Degradation Mechanism of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer and Reuse of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Wastes
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Fibers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2025 | Viewed by 1190
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Interests: composite materials and structures, durability, sustainable construction materials, and structural intervention techniques.
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Interests: composite structure; structural rehabilitation
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Dear Colleagues,
The shortage of raw construction materials has been one of the most critical obstructions that hinder the sustainable development of the construction industry. The use of sustainable concrete helps to accelerate the step towards achieving carbon neutrality and to provide an alternative to mitigate the negative effects caused by the shortage of raw materials. As a result, it is of great significance to develop sustainable concrete using recycled wastes (including, but not limited to, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) wastes) as coarse aggregates. To overcome the natural defects of recycled wastes as coarse aggregates in concrete, notwithstanding the enormous efforts of the academic community and industry, low-cost, eco-friendly, and effective methods are yet to be found. Therefore, new strategies for enhancing the quality of sustainable concrete incorporating recycled wastes are urgently needed, and using degraded and recycled FRP in the forms of fibers, needles, chippings, etc., is a very promising approach. Moreover, the widespread application and non-biodegradable nature of FRP composites make the recycling and reuse of FRP waste feasible but urgent actions. This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of recycled FRPs and their applications in enhancing sustainable concrete incorporating recycled wastes. This Special Issue aims to showcase selected contributions on advances in the recycling technology, characterization, and application of recycled fibers based on enhancing the quality of sustainable concrete.
Dr. Biao Hu
Dr. Lei Gao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- the degradation mechanisms of FRP in different service environments
- the residual mechanical properties of deteriorated FRP products
- methods used to predict the residual mechanical properties of FRP
- FRP recycling technologies
- methods used to improve the defects of recycled FRP
- the development of concrete incorporating recycled FRP
- the stress–strain modeling of concrete incorporating recycled FRP
- the durability of concrete incorporating recycled FRP
- the structural use of concrete incorporating recycled FRP
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