meeting the above requirements, and in line with this, substantial researches are in progress, in implementing scientific techniques for the selection of construction materials. Material selection is often influenced by budget constraints, local availability, and lack of technical expertise/advice. Some materials that are attractive in terms of initial cost, can have adverse effects on quality, reliability and performance, and even a catastrophic impact on the environment, during the life span of the building. So the present article tries to convince the importance of selecting material

• Publication Date: 19-Apr-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-042-2-97
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Abstract: The experiment, which is to evaluate crackfilling efficiency by self-healing when cracks occur by the external impact and internal stress, was conducted in this study. The crack-filling can be achieved by silica sand, which was applied self-healing ingredient. Therefore, recovery of crack was evaluated because it was verified feasible of silica sand, which was applied self-healing ingredient. As a result, when self-healing ingredient of silica sand surface reacts with water, it was verified that recovery of crack was achieved via silica sand, which was applied self-healing ingredient. Based on the results, it may be applied construction structure after various durability tests and analysis. Also, the repair mortar may be applied.

• Publication Date: 19-Apr-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-042-2-98
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