High Performance and Low Carbon Concrete Materials and Structures

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, the global demand for construction materials increases every year. The increasing need for concrete has increased the consumption of cement, which is a serious threat to the environment due to the large amount of CO₂ released during the process of cement production. Statistically, industrial cement production produces about 2G tons of CO₂ every year globally, accounting for about 6-7% of global total CO₂ release. Less cement consumption or cement substitutes in the development of low-carbon high-performance concrete (LCHPC) have become important global aspects of current energy conservation and emission reduction.LCHPC can be achieved by searching alternatives for cement, developing alkali-activated cementitious composite, geopolymeric materials, recycled aggregate concrete, high/ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete, etc. In addition, the present infrastructure construction buildings show accelerated development, with a large span, heavy haul, and super high concrete structures. To develop and apply LCHPC materials in construction structures is urgently needed to adapt to the fast development of constructions. In the past few years, many innovative LCHPC materials and structures have been explored, and achieve important research progress.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to explore the recent challenges and technological advances on the LCHPC materials, members and structures. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• LCHPC product and material design
• Microstructure characterization and performance control of LCHPC materials
• Mechanical behavior of LCHPC materials and structures
• Durability and long-term performance of LCHPC materials and structures in harsh environment
• LCHPC structure under extreme loadins such as earthquake, impact/blast, fire and fatigue
• FRP/Steel-LCHPC composite structures and prefabricated structures
• Constitutive relations and finite element modelling of LCHPC
• Data driven and artificial intelligence (AI)-based material and structural design

Dr. Yin Chi
Dr. Biao Li
Dr. Fanghong Wu
Guest Editors

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• material design
• microstructure characterization
• mechanical performance
• durability and long-term performance
• composite structures
• constitutive modelling
• artificial neutral network
• finite element nonlinear analysis
• structural design theory