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Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Jin Keun Kim

    Department of Civil Envir. Eng.
    Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci & Tech.
    Daejeon 34141, Korea

    Prof. Erik Schlangen

    CEG, Microlab
    Delft Univ. of Tech.
    Stevinweg 1
    Delft, 2628 CN, Netherlands

Associate Editor
Prof. Jae Hong Kim

    Dept. of Civil Envir. Eng.
    Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol.
    Daejeon 34141, Korea

    Prof. Myoung Sung Choi

    Dept. of Civil Envir. Eng.
    DanKook University
     Yongin 16890, Korea

Managing Editor
Prof. Chang-Koon Choi

Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol.
Daejeon 34141, Korea

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SCOPUS

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ISSN:2287-5301(Print) ISSN:2287-531X(Online)

Vol.17/18 (12 issues) for 2024

Fully Open Access journal: there is a mandatory Open Access Fee of USD 595.

For correspondence: acc@techno-press.com

Aims and Scope

The Advances in Concrete Construction (ACC), An International Journal, aims at highlighting research, development and innovation in Concrete Construction, focusing all relevant fields, such as:

- Innovative on site and precast methods for new structures,
- Maintenance, repair and strengthening of existing structures,
- Enhanced robustness and seismic performance,
- Numerical modeling and risk analysis,
- Durability and structural health monitoring, and
- Eco-efficient and ultra-high performance cementitious materials

Editorial Board
Dr. Deepankar Ashish Cardiff Univ. Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK Dr. A.F. Ashour Design Tech. Univ. of Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK Prof. Miguel Azenha Univ. of Minho 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal Prof. Efstratios Badogiannis National Technical Univ. Of Athens Patission Complex 42, Patission str 10682 Athens, Greece Dr. Yu Bai Monash University Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai Indian Institute of Tech. Kharagpur 721032, India Prof. Jorge de Brito Technical Univ. of Lisbon 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal Prof. Julian Carrillo Univ. Militar Nueva Granada Av Calle 100, Bogotá, Colombia Prof. Baochun Chen Fuzhou Univ. 350108 Fuzhou, China Prof. Myoungsung Choi Dankook Univ. Yongin, 16890, South Korea Prof. Chung-Che Chou National Taiwan Univ. Taipei 10617, Taiwan Prof. David Cleland Queen's Univ. Belfast Belfast BT9 5AG, Ireland Dr. J. Ivan Escalante-Garcia Cinvestav-Saltillo Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico Prof. Raoul François Inst. Nat'l Sci. Appliquées Toulouse, France Prof. Elisa Franzoni Univ. di Bologna 3340126 Bologna, Italy Prof. Miguel Ferreira VTT-Tech. Research Centre of Finland FI-02044 VVT, Finland Dr. Amir Hossein Gandomi Univ. of Technology Sydney Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia Prof. Zhi Ge Shandong Univ. Shandong 250061, China Prof. Erhan Güneyisi Gaziantep Univ. 27310, Gaziantep, Turkey Prof. Baoguo Han Harbin Ins. of Tech. 150001 Harbin, China Prof. Rami A. Hawileh American Univ. of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE Prof. Raja Rizwan Hussain King Saud Univ. Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia Prof. Mitsunori Kawamura Kanazawa Univ. Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0942, Japan Prof. Said Kenai Univ. of Blida Blida, Algeria	Prof. Amar Khennane Univ. of New South Wales Canberra, BC 2610, Australia Prof. Moacir Kripka Universidade de Passo Fundo Campus I - BR 285, Bairro Sao Jose, Brazil Prof. Yong Lu Univ. of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK Prof. Tamer Abdallah Maaddawy UAE Univ. Abu Dhabi, UAE Prof. Pier Giorgio Malerba Politecnico di Milano 32-20133 Milan, Italy Prof. Gonzalo Martinez-Barrera Autonomous Univ. Toluca, Mexico Prof. Domagoj Matesan Univ. of Split Split 21000, Croatia Prof. Mohamed Seddik Meddah Kingston Univ. London KT1 2EE, UK Prof. Euripidis Mistakidis Univ. of Thessaly 38334 Volos, Greece Dr. A. Ramachandra Murthy CSIR - Str. Eng. Research Centre Chennai - 600113, India Dr. Meysam Najimi Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015, USA Dr. Luca Nardini Univ. of Pisa 56126 Pisa, Italy Dr. Tran Cao Thanh Ngoc Vietnam Nat'l Univ. H Chí Minh, Vietnam Prof. Vagelis G. Papadakis Univ. of Patras 30100 Agrinio, Greece Prof. Gai-Fei Peng Beijing Jiaotong Univ. Beijing100044, China Prof. Victor Yepes Piqueras Univ. Politecnica de Valencia s/n 46022 Valencia, Spain Prof. Julio Pituba Univ. Federal de Goias Cidade de Goiás - GO, Brazil Prof. Hamid Reza Ronagh Univ. of Queensland Brisbane, QLD 4027, Australia Prof. Mohamed Abd El Aziz Safan Menoufia Univ. Menouf, Egypt Prof. Messaoud Saidani Coventry Univ. Coventry CV1 5FB, UK	Dr. Velu Saraswathy Central Electrochemical Res Ins Karaikudi-630006, Tamilnadu, India Prof. Baris Sevim Yildiz Tech. Univ. 34220 Istanbul, Turekey Prof. Halil Sezen Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH 43210-1173, USA Dr. Abid Ali Shah Univ. of Siegen 57072 Siegen, Germany Dr. Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh Curtin Univ. Perth, WA 6845, Australia Prof. Konstantinos V. Spiliopoulos National Tech. Univ. Athens Zografou 157-80, Greece Dr. Kai-Seung Ray Su Univ. of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Prof. Piti Sukontasukkul King Mongkut's Univ. of Tech. N. Bangkok Bangkok 10800, Thailand Dr. K. Thangavel Central Electrochemical Res. Ins. Karaikudi 630 006, India Prof. Catherina Thiele Tech. Univ. Kaiserslautern 67653 Kaiserslautern,Germany Prof. Gregor Trtnik IGMAT Building Materials Ins. 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr. Chih-Ta Tsai National Cheng Kung Univ. 70101 Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan Prof. Xuan Hong Vu Univ. of Lyon1 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France Prof. Xiao-Hui Wang Shangai Jiao Tong Univ. Shanghai 200240, China Prof. Xiang Guo Wu Harbin Institute of Technology Heilongjiang Province 150001, China Prof. Feng Xing Shenzhen Univ. Shenzhen, 518060, China Prof. Chung-Chia Yang National Taiwan Ocean Univ. Keelung 20224, Taiwan Dr. Nur Yazdani Univ. of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019, USA Dr. Binsheng Zhang Glasgow Caledonian Univ. Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland, UK Dr. Xiangming Zhou Brunel Univ. Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK

