High-Performance Polymers-Based Building Materials and Structures
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer-based building materials; structural engineering; steel structures; testing technique; earthquake engineering; artificial intelligence methoduction
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Interests: structural engineering; steel-concrete composite structures; earthquake engineering; wind engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer composites are considered effective alternatives to traditional building materials, due to their unique mechanical properties, durability, and multifunctional characteristics, and have been widely used in the fields of engineering repair and reinforcement, bridge engineering, and so on. However, as the scale of infrastructure continues to expand, the challenges of multifactor coupling or harsh service environments are becoming increasingly severe. Coupled with the growing demand for harmony between buildings and the environment, as well as the continuous increase in the requirements of the habitat environment, traditional building materials have been unable to meet the sustainable development requirements of infrastructure, which would accelerate the development and application of high-strength, high-toughness, high-durability, repairable, and multifunctional new building materials, prompting the application of artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and other technological methods in building materials, advancing the development of existing structure reinforcement retrofitting, and enhancing performance. In view of this, the development of high-performance polymer composites, which is an inevitable trend in the development of future building materials, injects a new impetus into the sustainable development of infrastructure.
This Special Issue focuses on original and groundbreaking research in the field of high-performance polymer composites and their applications. We invite all scholars to submit their manuscripts. Manuscripts may cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPs);
- High-strength polymer composites;
- High-toughness polymer composites (flexural toughness, fracture toughness);
- High-durability polymer composites;
- Multifunctional polymer concrete (smart polymer concrete, self-healing polymer composites, etc.);
- High-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious materials (UHPC, ECC, FRECM, etc.);
- Fiber-reinforced building composites (fiber-reinforced steel, fiber-reinforced panels);
- Application of polymer materials in construction materials;
- 3D printing of polymer composites;
- Application of AI in composites and components;
- Reinforcement and repair of existing structures and nodes with polymer composites;
- Retrofitting and renovation of existing structures with polymer composites;
- Toughening of existing structures with polymer composites.
Dr. Liqiang Jiang
Dr. Fengqi Guo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- building materials
- 3D printing
- artificial intelligence
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