Advanced Concrete Structures: Structural Behaviors and Design Methods—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, numerous novel concrete materials and innovative concrete structures that enable accelerated construction, enhanced durability, cost-efficiency and a longer service life have been developed. However, research on the structural behavior and the methods used to design such materials and structures is limited, and the codification of the corresponding standards is still in its infant phase. This has significantly hindered the wider application of these novel concrete structures. The purpose of this Special Issue is to illustrate the latest achievements regarding the fundamental and practical investigation of novel concrete structures, with a particular focus on their structural behavior and design methods. Some related research papers have been published in the previous edition of this Special Issue, which can be accessed using the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/buildings/special_issues/9CS580PPD4

The main topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel structures made of new concrete material, e.g., ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC), fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), and engineering cementitious composites (ECC), etc.;
• Precast/prestressed concrete structures for accelerated construction;
• Steel/FRP/UHPC–concrete composite structures;
• Connections or joins of prefabricated modular concrete elements;
• Rehabilitation/retrofitting of existing concrete structures;
• Shear behaviors of advanced concrete structures.

Prof. Dr. Haibo Jiang
Prof. Dr. Renda Zhao
Dr. Yunchao Tang
Dr. Xiaohong Zheng
Dr. Fangwen Wu
Guest Editors

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• UHPC structures
• shear behavior of concrete structures
• precast concrete structures
• connections of prefabricated concrete elements
• rehabilitations of concrete structures
• novel concrete composite structures

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