Selected Papers from "SMAR 2017"
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2017) | Viewed by 66842
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural engineering; reinforced concrete structures; masonry structures; seismic retrofit with advanced materials; seismic performance assessment
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Interests: application of advanced materials (such as fiber-reinforced polymer composites and shape memory alloys in civil engineering); structural rehabilitation and repair; seismic retrofitting; large and full scale laboratory and field experiments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce the third collaboration between the Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Structures (SMAR) conference and Polymers. This Special Issue is for extended versions of the best papers from the SMAR 2017 conference (http://www.smar2017.org/) in the field of rehabilitation of civil structures using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- External strengthening of concrete, timber, and steel structures using FRP composites
- Strengthening of masonry and historic structures using FRP composites
- Confinement of concrete columns using FRP composites
- Near surface mounting reinforcement using FRP composites
- Seismic Retrofitting using FRP composites
- Durability issues of FRP strengthened structures as related to harsh environments
- Fire protection systems for FRP strengthened structures
- Practical applications and case studies.
Prof. Dr. Alper Ilki
Prof. Dr. Masoud Motavalli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- FRP composites
- external strengthening
- structural rehabilitation
- durability
- fire protection systems
- NSMR using FRP
- seismic retrofitting
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