Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been a very notable increase in the use of CT-scan technology for concrete research. This is a very useful tool for studying the microstructure of concrete, as a basis to better understand its macroscopic response under different actions: static loads, dynamic loads, thermal actions, etc. The identification of the different elements that make up the concrete (aggregates, cement paste, pores, fibers, etc.) provided by the CT scan, in combination with the use of Digital Image Processing (DIP), allows objective information of several morphological parameters of the material to be obtained.

For this Special Issue of Applied Sciences, we aim to collect the most interesting research articles on the use of CT-scan technology for concrete research. Some of the topics of interest (although not the only ones) are:

1. Fiber-reinforced concrete;
2. Pervious concrete;
3. Asphalt concrete;
4. 4D CT scans;
5. CT-scan technology and numerical simulation;
6. Algorithms based on DIP and CT-scan technology.

Dr. Miguel A. Vicente
Guest Editor

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• concrete technology
• CT scan
• fiber-reinforced concrete
• pervious concrete
• asphalt concrete
• numerical simulation