Alternative Additions in Concrete: Screening, Assessment, and Specifications for Durability
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 2025 | Viewed by 1840
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supplementary cementitious materials; alkali-aggregate reaction; sulphate attack; alternative binders; mineral fillers; performance-based design of concrete; thermodynamic modelling; multi-level assessment of damage
Interests: durability of concrete; alternative materials; reinforced concrete corrosion; chloride ingress; carbonation of the concrete; internal swelling reactions
Interests: supplementary cementitious materials; alkali-aggregate reactions; frost attack; chloride ingress thermodynamic modelling; standardisation life-cycle analysis
Interests: alkali activated materials; geopolymers supplementary; cementitious materials; waste materials; thermodynamic modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Concrete is the most widely used construction material, and its demand is anticipated to grow further by 2050. Meanwhile, the concrete industry is responsible for around 8% of global CO2 emissions caused by humans and must, therefore, set out its plan for decarbonization. To achieve this, the concrete industry needs to enhance the lifespan and the safety of concrete structures, reducing the necessity for substantial repair and the risk of collapse, thereby avoiding premature demolition and rebuilding.
Replacing Portland cement with Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) is one of the most adopted methods to reduce the carbon footprint and the embodied energy of concrete, together with advanced/optimized mix-design techniques. However, different regions around the globe may face the depletion of common SCMs such as fly ash, silica fume, and blast-furnace slag in the coming years. While finding alternative materials and proportioning methods is crucial, implementing these technologies should not be done at the expense of performance, including the long-term durability of concrete.
This Special Issue welcomes original research, case studies and reviews dealing with the impact on the concrete durability of “new” additions, including (but not limited to) SCMs, alkali-activated materials, mineral fillers or alternative binders. This Special Issue aims to bridge advances in materials science with engineering practices. Therefore, we encourage submissions discussing the screening of new sources of materials, long-term durability assessments, and progress in the standardization and qualification of new materials.
Dr. Diego Jesus De Souza
Dr. Marcelo Henrique Farias de Medeiros
Dr. Maxime Ranger
Dr. Tao Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- concrete durability
- supplementary cementitious materials
- alkali-activated materials
- mineral additions
- alternative binders
- standardization
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