Applications of Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 1532
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Interests: green concrete; alkali-activated cements; biocements
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Dear Colleagues,
Concrete is the most widely used building material worldwide and it is integral to modern life. However, its production can have a number of adverse environmental effects due to the use of nonrenewable natural materials or, if Portland cement is used, due to the high CO2 emissions in the cement production process. It comes as no surprise that nonhazardous waste materials and by-products, which would otherwise be mostly landfilled, have been proposed to be utilized in making concrete and similar construction materials, thus addressing the environmental impact and overall sustainability of concrete while also providing an outlet to reuse high quantities of waste materials and by-products.
This Special Issue invites papers that research the usage of waste materials or by-products in different types of concrete for various applications. Papers could study waste materials and by-products as concrete mix components, including water, coarse and fine aggregates, and cement or other binding agents, as well as admixtures or fibre reinforcements. Papers on the usage of waste or by-product materials in innovative concretes (for example, concretes with alkali-activated/geopolymer binders, polymeric binder concretes, and CO2-mixed/cured concrete or bioconcretes) are of interest. Material characterisation and modelling in addition to mechanical and durability testing, usage potential and sustainability assessments are also of relevance.
Prof. Dr. Maria Mavroulidou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- concrete
- waste materials and by-products
- mechanical behaviour and durability
- sustainability assessment
- material characterisation and modelling
- thermodynamic analysis
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