Guide to Authors (Last updated: Oct 25, 2023)

1. Submission of the paper

Authors are asked to submit manuscripts in PDF (or Latex) format electronically through the Techno-Press Manuscript Upload System (TeMUS) (http://www.techno-press.com/papers). Exceptionally, the special issue papers may be directly submitted to the Guest Editor. If you have difficulties in using TeMUS, please contact us at[acc@techno-press.com]. On receiving submitted papers, the system will issue the paper ID and Password to the corresponding author which may be conveniently used to check the status of submitted papers. Authors should carefully check if their paper satisfied all the requirements in the preliminary list before submission.

2. Preparation of the manuscript

General : The manuscripts should be in English and typed with single column and single line spacing on single side of A4 paper. Submitted papers will be published in regular technical paper only. The first page of an article should contain; (1) a title of paper which well reflects the contents of the paper (Arial, 16pt), (2) all the name(s) and affiliations(s) of authors(s) (Arial, 12pt), (3) an abstract of 100~250 words (Times New Roman, 11pt), (4) 5-10 keywords following the abstract, and (5) footnote (personal title and email address of the corresponding author (required) and other authors' (not mandatory)). The paper should be concluded by proper conclusions which reflect the findings in the paper. The normal length of the technical paper should be about 12-24 journal pages. Authors are advised to read the details in the Authors' Guide for guide and Template.
Tables and figures : Tables and figures should be consecutively numbered and have short titles. They should be referred to in the text as following examples (e.g., Fig. 1(a), Figs. 1 and 2, Figs. 1(a)-(d) / Table 1, Tables 1-2), etc. Tables should have borders (1/2pt plane line) with the captions right before the table. Figures should be properly located in the text as an editable image file (.jpg) with captions on the lower cell. All of the original figures and tables are required to be placed at the suitable locations in the text.
Units and mathematical expressions : It is desirable that units of measurements and abbreviations should follow the System Internationale (SI) except where the other unit system is more suitable. The numbers identifying the displayed mathematical expression should be placed in the parentheses and referred to in the text as following examples (e.g., Eq. (1), Eqs. (1)-(2)). Mathematical expressions must be inserted as an object (set as Microsoft Equations 3.0) for Microsoft Word 2007 and after versions. Image-copied text or equations are not acceptable unless they are editable. The raised and lowered fonts cannot be used for superscription and subscription.
References : A list of references which reflect the current state of technology in the field locates after conclusions of the paper. For details to prepare the list of references and cite them in the text, authors are advised to follow the introduction and the sample list in the Authors' Guide.

