DR. D.Y.
PATIL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT AND AKURDI, PUNE
Department of civil Engineering
SEMINAR (301006) Report on,
“SELF HEALING CONCRETE.”
Presented By:-
PRANAV NITIN BORSE
(PRN No.72176405D)
Under the Guidance of
Prof. Rohit Deshmukh
CONTENTS :-
• Introduction
• Objective
• Literature Review
• Selection of bacteria
• Bacteria
• Types Of Bacteria
• Working
• Pictures of self healing
• Comparison Of Cost
• Conclusion
• References
INTRODUCTION:-
• The self healing concrete is one of that senses its crack formation and
reacts to cure Itself without human intervention.
• When it comes in contact with air and water, it produces lime on
outer layer of concrete.
• Self healing concrete is a product that will biologically produce
limestone to heal cracks that appear on the surface of concrete
structures.
• Self healing concrete is also called as “BACTERIAL CONCRETE”
• Bacteria’s are used to make self healing concrete.
• The “inspiration” to study the self-healing construction material as well as
“embedding” self-healing concept into civil engineering practice has come
from “processes” occurring - e.g. inside the human body, such as blood
clotting or repairing of the fractured bones .
Objective :-
• To develop methods to enhance durability of concrete by adding bacteria.
• To regain the maximum strength of concrete after cracking formation.
• To develop methods of concrete after cracking rectification.
• To control the crack width.
• To heal the cracks as soon as possible.
• To contribute a longer service life of structure and would make the material not
only more durable but also more sustainable.
Literature Review :-
SR Title Of Study Name of Year of Result
No. Author Publication
1 An Experimental N.Srimathi, 2018 The results showed that the
study on Self S. Inedhurekha, bacteria showed excellent
Healing concrete K. Anu repairing ability to small
Using Bacteria Indravathi cracks and the self-healing
agent can be applied for self-
healing of early age cracks in
cement- based material.
2 Bacterial Concrete- S. Puranik, Sep 2019 Bacterial concrete is easy to
A Susstainable Sidharth Jain, prepare and requires basic
Solution for G. Sritam knowledge of bacteria and
Concrete cultuers. It is a very
Maintainance innovative idea to make use of
these natural phenomena of
bacteria to improve concrete’s
performance. The solution is
not only reliable but also
increases durability of
structure making it
maintenance free.
SELECTION OF BACTERIA:-
• A Selection of Bacteria Due to high internal pH, relative dryness and lack
of nutrients the common bacteria cannot survive in the concrete
environment. The pH of cement and water when mixed is 13, which is not
suitable for organisms to survive. Researchers found that only the strains of
bacterial genus bacillius are suitable to thrive in this high alkaline
environment.
• Hence the genus bacillus bacteria's are suitable for concrete.
Bacteria :-
• It contains an outer layer of thick wall which
resist sunlight , chemical exposure etc .
VARIOUS TYPES OF BACTERIA USED IN CONCRETE:-
There are various types of bacteria were used in construction area are as
follows :-
• Bacillus pasteurii
• Bacillus sphaericus
• Bacillus subtilis
• Bacillus cohnii
• Bacillus balodurans
• Bacillus pseudofirmus
Working :-
• Self-healing concrete is a product that will biologically produce limestone to
heal cracks that appear on the surface of concrete structure.
• Bacteria are added during casting of concrete. The amount of Bacteria added in
the range of 10ml & 15 ml/m3 of concrete. Concrete could soon be healing its
own hairline cracking. Holes and pores of wet concrete are healed. Combined
calcium with oxygen and carbon di oxide to form calcite is essential for healing
tiny cracks which arrest the seepage of water.
• Specially selected type of bacteria genus bacillus , along with a calcium-based
nutrient known as calcium lactate, and nitrogen &phosphorus ,are added to the
ingredients of the concrete when it is being mix.
Case Study :-
Compression Test Result of M20 Grade Concrete
Sr. No. No. of Comp. strength Comp. Comp. Comp.
days of strength of strength of strength of
conventional bacterial bacterial bacterial
concrete concrete concrete concrete
(10 ml) (15 ml) (20 ml)
01 3 9.820 12.088 14.710 16.202
02 7 12.440 13.910 16.400 18.077
03 28 22.450 23.690 25.121 27.404
Pictures Of Self Healing:-
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COMPARISON OF COST:-
Advantages and Limitations :-
Advantages :-
1. Remediates cracks quickly Concrete specimens get filled with bacteria,
nutrients and sand. Significant increase in compressive strength and stiffness
values as compared to those without cells.
2. Reduction in corrosion of reinforcement Application of microbial calcite may
help in sealing the path of ingress chemicals and improve the life of reinforced
concrete structures.
3. Lower repair & maintenance cost.
4. It is pollution free, ecofriendly and natural.
Limitations :-
5. Cost of bacterial concrete is higher Cost of bacterial concrete is double than
conventional concrete, but it can be reduced by the growth of the technique.
6. Non availability of IS codes as it is a new research material no code is provided
to use it. It is difficult to estimate the doses of bacteria to be used in concrete to
get the optimum performance.
Conclusion:-
• Hence , self healing concrete is crack resistant.
• Which protects the concrete and reinforcement from cracks and from
corrosion.
• By doing this , it prevents water to percolate into reinforced steel concrete
and hence it does not comes in contact with reinforcements.
• Thus , it prevents reinforcement from corrosion.
• Increase in the strength of concrete as compare to conventional concrete.
REFERENCES :-
1. A review paper on self healing concrete (Research Gate)
2. A review paper on self healing concrete (THE IJES)
3. Experiment study on self healing concrete (emerging trends in civil
Engineering)
4. Bacterial concrete• A sustainable solution for concrete maintenance. (IJITEE)
5. IS 456 :( 2000) PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE CODE OF
PRACTICE.
6. Use of bacteria to repair cracks in concrete by Kim Van Tittelboom a, Nele De
Belie , Willem De Muyncka, b, Willy Verstraete b. , 2008.
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