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: closed (1 June 2022) | Viewed by 8498
Special Issue Editors

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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Interests: cement hydration; concrete workability; mechanical property; crack resistance; freezing and thawing; ions permeability; fiber-enhanced materials; Portland cement; low heat Portland cement; fly ash
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our civilization has used construction materials extensively, especially for infrastructure projects. The importance of construction materials in enhancing the sustainable performance of structures and buildings goes without saying. Therefore, the continued development of more advanced construction materials with improved performance is of paramount importance.
Many innovations in high-performance construction materials have enabled the design and construction of sustainable and durable infrastructure. For instance, concrete is the most widely used building material in the world. To overcome the brittleness of concrete, fibers are used throughout the world for the development of fiber-reinforced cementitious composites with high ductility. In recent years, low heat Portland cement has been used to lower the cement hydration heat in attempts to reduce the thermal cracking risk. To improve the mechanical properties and microstructure of concrete, nanomaterials, such as silica fume, have been adopted.
This Special Issue “High-Performance Construction Materials: Latest Advances and Prospects”, aims to reflect the current state-of-the-art and new developments in all topics relevant to high-performance construction materials. We encourage all researchers working in areas of knowledge related to construction materials to submit details of their research. We hope this Special Issue will provide a comprehensive background for material engineers, researchers, and experts in the field. The topics to be considered in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Fiber-reinforced cementitious composites
- Self-healing cementitious materials
- Innovative building materials
- Low energy consuming building materials
- Use of recycled materials, including recycled concrete
- Use of waste materials and industrial byproducts in concrete
- Use of nanoadditions in buildings
- Durability studies
- Mechanical properties
- New trends in the design of sustainable engineering materials
- New experimental techniques
Prof. Dr. Shengwen Tang
Prof. Dr. Lei Wang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- construction materials
- hydraulic buildings
- durability
- experimental techniques
- microstructure
- admixture