Advanced Composites: Application in Construction Industry
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Manufacturing and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 1738
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber reinforced concrete; FRP reinforced concrete structures; macroscale/mesoscale damage/fracture modelling of concrete-like composites; textile reinforced mortar/concrete; Interfacial behavior between FRP bars and concrete
Interests: fracture of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); structural behaviour under impact and blast; computational methods and mathematical modelling; X-ray CT-based multiscale analyses of composites.
Interests: fiber/fabric reinforced cementitious materials; alkali-activated slag/fly ash; waste recycling for construction; shrinkage of cementitious materials; structural strengthening/repair
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Various types of composite materials have been developed and applied to build stronger, greener, smarter and more durable infrastructure. In the past decades, plenty of works have been carried out in the areas of composite materials manufacturing, mechanical performance of the components and composites, design and optimization of composite structures, and degradation of composites under different environmental conditions. These studies have demonstrated the superiority of composites over traditional construction materials and established a vital theoretical foundation for the application of composites in the construction industry. However, to improve the performance of composites as well as reduce the costs for construction, more efforts are still required to optimize the material composition, manufacturing technique, design and computational methods, etc.
In this Special Issue of Advanced Composites: Application in Construction Industry, we would like to invite authors to submit their original papers and reviews on this topic to disseminate findings from studies conducted on composite materials for construction. Both academic and industry researchers are encouraged to submit their findings and new developments in this area for publication. Research works that focus on emerging materials and technologies, new theoretical models that analyze the relationship between microstructure and structural properties, and physical and numerical simulation studies are especially encouraged.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Development of manufacturing of advanced composites in lab and factories
- Numerical modelling of composite materials at micro/meso/macro/multi-scale level
- Mechanical performance of composite structures used in construction
- Different approaches to strengthen structural components
- Short-term and long-term performance of composite materials and stuctures
- Investigations on the interfacial behaviours between different layers of materials
Prof. Dr. Zihua Zhang
Dr. Yujie Huang
Dr. Bo Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite materials
- composite structures
- numerical modelling
- fiber reinforced polymers
- high-performance/ultra-high-performance concrete
- long-term performance
- waste recycling for construction
- structural strengthening
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