New technologies enable development of materials with self-healing qualities to survive damaging effects in service without human intervention.

1. Self-Healing Composite Materials
Parviz Soroushian
Email:
parvizsoroushian@engineer.com

2. Biomimetic Principles:
Adaptive Qualities of Bone
Cancellous Bone Compact Bone

3. Composite Damage Mechanisms

4. Damaging Concentration of Mechanical Energy

5. The Self-Healing Concept
Strengthening of Damage
Area by Deposition of
Structural Substance
Transport of Structural Substance
Stress Rise at
Damaged Location

6. Schematic Presentation of the Process