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This is the first book on Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC), an advanced concrete material attracting world-wide attention in both the academic community and in industry. The book presents a comprehensive coverage of the material design methodology, processing methodology, mechanical and durability properties, smart functions, and application case studies. It combines effective use of illustrations, graphical data, and tables. It de-emphasizes mathematics in favor of physical understanding. The book serves as an introduction to the subject matter, or as a reference to those conducting research in ECC. It will also be valuable to engineers who need to quickly search for relevant information in a single comprehensive text.

Cement composites. --- Cementitious composites --- Cement --- Composite materials --- Materials. --- Materials Science, general. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Materials --- Materials science. --- Material science --- Physical sciences

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Adhesives. --- Surface preparation. --- Preparation of surfaces --- Coating processes --- Finishes and finishing --- Sealing (Technology) --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Agglutinants --- Bonding agents (Adhesives) --- Binders (Materials) --- Cement --- Cements, Adhesive --- Glue --- Mucilage

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Climate change is one of the main threats to modern society. This phenomenon is associated with an increase in greenhouse gas (GHGs, mainly carbon dioxide—CO2) emissions due to anthropogenic activities. The main causes are the burning of fossil fuels and land use change (deforestation). Climate change impacts are associated with risks to basic needs (health, food security, and clean water), as well as risks to development (jobs, economic growth, and the cost of living). The processes involving CO2 capture and storage are gaining attention in the scientific community as an alternative for decreasing CO2 emissions, reducing its concentration in ambient air. The carbon capture and storage (CCS) methodologies comprise three steps: CO2 capture, CO2 transportation, and CO2 storage. Despite the high research activity within this topic, several technological, economic, and environmental issues as well as safety problems remain to be solved, such as the following needs: increase of CO2 capture efficiency, reduction of process costs, and verification of the environmental sustainability of CO2 storage.

normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) --- techno-economic analysis --- the Loess Plateau --- power-to-methane --- GHG mitigation --- CO2 capture and utilization --- cement production with CO2 capture --- oxyfuel --- knowledge mapping --- technological evolution --- CO2 capture --- CO2 capture in industry --- IGCC --- InVEST --- electricity production --- life cycle assessment --- carbon storage --- carbon capture and storage --- CO2 capture retrofitability --- TBAB --- supercritical CO2 --- hydrate --- membrane-assisted CO2 liquefaction --- micromorphology --- synthetic natural gas --- stability map --- carbon capture and storage (CCS) --- renewable power --- carbon density --- fossil fuels --- chilled ammonia --- CCS --- cement --- MEA-based absorption --- carbon capture --- energy dependence --- calcium looping --- CO2 separation --- CO2 pipeline --- flow instability --- CiteSpace --- anti-agglomerant

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This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of nondestructive testing of materials in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of nondestructive testing of different materials in civil engineering—from building materials to building structures. The current trend in the development of nondestructive testing of materials in civil engineering is mainly concerned with the detection of flaws and defects in concrete elements and structures, and acoustic methods predominate in this field. As in medicine, the trend is towards designing test equipment that allows one to obtain a picture of the inside of the tested element and materials. From this point of view, interesting results with significance for building practices have been obtained

microstructure --- acoustic emission AE --- rebound hammer --- service life of a structure --- horizontal casting --- precipitation --- natural frequency --- reinforced concrete chimney --- diagnostic --- moisture safety --- adhesion assessment --- gantry crane --- stress wave --- materials research --- acoustic methods --- SEM-EDS analysis --- SilverSchmidt --- reinforced concrete grandstand stadium --- concrete strength --- autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) --- concrete elements --- reinforced concrete tanks --- degree of degradation --- fatigue tests --- X-ray micro-computed tomography --- GPR method --- defects --- singular value truncation --- ultrasonic tomography --- cement-based composites --- SEM --- moisture of AAC --- sulphate corrosion --- damage --- strengthening --- masonry structures --- eddy-current method --- non-destructive evaluation --- non-destructive testing --- NDT methods --- Structural Health Monitoring --- mercury intrusion porosimetry --- temperature --- vibration analysis --- cesium --- rebar location --- nanoindentation --- monitoring of structures --- RMF technique --- machine learning --- lead --- viscoelastic parameters --- structural tuning --- diagnostics --- resistance measurement --- thermal contrast --- non-destructive method --- destruction process --- asphalt mixtures --- solid-state NMR spectroscopy --- quasi brittle cement composites --- fibre-cement boards --- adhesive joints --- compressive strength --- nondestructive testing --- defect detection --- location of inclusions --- active thermography --- concrete strength prediction --- concrete mix design --- building materials --- micro-computed tomography --- adsorption --- timber structures --- scanning laser vibrometry --- durability --- ultrasonic wave --- surface complexation --- artificial neural networks --- civil engineering --- ultrasonic testing --- ultrasound tests --- acoustic emission --- cellulose fibre cement boards --- concrete --- excitation frequency --- data mining --- crowd-induced excitation --- ultrasound measurements --- wood moisture sensing --- acoustic spectrum --- thermovision --- corrosion processes --- four point bending beam --- spun concrete --- structural damage --- X-ray computed tomography --- waste brick dust --- concrete slabs and floorings --- mathematical morphology --- Burgers model --- pattern recognition --- brittle fracture --- data noise --- drilling resistance --- damage detection --- fiber cement boards --- thermography --- non-destructive methods --- concrete corrosion --- ultrasound --- Lamb waves --- deconvolution --- ultrasonic tests --- creep test --- shape and size of specimen --- building partition --- multiple feedbacks

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This Special Issue is aimed at presenting the state of the art of the multidisciplinary science concerning all aspects of volcanic plumes, of relevance to the volcanology, climatology, atmospheric science, and remote sensing communities.

alginate --- gas diffusion method --- bubble-column scrubber --- X-ray diffraction --- phosphorylated chitin --- calcite --- calcium carbonate --- sedimentary model --- composite --- urease --- Amu Darya Basin --- sericin --- aragonite --- ammonia bicarbonate --- capture --- hydrogels --- bacterial extracellular secretion --- MICP --- carbonation --- SEM --- multi-wall carbon nanotubes --- micromechanics --- Lessonia nigrescens --- biomineralization --- Bacillus subtilis --- CO2 --- Sporosarcina pasteurii --- CaCO3 --- mass-transfer coefficient --- hierarchic structure --- main controlling factors --- carbon dioxide --- surface energy --- Callovian-Oxfordian --- contact angle --- potentiometric titration --- xanthan --- cement --- crystallization --- nacre --- reservoir --- electrocrystallization