Topical Advisory Panel
Members
Interests: masonry materials; concrete materials; composite materials; strengthening materials; masonry structures; reinforced concrete; composite structures; steel structures; structural design; structural analysis
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Interests: finite element modeling; FRP materials; constitutive modeling of concrete materials with emphasis on failure and post failure behavior; high strength and fiber reinforced concretes; seismic retrofit of steel; and concrete structures; and earthquake resistance of new structures
Interests: construction materials; concrete; cement; reinforced concrete; smart materials; piezoelectric materials; piezoelectric sensor/actuator; finite element analysis; structural health monitoring, fiber reinforced concrete; concrete repair; reinforced concrete strengthening
Interests: material characterization; DRX analysis; biomass ashes; cement; concrete; construction materials; friction; lubrification; release agents; formwork/concrete interface; greenwalls; building thermal performance
Interests: nanomaterials; sustainable concrete; supplementary cementitious materials; recycled aggregates concrete; behaviour of concrete at elevated temperatures; reinforced concrete structures
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Interests: design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; soil-structure interaction and design of foundations; structures at areas affected with deep mining; innovative variants of concrete (HPC, alcali-activated composite, fiber concrete); firedesign of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; risk of explosive spalling
Interests: road materials; pavement engineering; road egineering; road infrastructures; railways; airports
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Interests: vibration of structures (human or naturally induced); non-destructive testing & evaluation of structures; pavement (structural) rehabilitation methods; (smart) monitoring & prolonging the Life of structures; domain decomposition methods of large civil engineering structures; micro-mechanics of GFRC
Interests: concrete technology; 3D concrete printing; fiber-reinforced composites; sustainable building materials
Interests: sustainable building materials; rammed earth; earth concrete; hempcrete; thermal insulation materials
Interests: asphalt; pavement; highway; construction; road; design; sustainability; recycled; testing; materials; cracking; rutting; performance; resistance; moisture; binder; bitumen; asphalt mixture; aggregate; geopolymer; glass waste; APT; random forest; machine learning
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2. Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
Interests: seismic design of timber structures; seismic retrofit and strengthening of older buildings; hybrid timber structures; engineered timber; experimental analysis of structures; in-situ testing of buildings; wind design of timber buildings; modular timber construction
Interests: pavement engineering; materials engineering; road materials; aggregate; bitumen; asphalt mixtures; rheology; road pavement maintenance
Interests: structural mechanics; solid mechanics; computational mechanics; composite materials; masonry; reinforced concrete; strengthening materials
Interests: cement chemistry; concrete; durability; microstructure of cement composites
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Interests: concrete; non destructive test; pore structure; durability; chloride diffusion; machine learning
Interests: testing of the materials and engineering structures; georadar; reinforced concrete structures; nondestructive testing, explosions and engineering structures
Interests: structural engineering; structural optimization; cable-stayed bridges; modelling and structural analysis; sensitivity analysis; reinforced concrete; prestressed concrete; bridge design; buildings design; sustainable design, seismic design
Interests: timber construction; timber structures; fiber-reinforced composites; sustainable building materials; 3D concrete printing; life cycle assesment
Interests: construction materials; sustainable construction; cold climate construction; concrete construction; concrete cracking; strengthening; bridge assessment; construction education
Interests: pavement management systems (PMS); statistical data analysis and modeling in transport engineering and road safety; sustainable mobility and applications of GIS in transportation
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Interests: building materials; building projects; efficiency and energy savings in construction; industrial building construction; optimization of industrial facilities
Interests: civil engineering materials; structural analysis and stability; numerical modeling; fracture mechanics; ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); composite materials
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Interests: special concretes; advanced composite materials; functionally graded materials; repair and strengthening of structures, fracture mechanics; fatigue of materials
Interests: civil engineering; composite structures; fiber reinforced polymer; materials mechanics; durability; new thermoplastic resin composites; material design
Interests: discrete-crack and cohesive models; micromechanical approaches; debonding failure analysis; FRP-plated RC structural members; crack width and spacing analysis in RC structures; advanced modeling of intralaminar (matrix cracking, fiber/matrix debonding) and interlaminar (delamination) failure mechanisms; damage identification analysis in concrete structures and reinforced structures with FRP sheets; stability analysis in composite materials at the microscopic and macroscopic scales; bandgap analysis in bioinspired composite materials
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Interests: high strength concrete; supplementary cementitious design; prestressed concrete; reliability of structures
2. Building Waterproof Engineering and Technology Research Center, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Interests: solid waste processing and utilization in civil engineering; CO2 capture; utilization and storage in building materials; ultra-high performance concrete technologies; 3D printed building material
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Interests: behavior of reinforced prestressed concrete and steel structures; bridge engineering; engineering materials; machine learning; finite element method; structural health assessment and monitoring
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Interests: construction materials; sustainability; energy; supplementary cementitious materials; by-products; upcycling; recycle; reuse; reduce; strength; fracture mechanics; XRD characterization; SEM/EDS analysis; XRF chemical composition analysis; DTA/TG analysis; FTIR analysis; bitumen; resin; epoxy; continuum mechanics; shear/flexural/compressive strength; plates and shells; advanced engineering analysis
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