TY  - BOOK
TI  - Recent Advances in Smart Materials for the Built Environment
SN  - 9783038973522
PY  - 2018///
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
KW  - History of engineering and technology
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Asphalt Concretes
KW  - Concrete
KW  - Construction Self-sensing
KW  - Energy harvesting
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Lightweight aggregates
KW  - Nanomaterial
KW  - Phase Changing Materials
KW  - Self-healing
KW  - Smart materials
KW  - UHI mitigation
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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.]
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57749
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1045
ER  -