Recent Advances in Smart Materials for the Built Environment

• Main Author: Laura Pisello (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Filippo Ubertini (Ed.) (auth), Cesare Sangiorgi (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Asphalt Concretes; Self-healing; Phase Changing Materials; Energy harvesting; Nanomaterial; Smart materials; UHI mitigation; Construction Self-sensing; Infrastructure; Concrete; Lightweight aggregates
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [The book deals with novel investigations concerning new materials and their applications in the built environment. The built environment of the future will implement innovative solutions for energy efficiency, self-monitoring infrastructures, and self-healing strategies, just to mention the most promising smart material technologies that will most likely assume a pivotal importance in the future. This book is a result of a very multidisciplinary effort aimed at driving the scientific progress of the constructions of the future. The works included in this book concern new materials and coatings for cultural heritage preservation, environmentally sustainable concretes and paving material components, self-healing, and durability strategies.]

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (212 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03897-353-9
9783038973539
9783038973522

Access

Open Access