Novel cements and advanced materials
- Advances in science and technology of cement, admixtures and concrete
- Advances in material concept and tailored material properties
- Material science of cement and concrete
- New cements
- Concrete with recycled materials
- SCC
- Ultra high performance concrete
- Energy efficient process and materials
- Nano technology
- Phase change materials (PCM)
- Permeable concrete
- Green concrete
- Underwater concrete
- Hot weather / cold weather concreting
- Heavy density concrete
- Fibre reinforced concrete
Performance in service, prediction of service life and life cycle analysis
- Sustainability of concrete
- Durability of concrete
- Innovative solutions for corrosion prevention of rebars
- Improved performance for shrinkage cracking
- Transport properties
- Structural health monitoring
- Smart materials
Structural and civil engineering applications
- Advances in structural and civil engineering applications
- Research and current developments
- Innovative & Cost-effective Fire-Resistant Solutions
- Seismic retrofitting
- Quality control related to concrete structures
- Dismantling of structures
- Concrete construction & maintenance of structures in different fields of infrastructure, such as :
a. Aviation Structures
b. Railways /Metros
c. Ports and Harbors
d. Nuclear Plants - Innovative therapies & practices in structural designs
Characterization, testing and monitoring materials and their properties and associated modeling
- Advances in testing material properties
- Experimental analysis of concrete structures
- Monitoring concrete properties during construction
- Non destructive testing
- Sensors
- Advances in material modeling, fresh state to early age to fracture and damage mechanics
- Advanced models from nano to macro scale
- Multi-scale modeling
- Advanced softwares
and other related topics…