Novel Cementitious Materials for Resilient and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 28706
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete; construction materials for marine and coastal infrastructures; smart and multi-functional cement-based materials; municipal solid waste recycling
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Interests: resilient and sustainable infrastructures; sustainable building materials; advanced composites for construction; green construction techniques; high-performance concrete materials and structures
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Interests: engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC); magnesium-based low-carbon materials; engineered environmental barriers; sustainable geomaterials; life cycle assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, many big cities have been subject to the challenges of increasing population, limited land and resources, aging buildings and infrastructure, environmental pollution, as well as urban resilience issues due to climate change and hazards. Developing “smart, green and resilient” cities to ensure that the cities of the future are livable, competitive, and sustainable is an emerging important research and development direction. Concrete is arguably one of the most important engineering materials in support of modern civilization. Many novel cementitious materials as well as innovative construction technologies have received tremendous interest in recent years.
This Special Issue aims to present the recent progress and latest findings on novel cementitious materials for resilient and sustainable buildings and infrastructure. We welcome high-quality original research papers and state-of-the-art reviews dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Material design and manufacturing;
- Modeling and numerical simulation;
- Structural design and performance;
- Renovation, repair, and retrofitting;
- Material characterization;
- Mechanical and durability properties;
- 3D concrete printing;
- Modular integrated construction;
- Lifecycle assessment.
Dr. Jing Yu
Dr. Bo-Tao Huang
Dr. Hao-Liang Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber-reinforced concrete
- engineered cementitious composites (ECC)
- ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)
- low-carbon concrete
- self-sensing concrete
- self-healing concrete
- alkali-activated materials
- geopolymer concrete
- 3D concrete printing
- modular integrated construction
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