Design and Simulation of Reinforced Concrete
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 2140
Special Issue Editor
Interests: numerical simulations of concrete and reinforced structures under different loading conditions; finite element method; numerical modelling of cracks; discrete modelling of cracks; simulations of non-mechanical phenomena in concrete
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures are widely used almost all over the world for decades. The continuous development of concrete technology (e.g., high strength concretes) and reinforcement methods (e.g., non-metallic reinforcement and fibre reinforcement concrete) creates new possibilities in designing RC elements, but it also opens new problems that need to be solved and new questions to be answered. Thus, knowledge about new possibilities and limitations is required for the proper application of new materials/techniques. At the same time, the growth of numerical methods provides new tools to analyse the above issues. Scientific (but also commercial) software tools allow very sophisticated and detailed simulations; however, again, vast expertise is becoming essential for obtaining physically meaningful results. The efficient (and safe) design process of RC structures requires both a good understanding of the physics of the problem investigated and the proper choice and usage of the applied numerical tool.
Topics of the Special Issue "Design and Simulation of Reinforced Concrete" include but are not limited to the following:
- Design of RC structures (with aspecial focus of application of new materials and techniques);
- Simulation of RC structures with: Finite Element Method (smeared or discrete cracks), Discrete Element Method or other numerical approaches;
- Analysis of the interaction between concrete and reinforcement (experiments and simulations);
- Application/comparison/critical assessment of national and international standard codes;
- Durability and long-term behaviour of RC structures (e.g., corrosion or creep phenomena);
- Environmental aspects in designing RC structures.
Prof. Dr. Jerzy Bobiński
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- design of RC members
- simulation of RC members
- finite element method
- discrete element method
- smeared and discrete cracks
- concrete–reinforcement interaction
- building standard codes
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