Advances in Building Materials and Concrete, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 486
Special Issue Editors
Interests: special concretes; damage and fracture of quasi-brittle materials; post-installed and cast-in anchors; structural glass
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: special concretes; damage and fracture of quasi-brittle materials; post-installed and cast-in anchors; structural glass
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The demand for improved performance (i.e., strength, stiffness, toughness, and durability), sustainability, and aesthetics for new and existing buildings is constantly growing.
Concrete is the most widely used building material worldwide due to its huge versatility and reduced cost, but its impact on greenhouse gas emissions is dramatically high due to the production of Portland cement.
As a consequence, many researchers aim to replace Portland cement with more sustainable binders to reduce CO2 emissions and, at the same time, improve the mechanical properties of concrete.
In the last decade, other building materials, such as wood (for sustainability, strength, and toughness), structural glass (for its outstanding aesthetic), and several types of reinforcement (e.g., FRP, FRCM to improve the mechanical properties of R.C. and masonry buildings), started receiving much more attention.
This Special Issue focuses on developing new concretes and other building materials characterized by or aiming for specific performance characteristics, such as sustainability, durability, non-standard mechanical properties, and aesthetics.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Special concretes (High-performance/fiber-reinforced, self-compacting, green, self-healing concretes, etc.);
- Non-metallic reinforcements as valuable alternatives for classical concrete reinforcements (i.e., CFRP, GFRP, FRCM, etc.);
- Structural wood;
- Structural glass;
Dr. Sara Cattaneo
Dr. Manuela Alessandra Scamardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- concrete
- high-performance concrete
- FRP
- FRCM
- wood
- structural glass
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