Concrete That Repairs Itself

Biological concrete the material that repairs itself.

Concrete that repairs itself.

The concrete is just as sturdy as normal concrete but contains living materials. Okay henk jonkers hasn t created a new form of life. Chris so how are you trying to make concrete that will fix itself when this happens. 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.

This concrete can heal itself as if it were alive duration. Thanks to advances in technology there are many innovative construction materials such as biological concrete. What he did find is a kind of bacteria. It s been left to deteriorate so there s a huge amount of repair to be done.

This gives the stones not only the ability to repair themselves but also to reproduce. Wise wanderer 192 448 views. A dutch inventor has come up with an ingenious way for concrete to repair its own cracks. This is a revolutionary material in terms of sustainability and green building practices.

We have invented bioconcrete that s concrete that heals itself using bacteria says jonkers. The bacterial colonies can grow exponentially as long as sufficient sand and gelatin are added. In fact one of its best qualities is that it s self repairing. 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.

Self healing bio concrete repairs its own cracks duration. So called self healing concrete could be useful in winter when concrete freezes and then thaws in cycles which expands or cracks the concrete. Abir so our vision is to encapsulate self healing elements within the concrete.