Advances in Modelling of Cement-Based Materials and Concrete Structures
A special issue of Modelling (ISSN 2673-3951).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 272
Editors
Interests: AI-based modelling; life-cycle assessment; pavement engineering; cementitious materials
Interests: asphalt binders; hot mix asphalt; materials; asphalt permanent deformation; asphalt mixtures; fatigue cracking; sustainability; advanced materials characterization
2. Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Interests: concrete technolgy; materials; materials characterization; rigid pavement; flexible pavement; sustainability; mortar; mechanical properties; refractory concrete; cement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue “Advances in Modelling of Cement-Based Materials and Concrete Structures” aims to gather recent scientific contributions focused on the development, calibration, validation, and application of modelling strategies for cementitious materials and concrete-made systems. In this regard, this Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles addressing numerical, analytical, experimental, data-driven, and multi-scale approaches intended to improve the understanding of mechanical behaviour, durability, cracking, fracture, transport phenomena, long-term degradation, and structural performance. Particular attention is given to studies that integrate constitutive modelling, soil-structure interaction, finite element analysis, artificial intelligence, optimization techniques, life-cycle assessment, and performance-based design to support more reliable and/or sustainable construction practices. The scope also includes the modelling of conventional and low-carbon cement-based composites, recycled aggregate concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, geopolymer systems, fiber-reinforced materials, and concrete structures subjected to complex loading or environmental actions. Overall, this Special Issue seeks to provide a rigorous platform for advancing predictive tools that can assist researchers, engineers, and decision-makers in designing safer, more durable, and environmentally efficient cement-based materials and concrete infrastructure.
Dr. Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza
Dr. Rouba Joumblat
Prof. Dr. Adel Elkordi
Dr. Osires Neto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cement-based materials
- computational mechanics
- concrete structures
- constitutive modelling
- data-driven modelling
- durability prediction
- finite element analysis
- multi-scale modelling
- structural performance
- sustainable concrete
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