Advances in Novel Precast Concrete Structures
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 14466
Special Issue Editors
Interests: precast concrete structure; construction method; prestressing steel structure; energy dissipator; high-performance concrete
Interests: precast concrete structures; precast steel-concrete composite structures; hybrid connection methods; seismic performance; design methods
Interests: precast concrete structure; strengthening and retrofitting of engineering structures; conservation of historic buildings
Interests: precast concrete structures; post-tensioned self-centering structures; earthquake engineering; seismic design and assessment of structures; probabilistic structural analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Precast concrete structures, with increasing global construction demand, are commonly deemed to be advantageous in terms of their building quality, time and labor savings, cost efficiency, environmental friendliness, etc. Various precast concrete structures have been developed and constructed, including an emulative system, pretensioning system, rocking system, and modular system. New technologies in the civil engineering field, e.g., novel energy-dissipators and advanced materials like FRP, UHPC, and ECC, are increasingly combined with precast concrete structures. Furthermore, many recent construction ideas or concepts, such as building industrialization, smart construction, and intelligent construction, are actually mainly related to precast concrete structures. Therefore, precast concrete structures remain one of the most active and prosperous research areas in civil engineering.
This Special Issue aims to promote the high-quality works in developing and studying novel precast concrete structures for high performance and satisfactory construction efficiency, with a focus on state-of-the-art progress, development, and new trends. Original research and review articles that are not published elsewhere are welcome to be included in this Special Issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-efficient emulative precast concrete structures;
- Application of high-performance concrete in precast structures;
- Novel precast concrete structures with energy-dissipators;
- Precast steel–concrete composite structures;
- Precast underground concrete structures;
- Modular concrete structures;
- Static and seismic performance of connections between prefabricated elements;
- Analytical and design method of precast structures;
- Reliability and probabilistic safety assessment of precast structures;
- Long-term performance and life-cycle cost analysis of precast structures.
Dr. Dong-Zhi Guan
Dr. Zhangfeng Zhu
Dr. Jian Sun
Dr. Lianglong Song
Dr. Sen Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- precast concrete
- high-performance concrete
- composite structure
- energy dissipator
- mechanical performance
- analytical and design method
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