Advances in Novel Precast Concrete Structures

<p>With the growing global demand for construction precast concrete structures have gained prominence due to their advantages in building quality time and labor savings cost efficiency and environmental friendliness. A variety of precast systems have been developed including emulative pretensioning rocking and modular systems while integration with emerging civil engineering technologies-such as novel energy-dissipators and advanced materials (e.g. FRP UHPC ECC)-and alignment with modern construction concepts (e.g. building industrialization smart/intelligent construction) further underscore their significance as an active and prosperous research area in civil engineering. It presents high-quality research on the development and study of novel precast concrete structures focusing on state-of-the-art progress advancements and emerging trends. The published articles cover (but are not limited to) topics such as high-efficiency emulative precast systems; the application of high-performance concrete in precast structures; novel precast structures with energy-dissipators; precast steel-concrete composite structures; precast underground concrete structures; modular concrete structures; the static and seismic performance of prefabricated element connections; analytical and design methods for precast structures; reliability and probabilistic safety assessment of precast structures; and the long-term performance and life-cycle cost analysis of precast structures.</p>