What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Composite material
- Structural engineering
- Civil engineering
Jorge de Brito mainly focuses on Waste management, Durability, Demolition waste, Composite material and Absorption of water.
His Waste management study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Environmental engineering and Environmental impact assessment.
His Durability research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cement render, Service life and Facade.
His study in Mortar, Superplasticizer, Aggregate, Ultimate tensile strength and Cement is done as part of Composite material.
His work deals with themes such as Polymer concrete, Compressive strength and Flexural strength, which intersect with Aggregate.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Carbonation and Shrinkage.
His most cited work include:
- Use of plastic waste as aggregate in cement mortar and concrete preparation: A review (255 citations)
- Mechanical performance of concrete made with aggregates from construction and demolition waste recycling plants (182 citations)
- Concrete made with used tyre aggregate: durability-related performance (178 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Composite material, Aggregate, Durability, Compressive strength and Waste management.
His study in Mortar, Absorption of water, Cement, Flexural strength and Shrinkage are all subfields of Composite material.
In Cement, Jorge de Brito works on issues like Fly ash, which are connected to Superplasticizer.
His Durability research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Carbonation and Service life.
His studies in Compressive strength integrate themes in fields like Ultimate tensile strength, Geotechnical engineering and Young's modulus.
His studies deal with areas such as Life-cycle assessment, Demolition waste and Environmental impact assessment as well as Waste management.
He most often published in these fields:
- Composite material (29.33%)
- Aggregate (20.00%)
- Durability (18.67%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?
- Composite material (29.33%)
- Aggregate (20.00%)
- Cement (13.78%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Composite material, Aggregate, Cement, Durability and Compressive strength.
His research related to Flexural strength, Mortar, Ultimate tensile strength, Shrinkage and Polypropylene might be considered part of Composite material.
His study looks at the relationship between Aggregate and topics such as Concrete beams, which overlap with Ductility and Steel fibre.
Jorge de Brito has included themes like Carbonation, Preventive maintenance, Service life, Absorption of water and Construction engineering in his Durability study.
His Absorption of water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Abrasion, Waste management, Demolition waste and Ceramic.
Properties of concrete and Superplasticizer are among the areas of Compressive strength where Jorge de Brito concentrates his study.
Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Steel fibre-reinforced high-strength concrete incorporating copper slag: Mechanical, gamma-ray shielding, impact resistance, and microstructural characteristics (20 citations)
- The effect of polypropylene fibres on the compressive strength, impact and heat resistance of self-compacting concrete (19 citations)
- The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials (16 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Composite material
- Structural engineering
- Civil engineering
His primary areas of study are Composite material, Compressive strength, Flexural strength, Aggregate and Ultimate tensile strength.
In general Composite material study, his work on Shrinkage, Durability and Polymer often relates to the realm of Husk, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
He works mostly in the field of Compressive strength, limiting it down to topics relating to Mortar and, in certain cases, Montmorillonite, as a part of the same area of interest.
He has researched Flexural strength in several fields, including Gypsum, Volume fraction, Absorption of water and Properties of concrete.
His Aggregate study combines topics in areas such as Concrete beams and Demolition, Civil engineering, Formwork.
The concepts of his Ultimate tensile strength study are interwoven with issues in Life cycle inventory, Environmental engineering and Young's modulus.
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