Top 10 Downloaded Articles 2021 in Materials and Structures

Please find below the 10 most downloaded articles in 2021, all in Open Access: 

• Application of super absorbent polymers (SAP) in concrete construction—update of RILEM state-of-the-art report, by 
  Viktor Mechtcherine, Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Christof Schröfl, Didier Snoeck, Pietro Lura, Nele De Belie, Arn Mignon, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Agnieszka J. Klemm, Fernando C. R. Almeida, José Roberto Tenório Filho, William Peter Boshoff, Hans-Wolf Reinhardt & Shin-Ichi Igarashi 
• Experimental and theoretical evidence for the load sequence effect in the compressive fatigue behavior of concrete, by 
  Abedulgader Baktheer & Rostislav Chudoba 
• Characterization tests for predicting the mechanical performance of SFRC floors: design considerations, by 
  Paolo Martinelli, Matteo Colombo, Albert de la Fuente, Sergio Cavalaro, Pablo Pujadas & Marco di Prisco 
• Steel fibers for replacing minimum reinforcement in beams under torsion, by 
  Luca Facconi, Fausto Minelli, Paola Ceresa & Giovanni Plizzari 
• Self-healing of bio-cementitious mortar incubated within neutral and acidic soil, by 
  Mohamed Esaker, Omar Hamza, Adam Souid & David Elliott 
• Influence of fiber alignment on pseudoductility and microcracking in a cementitious carbon fiber composite material, by 
  Matthias Rutzen, Philipp Lauff, Roland Niedermeier, Oliver Fischer, Manuel Raith, Christian U. Grosse, Ursula Weiss, Malte A. Peter & Dirk Volkmer
• Influence of cellulose nanofibrils on the rheology, microstructure and strength of alkali activated ground granulated blast-furnace slag: a comparison with ordinary Portland cement, by 
  Hassan Ez-zaki, Laura Riva, Maurizio Bellotto, Luca Valentini, Enrico Garbin, Carlo Punta & Gilberto Artioli 
• Recommendation of RILEM TC 261-CCF: test method to determine the flexural creep of fibre reinforced concrete in the cracked state, by 
  A. Llano-Torre & P. Serna 
• Influence of polymer structure and amount on microstructure and properties of polyethylene-modified asphalt binders, by 
  K. Lakshmi Roja, Amara Rehman, Mabrouk Ouederni, Senthil Kumar Krishnamoorthy, Ahmed Abdala & Eyad Masad
• Characterization tests for predicting the mechanical performance of SFRC floors: identification of fibre distribution and orientation effects, by Paolo Martinelli, Matteo Colombo, Pablo Pujadas, Albert de la Fuente, Sergio Cavalaro & Marco di Prisco 

Congratulations to all!