High-Performance Reinforced Concrete Structures and Composites

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit high-quality works about the numerical and experimental investigations of concrete-based and advanced composite materials whose mechanical properties are enhanced by the incorporation of nano- and/or micro-reinforcements in the form of fibers, particles, or fillers. The application of these materials in building structures provides remarkable mechanical improvements in terms of load-carrying capacity and fracture toughening, thus improving their durability and lifetime. 

This Special Issue will provide recent progress and latest findings related to various aspects of reinforced-concrete-based and composite materials employed to design innovative high-performance structures. To this end, we welcome interesting research papers dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Innovative materials and mixture design;
• Advanced reinforcing microstructures;
• Nano and/or micro materials incorporation;
• Mechanical characterization of cement-based and composite materials;
• Fracture modeling in high-performance reinforced concrete structures;
• Numerical investigations on the effect of nano and/or micro reinforcements in cement-based and composite materials;
• Vulnerability analyses of high-performance concrete structural systems (bridges and buildings);
• Design guidelines and specifications for new and existing high-performance reinforced structures.

Dr. Andrea Pranno
Dr. Umberto De Maio
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.