Special Issue "Development of Sustainable Concrete Incorporated with Effective Microorganisms and Industrial and Agriculture Waste Materials"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien
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Guest Editor
Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Interests: concrete technology; life cycle assessment; nanomaterials and nanotechnology
Prof. Dr. ‪Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam‬
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Guest Editor
Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Interests: concrete technology; bio-concrete; concrete durability

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, biomaterials such as effective microorganisms (EMs) have been introduced as a novel self-healing and bio-concrete material in the construction industries. To design bio-concretes especially for self-healing, researchers have classified the implementation of EM as an efficient biological strategy. These EMs are abundant and can be easily available from soil, water, and oil reservoirs, acidic hot springs, and wastewater effluents from various industries. Therefore, these effective microorganisms can be considered a potential candidate for the design of self-healing concretes. EMs can be grouped into three classes: bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Amongst these EMs, some special bacterial strains have the capacity to precipitate certain chemical compounds or elements which are beneficial for biological self-healing and bio-concrete design. In addition, these EMs can be incorporated into self-healing bio-concrete via a variety of methods. These methods include direct inclusion of the microbial broth into fresh concretes, incorporation as spores, immobilized forms onto the silica gel, or activated carbon, encapsulated forms, or through vascular networks following the chemical route for the microorganisms’ homogeneous distribution.

The present Special Issue on “Development of Sustainable Concrete Incorporated with Effective Microorganisms and Industrial and Agriculture Waste Materials” aims to publish original research, which adds knowledge to the current understanding of bio-concrete or bio-concrete incorporated industrial and agriculture wastes.

Critical reviews are also welcome.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  1. Developing high-performance sustainable bio-concrete;
  2. Bio-concrete mix design and fresh properties;
  3. Effective microorganism-based self-healing concrete;
  4. Effective microorganism-based self-cleaning concrete;
  5. Bio-concrete strength and durability performance;
  6. Development of microstructure and properties of bio-concrete;
  7. Factors effect on bio-concrete mix design;
  8. Encapsulating effective microorganisms;
  9. Life cycle assessment of bio-concrete and environmental benefits;
  10. Concrete’s bio-coating materials;
  11. Structural applications of bio-concrete;
  12. Novel methods for numerical modeling of bio-concrete structures and elements.

Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien
Prof. Dr. ‪Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam‬
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • bio-concrete
  • effective microorganisms
  • high-strength concrete
  • self-healing of concrete
  • self-curing concrete
  • sustainable building materials
  • waste recycling
  • mix design
  • durability
  • microstructure properties
  • life cycle assessment
  • health assessment
  • artificial neural network

Published Papers

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