Advances in Development and Application of New Materials for Civil Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

This Topic, entitled "Advances in Development and Application of New Materials for Civil Engineering", aims to collect innovative research methods, research ideas, relevant application scenarios, application theories and construction techniques for new materials in civil engineering in order to overcome the challenges faced by engineering construction in the present era and promote the development of new civil engineering materials.

In the long history of civil engineering development, especially with the progress of science and technology and social development, new civil engineering materials have promoted new engineering structure, and the application of new civil engineering materials has needed the support of new research methods, research ideas, related theories and construction technology. Therefore, we encourage researchers to submit manuscripts related to experiments, numerical simulation theories and field applications of new civil engineering materials, including, but not limited to, fiber reinforced concrete, new grouting materials, civil engineering structures based on new materials, and the reuse of construction waste and dregs.

In addition, the development and application of intelligent sensors, extreme learning, 3D printing concrete and prefabricated concrete structures related to new materials in civil engineering also represent the frontier of new materials in the civil engineering research.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• High-performance fiber concrete;
• Damage characteristics of concrete–rock interface damage;
• Resource utilization of construction waste and cave slag;
• New grouting materials;
• 3D-printed concrete;
• Underground engineering support;
• Intelligent sensing technology for geotechnical engineering;
• Geotechnical engineering-related machine learning.

Prof. Dr. Qingbiao Wang
Prof. Dr. Bin Gong
Guest Editors

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