Editorial

We are now releasing the first issue of the third volume of our IBRACON Structures and Materials Journal (Vol. 3 Num. 1). This issue begins with an experimental study on Shrinkage modeling for recycled aggregate concretes. The second article brings the second part of "Design models for reinforced concrete strengthening in bending with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP)", addressing shear models. The third article describes the characterization of sugar cane bagasse ashes produced by controlled burning and ultrafine grinding. Computational modeling of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams subjected to shear is the subject of the fourth article. Aspects related to the evaluation of safety conditions of buildings during the structural repair of columns are discussed in the fifth article of this issue.

The articles have been carefully reviewed by the Editorial Board and highly qualified reviewers from Brazil and from abroad. We deeply acknowledge their contribution, fundamental for the ever improving quality and regularity of our Journal. We would also like to thank all the authors that submitted articles for publication in our Journal, and renew the invitation to the whole concrete community, in Brazil and abroad, to actively participate in the life of the IBRACON Structures and Materials Journal, as frequent readers or as contributors.

Américo Campos Filho, José Luiz Antunes de O. e Sousa, Luiz Carlos Pinto da Silva Filho and Paulo Roberto do Lago Helene

Editors

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  17 Sept 2014
• Date of issue
  Mar 2010