International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR)
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

Causes and Remedies on Concrete Cracks-A Review

  • Author:
  • T. Vinoth, A. Rahimunissa, S. Manikandeswari, E. Valavan, P. Vadivel, D. Thangam
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 550 to 551

Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Thanjavur, India

Online published on 24 October, 2017.

Abstract

Nowadays the appearance of a building has been given more importance, though this is a good thing equal importance should be given to the safety measures of the concrete buildings. As it takes lot of manpower to work on construction it is necessary to look into the safety of the concrete. Cracks on the concrete structure occur due to various reasons. Engineers on the other hand are working on its remedies especially for the longevity of concrete structure. Apart from conventional and manual remedies self healing crack phenomenon has also been discovered using bio materials.

Keywords

Cracks, RCC, Bio materials