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To address the various types of damage encountered in practical engineering applications, this study investigates the impact of different mixing methods for CCCW (including internal mixing, curing, and post-crack repair) on the multi-dimensional self-healing performance of concrete. The self-healing capacity of concrete was evaluated through water pressure damage self-healing tests, freeze\u2013thaw damage self-healing tests, mechanical load damage self-healing tests, and crack damage self-healing tests. The results show that the curing-type CCCW mixing method exhibited the best self-healing effect in repairing water pressure, freeze\u2013thaw, and load damages, with corresponding healing rates of 88.9%, 92.7%, and 90.5%, respectively. The internally mixed CCCW method was also effective for repairing load damage in concrete, while the repair-type CCCW mixing method demonstrated the weakest repair effect on these types of damage. For concrete with induced pre-existing cracks, the internally mixed CCCW method, after 28 days of water-immersion curing, exhibited a significantly higher crack self-healing ability, with a self-healing ratio of 333.8%. Optical microscopy observations revealed that the crack surfaces were almost fully sealed, with a substantial deposition of white crystalline material at the crack sites. Further analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) provided insights into the surface morphology and phase characteristics of the self-healed cracks, indicating that calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) were the main products responsible for crack healing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma18010159","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]],"date-time":"2025-01-02T10:32:26Z","timestamp":1735813946000},"page":"159","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Influence of Different Mixing Methods for Cementitious Capillary Crystalline Waterproofing Materials on the Self-Healing Capacity of Concrete Under Various Damage Types"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8458-0836","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haoyu","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Engineering Research Centre of Diagnosis Technology of Hydro-Construction, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Engineering Research Centre of Diagnosis Technology of Hydro-Construction, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guojin","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials of Ministry of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Powerchina Guiyang Engineering Corporation Limited, Guiyang 550081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guoyou","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Suzhou Guardex New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 210500, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"349","DOI":"10.1016\/j.conbuildmat.2015.11.006","article-title":"Crack healing in concrete using various bio influenced self-healing techniques","volume":"102","author":"Khaliq","year":"2016","journal-title":"Constr. 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