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Recent Advances in Architecture Materials and Structures for Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 7910

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mohammed A. Abed

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Engineering Department, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, USA
Interests: sustainable alternative materials; sustainable concrete; life-cycle assessment; sustainable development
Dr. Osama Youssf

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Structural Engineering Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Interests: crumb rubber concrete; geopolymer concrete; FRP confinement; sustainable structures
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The focus of this Special Issue aims to draw attention to recent advances in sustainable architectural materials, methods, and structures that are helping us move toward a green future. Sustainable construction is not a choice anymore, but rather it is a demand of today’s and tomorrow's society. Various methods are used to provide better sustainable architecture and engineering applications such as the use of waste materials, recycling materials, 3D printing, and CO2 sequestration. By focusing on investigations of alternative materials that are more eco-friendly and achieve comparable performances to cement, natural aggregate, etc., the CO2 emissions from construction can be reduced. Applying sustainability concepts and minimizing buildings’ environmental impact during the construction, use, maintenance, and end-of-life phases are topics to be highlighted in this Special Issue. Other forms of analysis, such as life cycle assessment, multicriteria decision-making techniques, and deep learning, are valuable tools for highlighting the value of using alternative materials for sustainable structures.

This Special Issue, entitled “Recent Advances in Architecture Materials and Structures for Sustainability”, tackles the following topics:

(1) Alternative sustainable materials;

(2) Key sustainable performance criteria;

(3) Advanced sustainable architecture;

(4) Sustainable 3D printing of concrete;

(5) Life cycle assessment;

(6) Multicriteria decision-making techniques;

(7) Deep learning;

(8) Crumb rubber concrete;

(9) Geopolymer concrete;

(10) FRP confinement;

(11) Sustainable structures.

Dr. Mohammed A. Abed
Dr. Osama Youssf
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • alternative sustainable materials
  • key sustainable performance criteria
  • advanced sustainable architecture
  • sustainable 3D printing of concrete
  • life cycle assessment
  • multicriteria decision-making techniques
  • deep learning
  • crumb rubber concrete
  • geopolymer concrete
  • FRP confinement
  • sustainable structures

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Innovative Imaging and Analysis Techniques for Quantifying Spalling Repair Materials in Concrete Pavements
by Junhwi Cho, Julian Kang, Yooseob Song, Seungjoo Lee and Jaeheum Yeon
Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010112 - 21 Dec 2023
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Traditional spalling repair on concrete pavement roads is labor-intensive. It involves traffic blockages and the manual calculation of repair areas, leading to time-consuming processes with potential discrepancies. This study used a line scan camera to photograph road surface conditions to analyze spalling without [...] Read more.
Traditional spalling repair on concrete pavement roads is labor-intensive. It involves traffic blockages and the manual calculation of repair areas, leading to time-consuming processes with potential discrepancies. This study used a line scan camera to photograph road surface conditions to analyze spalling without causing traffic blockage in an indoor setting. By using deep learning algorithms, specifically a region-based convolutional neural network (R-CNN) in the form of the Mask R-CNN algorithm, the system detects spalling and calculates its area. The program processes data based on the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) spalling repair standards. Accuracy was assessed using root mean square error (RMSE) and Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) via comparisons with actual field calculations. The RMSE values were 0.0137 and 0.0167 for the minimum and maximum repair areas, respectively, showing high accuracy. The PCC values were 0.987 and 0.992, indicating a strong correlation between the actual and calculated repair areas, confirming the high calculation accuracy of the method. Full article
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Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Hydraulic Turbines Based on BIM for Sustainable Development
by Shaonan Sun, Xiaojie Liu, Ruijie Zhang, Chunlu Liu and Ailing Wang
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16168; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316168 - 21 Nov 2023
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Hydropower is considered to be an important way to achieve the sustainable development goal of human progress. The performance of turbines is very important to the safety and stability of hydropower stations. Most of the hydraulic turbine performance studies only use Computational Fluid [...] Read more.
Hydropower is considered to be an important way to achieve the sustainable development goal of human progress. The performance of turbines is very important to the safety and stability of hydropower stations. Most of the hydraulic turbine performance studies only use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for performance simulation, lacking the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology and CFD. Therefore, a performance analysis model of a Francis turbine based on BIM was put forward in this paper. The BIM software OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition Update 10 was used to build the hydraulic turbine model, and then the BIM model was transferred to the CFD numerical simulation platform ANSYS through the intermediate format conversion. In the ANSYS environment, the numerical simulation of different working conditions was carried out with the help of Fluent 2021 R1 software. The numerical simulation results show that the fluid velocity gradient in the volute was 2~3 m/s under the three working conditions, which was relatively stable. The water flow could progress the guide vane mechanism at a higher speed, and the drainage effect of the volute was better. There were some negative pressure areas at the back of the runner blades and the inlet of draft tube, and the negative pressure value was as high as −420,000 Pa and −436,842 Pa under maximum head conditions, which were prone to cavitation erosion. It is proven that BIM supported the hydraulic turbine performance analysis and provided a geometric information model for hydraulic turbine CFD numerical simulation, meaning that the performance analysis model based on BIM is feasible. This study can expand the application value of BIM and provide guidance for the study of hydraulic turbine numerical simulation using BIM technology in combination with CFD methods. Full article
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The Use of Recycled Tire Rubber, Crushed Glass, and Crushed Clay Brick in Lightweight Concrete Production: A Review
by Sherif H. Helmy, Ahmed M. Tahwia, Mohamed G. Mahdy, Mohamed Abd Elrahman, Mohammed A. Abed and Osama Youssf
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10060; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310060 - 25 Jun 2023
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Worldwide, vast amounts of waste are produced every year and most waste is sent directly to landfills or burnt, which has severe and harmful impacts on the environment. Recycling waste materials is considered the most visible solution to protect the environment. Using scraps [...] Read more.
Worldwide, vast amounts of waste are produced every year and most waste is sent directly to landfills or burnt, which has severe and harmful impacts on the environment. Recycling waste materials is considered the most visible solution to protect the environment. Using scraps in concrete production is a proper method for getting rid of wastes, improving the characteristics of concrete, reducing the consumption of natural aggregates, and can be used as cementitious materials that decrease cement production so that the CO2 that is produced during cement manufacturing decreases. This review paper summarizes the use of recycled waste materials, including rubber tires, crushed glass, and crushed clay brick in concrete, as a fractional replacement of aggregates, cement, etc., to develop eco-friendly lightweight construction materials. It has been concluded that the dry density of sustainable concrete decreased to 4, 21.7, and 31.7% when crushed glass, clay brick, and rubber tire were incorporated into the concrete instead of traditional aggregate, respectively. Waste rubber has good results in sulfate, thermal, and impact resistance, while glass powder and finely crushed clay brick helped to improve mechanical properties by increasing reach by 33% for glass and a slight increase for crushed clay brick, as well as thermal resistance compared to normal concrete. Moreover, due to the low particle density of these waste materials compared to that of normal-weight aggregates, these materials can be utilized efficiently to produce lightweight concrete for structural and non-structural applications such as road engineering, flooring for mounting machinery, highway and rail crash barriers, permeable pavement, interlocking bricks, insulation, filling concrete, and bearing walls. Full article
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