Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites and Geopolymers: Mechanics and Durability

Dear Colleagues,

Fibres are one of the established methods of modifying and enhancing cement-based composites and geopolymers. They improve selected properties of materials with a brittle matrix—particularly, though not exclusively, their tensile strength. Fibres are introduced both in loose form and as bundles, meshes, or even technical textiles.

The resulting changes in the properties of such modified composites, and the extent of those changes, are the subject of numerous studies. This includes the durability of the fibres themselves in environments that are often unfavourable to certain types of them, as well as methods to improve their performance under such conditions. Equally important is the impact of fibres on the deformability and strain behaviour of materials, especially under various loading conditions.

Given these factors, research into the use of fibres in cementitious composites and geopolymers remains a relevant and evolving scientific field, where many knowledge gaps still exist and there is room for further innovation. A relatively underexplored area of study is the use of recycled fibres, particularly in the context of their performance and durability in concrete and geopolymer matrices. Undoubtedly, other such areas can also be identified.

The aims of this Special Issue are to gather researchers working in this field and to collect new findings and recent advances concerning the use of fibres in cementitious composites and geopolymers, their influence on the mechanical, physical, durability, and deformation-related properties of such materials, the mechanisms of interaction between fibres and the matrix and how these can be improved, the degradation of certain types of fibres (especially organic ones) and ways to mitigate such effects, as well as other topics falling within the broad thematic scope of this Issue.

Dr. Maciej Kaźmierowski
Dr. Roman Jaskulski
Guest Editors

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