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China
2026

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Materials Science

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80
Citations
19314
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80
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Overview

Jian-Guo Dai is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research portfolio spans significant work in building and construction, materials chemistry, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to concrete and cement materials, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, as well as the structural behavior and corrosion durability of reinforced concrete. Additional interests include magnesium oxide properties and applications, structural load-bearing analysis, and thermal radiation and cooling technologies.

Jian-Guo Dai's recent papers include:

  • Creating an Eco-Friendly Building Coating with Smart Subambient Radiative Cooling, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Seawater sea-sand engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Assessment and modeling of crack characteristics, 2020, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Ultra-high-strength engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Material design and effect of fiber hybridization, 2022, Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Strain-hardening alkali-activated fly ash/slag composites with ultra-high compressive strength and ultra-high tensile ductility, 2022, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Recent developments in Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) with high and ultra-high strength, 2022, Construction and Building Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jian-Guo Dai include:

  • Bo-Tao Huang
  • Muhammad Riaz Ahmad
  • Ling-Yu Xu
  • Ming-Feng Kai
  • Jian-Cong Lao

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in journals such as Construction and Building Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Engineering Structures, Cement and Concrete Composites, and Composite Structures.

Best Publications

  • Development of the Nonlinear Bond Stress-Slip Model of Fiber Reinforced Plastics Sheet-Concrete Interfaces with a Simple Method

    Jianguo Dai;Tamon Ueda;Yasuhiko Sato

  • Development of ultra-high performance engineered cementitious composites using polyethylene (PE) fibers

    Ke Quan Yu;Ke Quan Yu;Jiang Tao Yu;Jian Guo Dai;Zhou Dao Lu

  • Creating an Eco-Friendly Building Coating with Smart Subambient Radiative Cooling

    Xiao Xue;Meng Qiu;Yanwen Li;Q. M. Zhang

  • Mechanical properties of alkali-activated concrete: A state-of-the-art review

    Yao Ding;Jian-Guo Dai;Cai-Jun Shi

  • Influence of silane-based water repellent on the durability properties of recycled aggregate concrete

    Ya Guang Zhu;Ya Guang Zhu;Shi Cong Kou;Chi Sun Poon;Jianguo Dai

  • Behavior and Modeling of Concrete Confined with FRP Composites of Large Deformability

    Jianguo Dai;Yu Lei Bai;Jinguang Teng

  • Ultra-high-strength engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Material design and effect of fiber hybridization

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  • Water repellent surface impregnation for extension of service life of reinforced concrete structures in marine environments: The role of cracks

    Jian-Guo Dai;Y. Akira;F.H. Wittmann;H. Yokota

  • Seawater sea-sand engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Assessment and modeling of crack characteristics

    Bo-Tao Huang;Jiaqi Wu;Jing Yu;Jian-Guo Dai

  • Effects of nano-TiO2 on strength, shrinkage and microstructure of alkali activated slag pastes

    L.Y. Yang;Z.J. Jia;Y.M. Zhang;J.G. Dai

  • Strain-hardening alkali-activated fly ash/slag composites with ultra-high compressive strength and ultra-high tensile ductility

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  • Seawater sea-sand engineered geopolymer composites (EGC) with high strength and high ductility

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  • Recent developments in Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) with high and ultra-high strength

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  • Unified Analytical Approaches for Determining Shear Bond Characteristics of FRP-Concrete Interfaces through Pullout Tests

    Jianguo Dai;Tamon Ueda;Yasuhiko Sato

  • Low-carbon and low-alkalinity stabilization/solidification of high-Pb contaminated soil

    Lei Wang;Kequan Yu;Kequan Yu;Jiang-Shan Li;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Finite element modeling of reinforced concrete beams exposed to fire

    W. Y. Gao;Jianguo Dai;Jinguang Teng;G. M. Chen

  • Bond-Slip Model for FRP Laminates Externally Bonded to Concrete at Elevated Temperature

    Jianguo Dai;W. Y. Gao;Jinguang Teng

  • Silico-aluminophosphate and Alkali-aluminosilicate Geopolymers: A comparative review

    Yan Shuai Wang;Yazan Alrefaei;Jian Guo Dai

  • Flexural strengthening of RC beams with CFRP grid-reinforced ECC matrix

    Xu Yang;Xu Yang;Wan Yang Gao;Jianguo Dai;Zhou Dao Lu

  • Influence of lead on stabilization/solidification by ordinary Portland cement and magnesium phosphate cement

    Yan-Shuai Wang;Jian-Guo Dai;Lei Wang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Interface bond between FRP sheets and concrete substrates: properties, numerical modeling and roles in member behaviour

    Tamen Ueda;Jianguo Dai

  • Characteristics of concrete cracks and their influence on chloride penetration

    Hai Long Wang;Jianguo Dai;Xiao Yan Sun;Xiao Long Zhang

  • Tensile behavior and microstructure of hybrid fiber ambient cured one-part engineered geopolymer composites

    Yazan Alrefaei;Jian-Guo Dai

  • Inhibiting efflorescence formation on fly ash–based geopolymer via silane surface modification

    Xiao Xue;Yun-Lin Liu;Yun-Lin Liu;Jian-Guo Dai;Chi-Sun Poon

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamon Ueda
Tamon Ueda Shenzhen University
Jin-Guang Teng
Jin-Guang Teng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chi Sun Poon
Chi Sun Poon Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kent A. Harries
Kent A. Harries University of Pittsburgh
Surendra P. Shah
Surendra P. Shah Northwestern University
Christopher K.Y. Leung
Christopher K.Y. Leung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Caijun Shi
Caijun Shi Hunan University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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