Innovative Composite Materials in Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 727
Special Issue Editors
2. Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle (Ministry of Education), Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Interests: particle-reinforced composites; fiber-reinforced composites; construction materials; building materials; cement; concrete; gypsum; solid waste recycle and reuse; phase change materials; building energy storage; physical properties; mechanical properties; thermal conductivity; microstructures
Interests: concrete durability and crack resistance; resource utilization of bulk solid waste; research on advanced cement-based materials and repair materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Innovative composite materials in construction are new materials made by combining two or more materials with different properties through specific process methods. These materials can give full play to their respective advantages and realize the synergistic enhancement of material performance, with many advantages such as high strength, high stiffness, high toughness, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and so on. They can meet the special requirements for material performance in the field of construction, such as being lightweight, having high strength, high temperature, good resistance and so on. In construction, innovative composite materials are widely used in building materials, decorative materials, etc., improving the durability, esthetics and environmental protection of buildings. In the future, with the progress of science and technology and the enhancement of environmental protection consciousness, innovative composite materials will play a more important role in the field of construction.
This Special Issue, entitled "Innovative Composite Materials in Construction", focuses on the developments and applications of innovative composite materials in various engineering fields, aiming at providing a comprehensive background and prospects for material engineers, researchers and experts in science materials and civil engineering. The main research includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Innovative Materials: Particle-reinforced composites in construction; fiber-reinforced composites in construction; innovative composite materials.
- Characterization: Analytical and numerical models of innovative composite materials; physical properties; mechanical properties; microstructures.
- Applications: Construction materials; buildings; smart materials; phase change materials; case study of application of innovative composite materials.
Dr. Chang Chen
Prof. Dr. Lei Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cementitious composite materials
- gypsum-based composite materials
- physical properties
- mechanical properties
- thermal conductivity
- microstructures
- application
- buildings
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