3. Review

All the submitted papers that have passed the preliminary check by the editors will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to judge their significance and originality. Those papers positively recommended by at least two expert reviewers will be finally accepted for publication in the Techno-Press Journals or after any required modifications are made.

4. Proofs

Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author to correct any typesetting errors. Alterations to the original manuscript will not be accepted at this stage. Proofs should be returned within 48 hours of receipt.

5. Copyright

Submission of an article to a Techno-Press Journal implies that it presents the original and unpublished work, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. On acceptance of the submitted manuscript, it is implied that the copyright thereof is transferred to the Techno-Press. The Agreement of Authorship, Originality, and Copyright Transfer must be signed and submitted.

6. Ethics

General: Techno-Press applies research and publication ethics standards based on COPE's International Standards for Editors and Authors (https://publicationethics.org/node/11184). Violation of publication ethics will result in the activation of COPE flow chart. (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts)
Authorship: Authors are encouraged to check ICMJE's guideline for authorship. (http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Authorship problems will be dealt with according to COPE flowcharts. (https://publicationethics.org/authorship)

7. Open Access

There is an option of publishing your paper as Open Access. When you receive a formal acceptance email, you will find a link that you may click on to pay the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Open Access publishing.

Table of Contents.


		2024 Volume 18 No. 1
		2024 Volume 17 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2023 Volume 16 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2023 Volume 15 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2022 Volume 14 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2022 Volume 13 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2021 Volume 12 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2021 Volume 11 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2020 Volume 10 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2020 Volume 9 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2019 Volume 8 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4
		2019 Volume 7 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4
		2018 Volume 6 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2017 Volume 5 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6
		2016 Volume 4 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4 No.4
		2015 Volume 3 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4
		2014 Volume 2 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4
		2013 Volume 1 No. 1	No.2 No.3 No.4

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Research and Publication Ethics

All the editors, publishers, researchers, and peer reviewers of Techno-Press journals strongly encourage to carefully review and follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines.

1. Authorship

Authorship credit should be based on
    (1) Substantial contributors to the conception or design of the work or the acquisition, analysis
   or interpretation of data for the work,
    (2) Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content,
    (3) Final approval of the version to be published, and
    (4) Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related
   to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Authors should meet these four conditions after the initial submission of a manuscript and any changes whatsoever in authorship (adding author(s), deleting author(s), or re-arranging the order of authors) must be explained by a letter to the editor from the authors concerned. This letter must be signed by all authors on the paper. Techno-Press does not correct authorship after the final acceptance unless a mistake has been made by the editorial staff. Authorship may be changed before the final acceptance when the authorship correction is requested by all of the authors involved with the manuscript. The corresponding author takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process. The corresponding author should be available throughout the submission and peer review process to respond to editorial queries in a timely manner, and should be available to respond to critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information or questions about the paper even after publication.

2. Originality, plagiarism and duplicate publication

Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. No part of the accepted manuscript should be duplicated in any other journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. Submitted manuscripts are checked for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication upon the paper’s arrival. If plagiarism or duplicate publication is detected, the manuscripts may be rejected, the authors will be announced in the journal, and their institutions will be informed. There will also be penalties for the authors. A letter of permission is required for any and all material that has been published previously. It is the responsibility of the author to request permission from the publisher for any material that is being reproduced. This requirement applies to text, figures, and tables.

3. Conflict of interest statement

The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors’ interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be explicitly stated.

4. Process for managing research and publication misconduct

When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct, such as redundant publication, plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, appropriation by a reviewer of an author’s idea or data, and complaints against editors, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided by COPE, https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts.
The discussion and decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial Board.

5. Editorial responsibilities

The Editorial Board will continuously work to monitor and safeguard publication ethics:
* Guidelines for retracting articles;
* Maintenance of the integrity of academic records;
* Preclusion of business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;
* Publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed; and
* Excluding plagiarized and fraudulent data.
The editors maintain the following responsibilities:
* Responsibility and authority to reject and accept articles;
* Avoid any conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject or accept;
* Promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found; and
* Preserve the anonymity of reviewers.

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