About this Research Topic
After water, concrete is the most widely used material around the globe, with an annual generation of about 25 billion tons. Similarly, millions of tons of construction and demolition, industrial, municipal, and agricultural wastes are landfilled each year worldwide. The production of concrete raw materials is causing natural resource depletion. Similarly, landfilling different wastes causes environmental problems and is a waste management challenge worldwide. Upcycling such wastes in the concrete as a raw material can be an innovative solution to solving two issues, i.e. natural resources depletion and waste management.
Many countries are promoting up-cycling construction, municipal, agricultural, and industrial waste in construction materials. Although numerous studies have been published focusing on recycling different wastes in construction materials, the practical application of eco-friendly construction materials is still rare due to the uncertainty in the performance of waste-incorporated concrete and the unavailability of eco-friendly concrete mix design guidelines.
The research topic “Recent advances in eco-friendly construction materials: waste upcycling in building materials” will be focused on the review, research, and case study articles discussing upcycling of wastes in concrete, novel concrete mix design approaches, life-cycle assessment of recycled concrete, and development of empirical and analytical performance prediction models of concrete properties using different artificial intelligence techniques. Works on subjects other than the above-mentioned areas that contribute to adding the knowledge about eco-friendly construction materials are also welcome.
In this regard, this Research Topic focuses on developing eco-friendly concrete with different construction and demolition, industrial, municipal, and agricultural wastes. We welcome your contributions to this Research Topic, including review articles, research articles, and case studies.
The potential research fields are as follows (but not limited to):
• Mechanical performance of recycled concrete having waste materials
• The durability of recycled concrete having waste materials
• Thermal performance of eco-friendly concrete
• Structural applications of recycled concrete
• Advanced machine-learning modelling of recycled concrete
• Life-cycle assessment of recycled concrete
• High-performance recycled concrete for on-shore and off-shore constructions
Many countries are promoting up-cycling construction, municipal, agricultural, and industrial waste in construction materials. Although numerous studies have been published focusing on recycling different wastes in construction materials, the practical application of eco-friendly construction materials is still rare due to the uncertainty in the performance of waste-incorporated concrete and the unavailability of eco-friendly concrete mix design guidelines.
The research topic “Recent advances in eco-friendly construction materials: waste upcycling in building materials” will be focused on the review, research, and case study articles discussing upcycling of wastes in concrete, novel concrete mix design approaches, life-cycle assessment of recycled concrete, and development of empirical and analytical performance prediction models of concrete properties using different artificial intelligence techniques. Works on subjects other than the above-mentioned areas that contribute to adding the knowledge about eco-friendly construction materials are also welcome.
In this regard, this Research Topic focuses on developing eco-friendly concrete with different construction and demolition, industrial, municipal, and agricultural wastes. We welcome your contributions to this Research Topic, including review articles, research articles, and case studies.
The potential research fields are as follows (but not limited to):
• Mechanical performance of recycled concrete having waste materials
• The durability of recycled concrete having waste materials
• Thermal performance of eco-friendly concrete
• Structural applications of recycled concrete
• Advanced machine-learning modelling of recycled concrete
• Life-cycle assessment of recycled concrete
• High-performance recycled concrete for on-shore and off-shore constructions
Keywords: Sustainable concrete, Waste upcycling, Eco-friendly construction materials, Municipal wastes, Industrial wastes, Construction and demolition waste, Agricultural wastes, Thermal performance of construction materials, Mechanical and durability properties of
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