Concrete That Repairs Itself

Jonkers chose bacillus bacteria to use for concrete because of it thrives under alkaline conditions and the spores produced by bacillus bacteria can survive for decades without food or oxygen making it the perfect choice for this project.

Concrete that repairs itself.

While this allows the concrete to talk to government officials simultaneously lu and her team are developing a way that the concrete could also repair itself. Biological concrete the material that repairs itself. In fact one of its best qualities is that it s self repairing. Thanks to advances in technology there are many innovative construction materials such as biological concrete.

Wise wanderer 192 448 views. It s been left to deteriorate so there s a huge amount of repair to be done. The concrete is just as sturdy as normal concrete but contains living materials. We have invented bioconcrete that s concrete that heals itself using bacteria says jonkers.

So called self healing concrete could be useful in winter when concrete freezes and then thaws in cycles which expands or cracks the concrete. This gives the stones not only the ability to repair themselves but also to reproduce. A dutch inventor has come up with an ingenious way for concrete to repair its own cracks. Actually we re not just talking about concrete.

The civil and environmental engineering professor at the university of michigan has invented a new kind of concrete that hardly ever cracks and if it does can repair itself. The bacterial colonies can grow exponentially as long as sufficient sand and gelatin are added. Abir so our vision is to encapsulate self healing elements within the concrete. Chris so how are you trying to make concrete that will fix itself when this happens.

Okay henk jonkers hasn t created a new form of life. Self healing bio concrete repairs its own cracks duration. Concrete that can heal itself 04 03 the bioconcrete is mixed just like regular concrete but with an extra ingredient the healing agent it remains intact during mixing only dissolving and.