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High-Performance Building Materials and Structures: State-of-the-Art Studies

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3796

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jia-Bao Yan

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1. Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
2. Civil Engineering Testing Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Interests: steel structuresteel-concrete composite structure; reinforced concrete structure; finite element analysis; composite structure
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Prof. Dr. Jing Ji

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The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China
Interests: seismic behaviour of composite structure; repair & renovation of existing building; new building marerials
Dr. Yonghui Wang

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School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Interests: steel-concrete composite structures; impact and blast protections; steel structures; foam filled energy absorption structures; numerical simulation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, high-performance building materials have been developed and proposed for building structures, e.g., high-strength steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloys, high- or ultra-high-strength concrete, lightweight concrete, or ultra-high-performance concrete. These innovative high-performance materials have been developed and put into use in buildings, spacing structures (e.g., aluminum rooves), bridges (e.g., stainless steel bridge, aluminum bridge), TV emission towers (e.g., the Tokyo tower with high-strength steel), and offshore structures. This issue aims to incorporate these state-of-the-art research developments and engineering activities of high-performance materials and their applications in structures, bridges, tunnels, and other civil engineering constructions. The scope of this issue includes but is not limited to steel, concrete, and steel–concrete composite structures with high-performance steel, concrete, composite, and alloy materials.

Prof. Dr. Jia-Bao Yan
Prof. Dr. Jing Ji
Dr. Yonghui Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • high-strength steel
  • high-strength concrete
  • UHPC (ultra-high-performance concrete)
  • steel–concrete composite structures
  • stainless steel
  • aluminum alloy
  • high-rise buildings
  • bridges
  • composite structures

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Behaviour of a Sacrificial Cladding with Foam Concrete-Filled Square Tubes under Impact Loads
by Liquan Gu, Yonghui Wang and Ximei Zhai
Buildings 2023, 13(7), 1774; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071774 - 12 Jul 2023
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In this paper, a new sacrificial cladding with foam concrete-filled square tubes (FCFST sacrificial cladding) was developed for dissipating impact energy. The impact experiment was conducted on the FCFST sacrificial claddings using a drop hammer impact experiment system, and the finite element simulation [...] Read more.
In this paper, a new sacrificial cladding with foam concrete-filled square tubes (FCFST sacrificial cladding) was developed for dissipating impact energy. The impact experiment was conducted on the FCFST sacrificial claddings using a drop hammer impact experiment system, and the finite element simulation analysis was performed using the explicit nonlinear program LS-DYNA. The deformation modes, force–displacement responses and energy absorption performances of the FCFST sacrificial claddings were discussed. The results indicated that the impact responses of the FCFST sacrificial cladding could be classified into four stages, and the energy absorption performance could be enhanced by increasing the contact area between the sacrificial cladding and impactor. Foam concrete-filled tubes that underwent obvious plastic deformation dissipated more impact energy than other parts of the sacrificial cladding, and three deformation modes could be identified in theses tubes. Furthermore, the effects of the thickness ratio of the top plate to tube, width-to-thickness ratio of the tube and impact location on the impact behaviour of the FCFST sacrificial cladding were numerically studied. It was found that decreasing the thickness ratio of the top plate to tube could enhance the energy absorption performance of the FCFST sacrificial cladding. However, the impact location was found to have little effect on the energy absorption unless it was close to the edge of the sacrificial cladding. Full article
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Expanded Vermiculite: A Short Review about Its Production, Characteristics, and Effects on the Properties of Lightweight Mortars
by Plínio Campos de Assis Neto, Leane Priscilla Bonfim Sales, Palloma Karolayne Santos Oliveira, Iranilza Costa da Silva, Ilana Maria da Silva Barros, Aline Figueiredo da Nóbrega and Arnaldo Manoel Pereira Carneiro
Buildings 2023, 13(3), 823; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030823 - 21 Mar 2023
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Global temperatures have led to an increasing need for air conditioning systems. So, because of this fact, buildings have been improved in terms of their thermal and energy efficiency. Regarding this, the Brazilian standard ABNT NBR 15.575-4/2013 set minimum parameters for the thermal [...] Read more.
Global temperatures have led to an increasing need for air conditioning systems. So, because of this fact, buildings have been improved in terms of their thermal and energy efficiency. Regarding this, the Brazilian standard ABNT NBR 15.575-4/2013 set minimum parameters for the thermal transmittance and thermal capacity of sealing elements, which allow classifying the thermal efficiency of the building. In order to comply with the requirements, the usage and study of lightweight construction materials have been in focus. An example of these materials is vermiculite. The present research reviewed articles about expanded vermiculite. The study involved the examination and comparison of various articles to analyze the properties of vermiculite and the impact of its usage on coating mortars. It was possible to verify that using vermiculite in mortars caused bad workability and a decrease in mechanical strength. However, the porosity and water absorption in mortars increased. Additionally, it reduced the specific weight and the thermal conductivity of the mortars, allowing for a better thermal insulation of the rooms. As an alternative to decreasing the negative effects of vermiculite, it is possible to use chemical admixtures, mineral additions, and mix design with a greater consumption of binder or a combination of particle sizes. Full article
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