Mortarless and Interlocking Structures: Towards Environmentally Friendly Construction
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 665
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fracture mechanics; mechanisms of crack growth; numerical and analytical methods; topological Interlocking
Interests: mechanics of solids; hybrid materials and materials with internally engineered architecture; higher-order continua, homogenization methods, large deformations modeling; mechanics of topologically interlocking structures and fragmented bodies; fracture mechanics; hydraulic fracturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, construction methods use considerable amounts of cement, the production of which involves CO2 emission. Another environmental impact is related to the production of waste during structural repairs and especially at the demolition stage at the end of the structure life cycle. Therefore, recycling the waste presents a serious problem.
One of the ways to mitigate these environmental impacts and turn to environmentally friendly construction is to use interlocking structures, whose building blocks have specially engineered contact surfaces to maintain structural integrity. An important feature of the interlocking structures is that they can be demountable, such that after repair or demolition, some blocks can be reused.
This Special Issue invites papers that consider both classical interlocking (through keys and connectors) and topological interlocking based on the special geometry of the blocks together with the specially designed peripheral constraint. Papers considering the design of interlocking blocks, production methods, mechanics and dynamics of interlocking structures, as well as possible applications and the assessment of the environmental impact are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Arcady Dyskin
Prof. Dr. Elena Pasternak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- topological interlocking
- osteomorphic blocks
- vibrational damping
- structural integrity
- statics
- dynamics
- demountable structures
