Emerging Construction Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure

Dear Colleagues,

Concrete infrastructure is the basis of our society and plays an important role in supporting economic development. Sustainability of concrete infrastructure has become a critical issue worldwide due to the ever-increasing deterioration of concrete and steel materials under combined mechanical loading and environmental action. To carry out appropriate maintenance on the existing aging concrete structures for service life extension and to realize highly durable and maintenance-free new concrete structures, the research community has been focusing their continuous efforts on creating novel construction materials with specialized features.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish up-to-date research contributions related to emerging civil engineering materials for sustainable concrete infrastructures, including advanced reinforcing materials and concrete composites. State-of-the-art material approaches used for the development of sustainable concrete infrastructure are particularly encouraged. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for construction applications;
• Multiscale hybrid fiber-reinforced cementitious composites for sustainable infrastructures;
• Geopolymer composites used as low carbon construction materials;
• Ultra-high performance cementitious composites (UHPCC) for new structural elements;
• High performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites as repair/strengthening materials;
• 3D printing concrete materials and applications;
• Ecofriendly cementitious composites with the use of waste materials;
• Long-term durability of innovative reinforcing materials or cementitious composites;
• High-performance cementitious composites under fire/elevated temperatures;
• Advanced machine learning techniques for performance design and prediction of innovative construction materials.

Prof. Dr. Jian-Guo Dai
Dr. Mehran Khan
Prof. Dr. Majid Ali
Prof. Dr. Mingli Cao
Guest Editors

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