Sustainable Approaches to Building Repair—2nd Edition
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 September 2026 | Viewed by 303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: super ductile repair materials; molecular design and bionic intelligent manufacturing; self-sensing building materials; multifunctional materials; low-carbon materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: intelligent construction; underwater; steel-reinforced 3D-printed concrete; machine vision detection technology; solid waste resource utilization applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Concrete structures serve as the backbone of transportation infrastructure, supporting the construction of modern, high-quality, three-dimensional transportation networks and facilitating coordinated development in western and coastal regions. With the rapid development of the global economy, many concrete infrastructure projects built in the 1980s, 1990s, and even in the early 21st century are facing the deterioration of their safety and durability due to the coupling effects of natural and human factors. This poses threats and challenges to national safety and production, necessitating urgent repair and reinforcement.
Cement concrete materials suffer from drawbacks, such as brittleness, low tensile strength, poor bonding, and insufficient durability, making it difficult to meet the repair demands of high-quality building structures. Faced with the reality of deteriorating performances in a large number of existing structures, there is an urgent need to overcome the core technical bottlenecks in the field of repair materials and improve the performance of concrete repair materials.
In this Special Issue, we hope to collect papers that promote various disruptive technologies in building materials, covering multiple topics related to material design and preparation, structural reinforcement and life extension, and innovative approaches for monitoring building health. Additionally, this Special Issue aims to address the application of repair and renovation techniques for innovative buildings.
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore experimental, numerical, analytical, environmental, and economic tools that can help overcome barriers in the field of building repair, detection, and reinforcement.
Dr. Bo Pang
Dr. Yidong Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- repair materials
- restoration
- remodeling
- polymer
- hydrophobic
- painting
- flooring
- carpentry
- waterproofing
- masonry
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