Special Issue "Collection of Scientific Papers on Construction Materials in Poland"

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to a unique Special Issue of the journal Materials focusing on the current and innovative uses of building materials in Poland.

Currently, in Poland, various methods of recycling are applied and various materials are used successfully in building construction and civil engineering.

Areas of interest in this edition are:

• Renovating buildings;
• Road pavements;
• Use of recycled materials;
• Addition to base building materials;
• Systems used in the assessment of structures and pavements;
• Modeling and numerical analyses;
• Methods and technologies for object reconstruction considering new and recycled materials.

Dr. Piotr Mackiewicz
Dr. Antoni Szydlo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• materials
• recycling
• concrete pavements
• numerical modeling
• corrosion
• infrastructure materials aging
• fiber-reinforced

Title: Recycling of industrial waste as soil binders additives, effects on mechanical and hydraulic properties of soil during its stabilisation prior to road construction
Authors: Ksawery Kuligowski; Witold Waciński; Marek Zając; Waldemar Cyske; Adam Cenian; Paweł Kazimierski; Robert Tylingo; Szymon Mania
Affiliation: The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Fiszera 14 St. 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland
Abstract: Currently, when building roads, before applying an asphalt or concrete surface, the ground that is the basis of the road under construction must be compacted and stabilized. There are two basic methods of soil stabilization: in situ and in a stationary node (ex-situ). The method of performing stabilization in place (in-situ) is the most frequently used method due to its convenience and lower price. The most popular type of binder for stabilization is a hydraulic binder (most often cement and various ashes). Such stabilization is performed at a depth of 10-50 cm, achieving the desired load-bearing parameters. In order to improve them, various chemical additives for stabilization are often used, such as ion exchange compounds, additives based on sulfuric acid, additives based on vinyl polymers or even organic additives using lignosulfonates. However, the use of such additives is associated with much greater costs and environmental burden, resulting in seeking for cheaper and equally effective alternatives. The win-win situation would be for instance recycling the problematic waste-based materials that on one hand are landfilled or impossible to recycle and on the other hand cause problems for the waste producers. Therefore, an interesting issue is the production of stabilization additives from various types of waste materials. The research has been carried out by the Construction Company "WACIŃSKI" via the project: “Development and implementation of effective stabilizing mixtures for the foundation of road surfaces using fly ashes from the coal-based energy sector in Gdansk” (Regional Development Programme of Pomorskie Voivodeship/ Action 1.1.1 Expansion via innovations), https://www.wacinski.pl/projekty-ue/.