Environmental Impact on Mechanical Properties of Construction Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental impacts, one of the most important concerns in structural engineering, can significantly influence both long-term behaviors (e.g., coastal infrastructure facing aggressive environment from oceans) and short-term behaviors (e.g., structural failure due to fire) of structures. Therefore, it is important to investigate the environmental impact on the mechanical properties of construction materials. Furthermore, the construction materials used nowadays involve not only conventional concrete and steel, but also other advanced materials such as fiber reinforcement polymer (FRP), ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), and engineered cementitious composite (ECC).

The aim of this Special Issue is to understand the mechanism of the mechanical deterioration due to environmental impact on construction materials. This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality studies in terms of the durability problem, as well as review the advances in recent years. Original, high-quality contributions that are not published elsewhere are to be included in this Special Issue. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Field exposure tests of construction materials;
• Laboratory accelerated tests of construction materials;
• Thermal performance of materials under fire;
• Durability of advanced materials;
• Numerical simulation with environmental effects;
• Advanced technology for monitoring structural behaviors;
• Multi-scale investigations of advanced materials.

Dr. Cheng Jiang
Dr. Guan Lin
Dr. Kohei Nagai
Guest Editors

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