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International Journal of Structural Engineering

 

Special Issue on: "Durability of Concrete Structures"

Guest Editors:
Bryan J. Magee, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Hailong Wang, Zhejiang University, PRC

Concrete is the most important structural material in human history and “man consumes no material except water in such tremendous quantities”. Concrete was once regarded as a durable material with no need of maintenance. However, it is now generally accepted that structural concrete does not have an indefinite life, i.e., it deteriorates with time.

In developed countries, approximately 50% of the expenditure in the construction industry is spent on repair, maintenance and remediation of infrastructures. In some developing countries like China and India, there is an exponential growth in infrastructure and these newly-built structures such as bridges and dams requires more than 100 years service life. Therefore, the importance of the durability of infrastructure cannot be over-emphasised.

This special issue focuses on the durability of concrete structures in structural engineering.

Subject Coverage
Original papers reporting new theoretical and experimental developments are welcome, including those in, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Influence of environments on durability
• Ionic/molecular transport modelling
• Materials for durability enhancement
• Material deterioration
• Performance of deteriorated structures
• Durability design
• Life-cycle management of concrete structures
• Testing, inspection and monitoring methods
• Repair and maintenance
• Practical application

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission: 1 April, 2013