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Effect of Advanced Sustainable Material in Construction

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 2503

Special Issue Editor

Department of Construction Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, LA, USA
Interests: nonlinear control; artificial intelligence; robotics; renewable energy; electrical machines; power systems; micro grids

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The selection of a suitable material that achieves the sustainability concept is considered a significant step in the construction process—in particular, the selection of suitable materials that meet product performance goals at minimum cost. While there has been a major development in the material manufacturing technologies that aims to acquire the sustainability concept, the challenge remains to turn the use of advanced sustainability material into a value-adding framework for innovation in processes, technologies, and construction.

This Special Issue aims to investigate the ability to develop an eco-friendly sustainable construction through the use of advanced material while preserving the framework of environmental and social impact.

In particular, the main topics that this Special Issue should cover are:

1- The effect of the choice of advanced sustainable material on the life cycling of a constructed building;

2-The integration of advanced material in promoting the sustainability design in construction.

Prof. Dr. Marwa Hassan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Sustainability design
  • Environmental effect
  • Economic impact
  • Energy management and storage
  • Green building
  • Biodiversity and natural resources

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Bond Behavior of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars in Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete
by Ahmed Godat, Ebtesam Alghafri, Noura Al Tamimi, Hamda Aljaberi and Shaima Aldaweela
Sustainability 2022, 14(3), 1374; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14031374 - 25 Jan 2022
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Abstract
This study is an experimental investigation of the bond stress–slip behavior of BFRP bars in recycled coarse aggregate concrete using the pull-out experiment. The experimental program contains twenty-three BFRP specimens and twelve specimens with GFRP bars. The pull-out test results of the BFRP [...] Read more.
This study is an experimental investigation of the bond stress–slip behavior of BFRP bars in recycled coarse aggregate concrete using the pull-out experiment. The experimental program contains twenty-three BFRP specimens and twelve specimens with GFRP bars. The pull-out test results of the BFRP and GFRP specimens in recycled coarse aggregate concrete are balanced to those of normal coarse aggregate concrete, which are used as a benchmark. In this study, the influence of major parameters on the BFRP bond performance are investigated: concrete strengths (30, 45, and 60 MPa), bar diameter (8, 10, and 12 mm), and bar bond length (5, 10, and 15d, where d is the diameter of the bar). The effect of the parameters considered is determined on the basis of the increase in the bond resistance. The test findings showed that the bond resistance of BFRP bars in recycled coarse aggregate concrete is highly comparable to that of normal aggregate concrete. In addition, the BFRP bar pull-out failure is not governing when a bar bond length of 10 or 15d, or high concrete strength of 45 or 60 MPa, is utilized. Theoretical equations from the literature that predict the bond resistance and bond stress–slip performance for FRP reinforced concrete are compared to the experimental results of this study. It is found that the equation described by Orangun and colleagues can accurately predict the bond resistance for BFRP bars in recycled coarse aggregate concrete with an average of 86% compared to the experimental results. Full article
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