RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports Mario de Rooij Kim Van Tittelboom Nele De Belie Erik Schlangen Editors Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports Volume 11 RILEM,TheInternationalUnionofLaboratoriesandExpertsinConstructionMa- terials, Systems and Structures,foundedin 1947,is a non-governmentalscientific associationwhosegoalistocontributetoprogressintheconstructionsciences,tech- niquesandindustries,essentiallybymeansofthecommunicationitfostersbetween researchandpractice.RILEM’sfocusisonconstructionmaterialsandtheirusein buildingandcivilengineeringstructures,coveringallphasesofthebuildingprocess frommanufactureto use andrecyclingofmaterials. MoreinformationonRILEM anditspreviouspublicationscanbefoundonwww.RILEM.net. 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Forfurthervolumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8780 · Mario de Rooij Kim Van Tittelboom · Nele De Belie Erik Schlangen Editors Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials ABC Editors MariodeRooij NeleDeBelie TNO DepartmentofStructuralEngineering Delft GhentUniversity TheNetherlands Ghent Belgium KimVanTittelboom ErikSchlangen DepartmentofStructuralEngineering FacultyofCivilEng.andGeosciences GhentUniversity DelftUniversityofTechnology Ghent Delft Belgium TheNetherlands ISSN2213-204X ISSN2213-2031 (electronic) ISBN978-94-007-6623-5 ISBN978-94-007-6624-2 (ebook) DOI10.1007/978-94-007-6624-2 SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergNewYorkLondon LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2013933102 (cid:2)c RILEM2013 Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwritten permissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurpose ofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusive usebythepurchaserofthework. 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