Encapsulation of Biological Materials for Concrete and/or Mortar Structural Healing

Abstract

A vascularizing, crack sealing and/or corrosion reducing repair formulation for concrete, and corresponding methods. In one general embodiment, a repair formulation includes a casting material, and an encapsulated and/or non-encapsulated biological material in the casting material. The biological material is operative to enable concrete and/or mortar structural healing. A method for non-destructive evaluation of cementitious material, in accordance with one general embodiment, includes causing a repair formulation to vascularize along a crack in the cementitious material via a biological and/or non-biological effect, characterizing the vascularized repair formulation, and outputting a result derived from the characterization.

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