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The third paper from the ECC research group at Hong Kong Prof. Victor C. Li and published by Springer last year. This
University of Science and Technology led by Prof. Christopher review has been contributed by Prof. S. B. Singh.
K. Y. Leung illustrates a real life case study in which a We hope this issue will be a stimulating read for under-
practical ECC mix has been designed for a specific structural graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, faculty
application. The innate crack width control ability of ECC is members and practicing engineers. While India has a long and
used to design an improved water-tight structure. It uses a new rich tradition of research in the field of concrete science and
lower cost Chinese PVA fiber as opposed to the commonly technology including fiber reinforced concrete, much remains
used Kuraray fiber from Japan and crushed rock fines as to be done in the fields of advanced cement based composites
aggregate to make ECC commercially competitive.
such as ECC. We hope the December 2019 issue and the
The fourth paper by Prof. Savas Erdem and his colleague from current issue will provide some much needed encouragement
the University of Istanbul reports a piece of very interesting to researchers, particularly in India, in taking up explorations in
work on the fire resistance of fiber reinforced composite these exciting new areas.
pavement designed for high heating rate from the exhaust of a I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my Ph.D.
fighter jet. It reveals the importance of using mineral fibers like supervisor and guide Prof. (Dr.) Victor C. Li for his constant
basalt and metallic fiber like steel together with the polymeric mentoring, my host at HKUST Prof. Christopher K. Y. Leung for
fiber like PVA, in order to retain required strength and impact his support and specifically Assistant Professor Dr. Jing Yu
energy at high temperature.
for his prompt assistance in making this issue possible.
The fifth paper from Dr. Bharati Ganesh and colleagues from We thank all our reviewers for their valuable support in
NITTE-MIT demonstrates the correlation between static enhancing the quality of the publication. I would also like to
and dynamic measurement of elastic modulus of Ultra High thank Sri Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Chairman KMBB College
Performance Concrete (UHPC). of Engineering and Technology for having permitted my
The sixth paper by Maninder Singh et al. from National sabbatical at HKUST.
Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra deals with flexural As the world grapples with the unprecedented Covid19
performance and durability characteristics of hybrid fiber pandemic, I hope you are staying safe and healthy. I join you
reinforced ECC where the commonly used PVA fiber is partially in looking forward to a brighter future as humanity learns the
replaced by PET and steel fibers. Certain advantages including right lessons and rebuilds a climate-resistant and equitable
lower cost were observed which may help promote use of ECC new world.
in real life applications.
Finally, we have also included a short review of the book Dhanada K. Mishra*
titled Engineered Cementitious Composites authored by Guest Editor, ICJ

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*Email : dhanada.mishra@ust.hk