Sustainable Concrete Materials for a Clean Energy Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 5005
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structural analysis; construction; finite element analysis; finite element modeling; structural dynamics; civil engineering; materials construction; materials building; materials earthquake engineering; mechanics of materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, concrete employment has considerably changed. From an exclusively cheap construction material, concrete is nowadays used in very challenging scenarios such as energy storage systems or nuclear shielding and nuclear waste management. Thanks to the progressive evolution of the methodological approach, including the enrichment of the mix design with fibres, nanoparticles, recycled aggregates, heavy-weight aggregates, etc., the sustainability of concrete production and concrete physical characteristics can nowadays be mostly ensured. Specifically, strength, thermal capacity, density, electrical conductivity, shielding properties and durability can be addressed more accurately then in the past, together with the environmental impact related to concrete’s life-cycle. In parallel to this, computational mechanics in the field of constitutive modelling of cementitious materials allow robust simulations in the exercise scenario up to brittle failure. Analyses can be conducted at the homogeneous scale, as well as at the meso- up to microscale, to evaluate the interactions between the single components and single phases of the composite. In relation to specific applications, coupled numerical formulations can be pursued, which can better account for the multiphysics of the process. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide state-of-the-art of concrete applications in the sustainable energy field, from the viewpoints of both experimental and computational studies. Contributions relative to case studies or benchmarks that can demonstrate the versatility of this material in energy-related applications and provide a novel methodology to address the specific issues are welcomed.
Dr. Gianluca Mazzucco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- concrete
- energy storage
- nuclear shielding
- mesoscale
- microscale
- multiphase media
- environmental impact
