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Applications and Life Cycle Assessment of Shape Memory Polyethylene Terephthalate in Concrete for Crack Closure

Shape memory polymer (SMP) products have been developed for application as crack closure devices in concrete. They have been made from PET in the form of both fibres and hollow tubes. Here, manufacturing methods using die-drawing and mandrel-drawing to induce shape memory are reported. The fibre-bas...

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Autores principales: Maddalena, Riccardo, Sweeney, John, Winkles, Jack, Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina, Balzano, Brunella, Thompson, Glen, Arena, Noemi, Jefferson, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35267758
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14050933