TY - JOUR A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Brittle Materials in Mechanical Extremes T2 - Editorial materials N2 - The goal of the Special Issue “Brittle Materials in Mechanical Extremes” was to spark a discussion of the analogies and the differences between different brittle materials, such as, for instance, ceramics and concrete. Indeed, the contributions to the Issue spanned from construction materials (asphalt and concrete) to structural ceramics, reaching as far as ice. The data shown in the issue were obtained by advanced microstructural techniques (microscopy, 3D imaging, etc.) and linked to mechanical properties (and their changes as a function of aging, composition, etc.). The description of the mechanical behavior of brittle materials under operational loads, for instance, concrete and ceramics under very high temperatures, offered an unconventional viewpoint on the behavior of brittle materials. This is not at all exhaustive, but a way to pave the road for intriguing and enriching comparisons. PB - MDPI CY - Basel KW - Microcracking KW - Ceramics KW - Concrete KW - Asphalt KW - Mechanicalproperties KW - Microstructure KW - Strength PY - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51455 AN - OPUS4-51455 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-514558 VL - 13 IS - 20 SP - 4610 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany