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Selected Papers from “SMAR 2015”
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce the second 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 2015 conference (www.smar2015.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
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Related Special Issue “Selected Papers from SMAR 2013” can be found at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/SMAR-2013.
Keywords
- FRP composites
- external strengthening
- structural rehabilitation
- durability
- fire protection systems
- NSMR using FRP
- seismic retrofitting
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Published Papers
Polymers - ISSN 2073-4360