Published on: May 2026
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SELF-HEALING BACTERIAL M30 CONCRETE FOR WATER TANK APPLICATIONS
Satendra Singh
Anil Rajpoot
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Keywords: Self-healing concrete, bacterial concrete, Bacillus subtilis, M30 concrete, water tanks, microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation.
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Singh, S. (2026). Experimental Investigation of Self-Healing Bacterial M30 Concrete for Water Tank Applications. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(05). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.842
Singh, Satendra. "Experimental Investigation of Self-Healing Bacterial M30 Concrete for Water Tank Applications." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 05, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.842.
Singh, Satendra. "Experimental Investigation of Self-Healing Bacterial M30 Concrete for Water Tank Applications." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 05 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.842.
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