Frontiers in Materials | Structural Materials section | New and Recent Articles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/sections/structural-materials RSS Feed for Structural Materials section in the Frontiers in Materials journal | New and Recent Articles en-us Frontiers Feed Generator,version:1 2026-10-24T16:27:52.750+00:00 60 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1950801 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1950801 <![CDATA[EPD-grounded carbon-resilience allocation for low-carbon concrete supply: decision fidelity, route validation, and correlated-disruption stress testing]]> 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z Original Research Xin YangYong XiangYao Wei https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1978854 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1978854 <![CDATA[Performance enhancement of concrete with alkali-conditioned fly ash lightweight aggregate]]> 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z Original Research Xiaozhong ZhengTao HanZhuang WangTingting LuoGuangfei LiuBing XuePeihe YuYongsheng Ji https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1954367 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1954367 <![CDATA[Mechanical behaviors of weathered coal gangue filled concrete pavement based on surface solidification]]> 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z Original Research Yingsong LiWei GuoXinge MiaoXiangling TaoQingtao WangJiangyi ZhangWeichi ChenZiyao Wei https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1947456 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2026.1947456 <![CDATA[Non-linear analysis of composite steel-concrete beam with web openings using finite element method and design of experiments]]> 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z Original Research Mastan SheikM. 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