Editorial on Special Issue “Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites: New Insights into Structural and Material Engineering”
This special issue presents the latest advances in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites, including Textile-Reinforced Concrete (TRC), Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM), Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM), etc. These composite materials distinguish themselves from other fibre rei...
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doaj-83d85202a1384c759a028cbc4aa0ad0e2020-11-25T01:10:23ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-01-0110257610.3390/app10020576app10020576Editorial on Special Issue “Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites: New Insights into Structural and Material Engineering”Tine Tysmans0Jan Wastiels1Department Mechanics of Materials and Constructions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment Mechanics of Materials and Constructions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, BelgiumThis special issue presents the latest advances in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites, including Textile-Reinforced Concrete (TRC), Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM), Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM), etc. These composite materials distinguish themselves from other fibre reinforced concrete materials by their strain-hardening behaviour under tensile loading. This Special Issue is composed of 14 papers covering new insights in structural and material engineering. The papers include investigations on the level of the fibre reinforcement system as well as on the level of the composites, investigating their impact and fatigue behaviour, durability and fire behaviour. Both strengthening of existing structures and development of new structural systems such as lightweight sandwich systems are presented, and analysis and design methods are discussed. This Special Issue demonstrates the broadness and intensity of the ongoing advancements in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement composites and the importance of several future research directions.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/2/576cement compositesfibretextiletextile-reinforced concretetextile-reinforced mortar |
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Editorial on Special Issue “Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites: New Insights into Structural and Material Engineering” |
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Editorial on Special Issue “Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites: New Insights into Structural and Material Engineering” |
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editorial on special issue “textile-reinforced cement composites: new insights into structural and material engineering” |
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This special issue presents the latest advances in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites, including Textile-Reinforced Concrete (TRC), Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM), Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM), etc. These composite materials distinguish themselves from other fibre reinforced concrete materials by their strain-hardening behaviour under tensile loading. This Special Issue is composed of 14 papers covering new insights in structural and material engineering. The papers include investigations on the level of the fibre reinforcement system as well as on the level of the composites, investigating their impact and fatigue behaviour, durability and fire behaviour. Both strengthening of existing structures and development of new structural systems such as lightweight sandwich systems are presented, and analysis and design methods are discussed. This Special Issue demonstrates the broadness and intensity of the ongoing advancements in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement composites and the importance of several future research directions. |
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