Utilization of Advanced Materials in Civil Engineering
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2024) | Viewed by 1855
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Interests: building materials; sustainable construction; durability; circular economy; phase change materials; industrial waste management; thermal comfort; building energy efficiency
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Interests: sustainable construction; energy efficiency of buildings; phase change materials; composite materials; material durability; construction and demolition waste; foundry industry waste; polymers in concrete
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, we have witnessed an enormous growth of urban areas as a clear consequence of the increasing world population, which has raised concerns about the sustainability of the planet. Thus, the construction industry needs to adopt proper and responsible measures in order to develop more sustainable, durable and advanced constructive solutions. The utilization of advanced materials in the construction industry allows the construction of buildings based on eco-friendly materials or with functional properties, increasing the comfort of its occupants without environmental damage.
This Special Issue, “Utilization of Advanced Materials in Civil Engineering”, will consider the following topics, among others:
- Functional and smart concretes and mortars;
- Advances in nanomaterials;
- Developments in natural-based materials;
- Developments in carbon-based materials;
- Self-healing materials applied in civil engineering;
- Self-cleaning materials applied in civil engineering;
- Latent heat storage solutions for buildings;
- Constructive solutions with phase change materials;
- Constructive solutions with photocatalytic materials;
- Advanced materials for rehabilitation in civil engineering;
- Durability of advanced materials;
- Advanced polymers for civil engineering;
- Advanced manufacturing.
Dr. Sandra Cunha
Dr. José Aguiar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart materials
- natural-based materials
- carbon-based materials
- self-healing materials
- self-cleaning materials
- phase change materials
- photocatalytic materials
- advanced manufacturing
- advanced polymers
- durability
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