Structural, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete, Novel Cementitious Composites and Other Brittle Construction Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 98
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Interests: fracture toughness and fracture processes of concrete composites; concretes with mineral additives; concretes with fly ash addition exposed to various types of loads (mechanical, thermal, corrosion); nanotechnology in concrete; concrete made with ternary
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Dear Colleagues,
In the field of modern concrete technology, scientists and practical engineers are greatly interested in the possibility of modifying the microstructure of cement-based materials with active mineral additives and admixtures. Additionally, the use of nanoparticles has been integral to the development of improved construction and building materials in recent years. Both traditional concrete additives and the nanoadditives that are part of modern cement matrix composites are referred to as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). The use of SCMs in the production of novel concrete composites promotes sustainability in the concrete industry. Moreover, advanced nanomaterials and modern nanotechnology play an increasingly important role in the field of concrete and reinforced concrete structures. However, these materials clearly change the structure, mechanical parameters, and brittleness of the concrete. they also affect one other important property of concrete, i.e., its fracture toughness. Fracture toughness is an extremely important parameter that determines the properties of a given material, especially of a construction material.
To this end, experimental research, mathematical descriptions, and numerical analyses have been carried out over many years to obtain concrete composites with the highest fracture toughness. Recently, the material modification of concrete with SCMs has developed quite rapidly. More and more advanced techniques are also being used to detect and analyze the development of cracks in these materials, e.g., digital image correlation.
This Special Issue will compile recent developments in the field of novel materials that modify the structure of concrete to improve both its physical and mechanical parameters, with special attention paid to the fracture toughness of such composites. Articles on new devices and measuring techniques for analyzing cracks in brittle composites and the assessment of the microstructure of damaged composites are also very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- concrete composite
- concrete structures
- materials with brittle matrixes
- material modification
- microstructure
- experimental testing
- fracture toughness
- crack
- interfacial transition zone (ITZ)
- modeling
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