UHPC Materials: Structural and Mechanical Analysis in Buildings
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 August 2025 | Viewed by 2086
Special Issue Editors
Interests: concrete structures; seismic behavior; UHPC material; steel/FRP-concrete composite structures; civil engineering technology based on high performance construction materials
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Interests: ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC); composite structure; structure strengthening
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Interests: steel and concrete composite structures; concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; steel; corrosion; fatigue; bridge engineering; numerical modeling
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Interests: steel-concrete composite structures; ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); accelerated bridge construction (ABC); interfacial shear behavior; nonlinear behavior of composite structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has evolved as a popular material in the construction of new structures and strengthening of existing infrastructures, due to its outstanding workability, mechanical properties (e.g., compressive, tensile, and bond strengths), and chemical resistance compared to the conventional concrete. However, higher demands have been required for UHPC materials and their corresponding structures in recent complex structures, such as high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and long tunnels. To this end, a number of innovative new UHPC materials and their corresponding application technologies have emerged. In order to promote the wider application of UHPC, we are calling for paper submissions to this Special Issue on UHPC Materials: Structural and Mechanical Analysis in Buildings. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the recent innovations and advances in the fundamental and practical fields of UHPC materials and their composite structures, with a special focus on their corresponding structural and mechanical analyses in buildings. High-quality original research papers (e.g., theoretical research, experimental work, and case studies) and state-of-the-art reviews are encouraged that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Design, performance, and construction techniques of innovative UHPC materials (e.g., steel-free UHPC, and fast-hardening and low-shrinkage UHPC);
- Design, performance, and construction techniques of innovative modular structures (e.g., beams, columns, slabs, and nodes) made from UHPC and other building materials;
- Prefabricated modular construction and life-cycle assessment of UHPC modular structures;
- Rehabilitation, repair, and retrofitting of existing buildings with UHPC;
- Mechanical behavior of UHPC and its corresponding composite structures against the static (e.g., compression, tension, and bending) and dynamic (e.g., impact, fatigue, and seismic) actions;
- Various research techniques (e.g., experimental studies, nonlinear finite-element analysis, and deep learning-based structural analysis and evaluation).
Dr. Shu Fang
Dr. Yang Zou
Dr. Xiaoqing Xu
Dr. Zhuangcheng Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)
- structural and mechanical analysis
- innovative UHPC materials
- UHPC modular structures
- novel modular structures
- strengthening of existing infrastructures
- static and dynamic performance
- design, performance, and construction techniques
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