Special Issue "High-performance Construction Materials: Latest Advances and Prospects"
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2022.
Special Issue Editor
Interests: monitoring hydration and microstructure of cement-based materials using non-destructive measurement; investigation of transportation property of cement-based materials; microstructure and durability analysis of cementitious materials; fractal analysis of porous media; electrical property of cement-based materials
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Dear Colleagues,
In hydraulic buildings, such as gravity dams, face salb dams, underground powerhouse , spillway, tunnels, etc., concrete has always been one of the indispensable materials for hydraulic engineering construction. Some hydropower resources are distributed in the alpine regions where are characteristics of complex terrain, large climate changes, and frequent extreme weather. Under such harsh environment, it undoubtedly poses new challenges for the durability of construction materials. The concrete is easily damaged by various environmental factors. Concrete often fails before reaching the designed service life due to these environmental factors. Besides, with the enhancement of people’s green awareness, the development of sustainable hydraulic concrete becomes inevitable. As a typical mass concrete, the admixture content in hydraulic concrete may be as high as 70% or even more, perhaps leading to low strength and unsatisfactory durability. The macroscopic properties of hydraulic concrete are considerably affected by its microstructure. Therefore, it is also necessary to quantitatively describe the microstructure characteristics of hydraulic concrete. We welcome both original research articles and review articles on the topic of High-performance construction materials in hydraulic buildings. Relevant topics to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- Durability of hydraulic concrete;
- Mechanical property;
- High-performance SCMs;
- Fiber-enhanced materials;
- Microstructure hydraulic concrete;
- Advanced techniques for testing hydraulic concrete;
- Transportation property
Prof. Dr. Shengwen Tang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- construction materials
- hydraulic buildings
- durability
- experimental techniques
- microstructure
- admixture