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Future Developments and Challenges of Smart and Multifunctional Concrete

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Smart and Multifunctional Concrete Toward Sustainable Infrastructures

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The research and development of smart and multifunctional concrete has produced a revolution in the field of concrete materials toward sustainable infrastructures. Although the smart and multifunctional concrete has been developed for more than 30 years, many efforts are still needed to promote its development. Some challenges in design, fabrication, test and characterization, properties, mechanisms and models, and application of smart and multifunctional concrete need to be addressed in the future. Using low-quality energy and increasing dissipation efficiency are two basic principles to further develop smart and multifunctional concrete.

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Han, B., Zhang, L., Ou, J. (2017). Future Developments and Challenges of Smart and Multifunctional Concrete. In: Smart and Multifunctional Concrete Toward Sustainable Infrastructures. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4349-9_24

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