Innovations in Durability of Sustainable Concrete Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2023) | Viewed by 23137
Special Issue Editors
Interests: AI in civil engineering; concrete; smart infrastructure; sustainable construction materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: data-driven concrete models; ultra-high performance fibre reinforced composites; non-destructive testing; sustainable concrete
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Concrete is an essential element of civil infrastructure as no other material can match it in terms of resilience, strength, and wide availability, and is therefore the most produced construction material in the planet. The sustainable use of resources to produce greener concrete has become a trend as concrete has a significant impact on the environment through energy and raw materials consumption as well as CO2 emissions in the production of cement, the main binder of concrete. The durability of sustainable concrete materials depends on the intrinsic properties of the materials, including their chemistry, nano/microstructure and transport properties, under combined environmental actions and mechanical loading during service, are considered to be of great interest for many applications, including traditional and special civil engineering structures.
This Special Issue encourages authors to submit research results on developments on the relevant topics in the research field of the durability of sustainable concrete. A wide range of contributions from interdisciplinary, multiscale and diverse approaches to addressing different aspects of durability, which will provide a comprehensive background for materials engineers, researchers, and experts in the field are welcome. Contribution could take the form of experimental works, computational modelling, state-of-the-art review work.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Supplementary cementitious materials
- Alkali activated materials
- Wastes and by-products for more sustainable concrete
- Recycled aggregates (fine and coarse fractions)
- Fibre-reinforced cementitious materials
- Mix-design approaches for sustainable concrete
- Mechanical performance/characterization of sustainable concrete
- Durability of sustainable concrete
- Chemical degradation
- Performance-based specifications for sustainable concrete
- Service-life prediction
- Advanced modelling and simulation
- Lifecycle assessment
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Woubishet Zewdu Taffese
Dr. Sandra Barbosa Nunes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- durability
- sustainability
- green concrete
- microstructure
- transport properties
- lifecycle assessment
- service-life prediction
- advanced concrete
- artificial intelligence
- computational modeling
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