Research and Applications on Concrete Structures in Construction Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Since the early 1900s, the popularity of concrete as a building material has grown significantly and is now undisputable for practically all types of constructions, from typical residential buildings to mega-structures, roads, bridges, marine infrastructure, etc. As the architectural design of modern structures becomes ever more demanding, the need for new and more effective materials exhibiting enhanced strength and durability continues to grow. High-strength concretes combined with different types of additives and special types of reinforcement are increasibly being applied, as are more cost-efficient construction methods. Research on appropriate seismic detailing and the design of alternative methods aiming to safeguard concrete structures against future earthquake activity, including active and/or passive energy dissipation systems, is ongoing. Furthermore, the need to upgrade the performance of existing concrete structures, suffering either from substandard seismic capacity or from other structural inadequacies—e.g., environmental attack—has come to be urgent, and a significant share of research and construction activity is dedicated to this topic. However, the challenges engineers face are not limited only to theoretical issues, addressed by both analytical and experimental research, but extend also to problem solving and the development of practical solutions in real-world construction projects.

This Special Issue aspires to attract papers discussing both practical and theoretical issues involved not only in the design but also in the construction process and aiming at the good lifetime performance of concrete structures. Potential topics of interest are as follows:

• Research on high-performance new materials, concretes, and/or steel;
• The sustainability and resilience of concrete materials and structures;
• Experimental investigations on the reinforcement of concrete structures and structural elements;
• Design and structural analysis of concrete structures according to the provisions of new codes—the detailed design of structural elements under various loading cases;
• Pathology and damages—the repair and strengthening of concrete structures;
• Risk and vulnerability assessment of concrete structures;
• Engineering problems in the design and/or construction phase of specific structures. Case studies of important structures highlighting the problems faced and how those problems were solved are encouraged.

Dr. Marina Moretti
Prof. Dr. Milton Demosthenous
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 semimonthly 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.

• concrete structures
• sustainability
• high-performance materials
• design
• strengthening
• case studies