Building Structures
A section of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309).
Section Information
This section of Buildings aims to gather and disseminate research work related to “Building Structures”, as well as to stimulate discussion among researchers, academia, and industry, encouraging the development and application of innovative structural systems and approaches in buildings. This Section welcomes papers comprising experimental studies, numerical studies, and case studies. All topics related to the design, construction, assessment, and retrofitting of building structures are welcome in this section.
Keywords
- structural analysis
- structural modelling
- structural software engineering
- experimental studies
- structural design codes
- structural repair
- structural retrofitting and strengthening
- risk management
- seismic engineering
- wind engineering
- monitoring, sensors, smart structures
- structural control
- artificial intelligence
- neural networks
- virtual reality and visualization technologies
- database management
- BIM
- digital twins
- new structural systems
- innovation in structural engineering
- structural protection systems
- case studies
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Research on Steel and Steel–Concrete Composite Structures Under Seismic Loading Conditions (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Research on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Challenges in Seismic Analysis and Assessment of Buildings (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- New Technology of Green Intelligent Construction and Risk Assessment in Architectural Structures (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Research on Seismic Design and Retrofitting of Building Structures (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Advancements in Large-Span Steel Structures and Architectural Design (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Recent Advances in the Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Building Structures (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings Based on Advanced Computational and Experimental Techniques (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Identification (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Infrastructure – Second Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Mechanical Performance of Steel and Composite Beams (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Cold-Formed Steel Structures (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Fire Science and Safety of Bridge Structure (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Study on Seismic Performance of Building Structures (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Scientific Developments in Sustainable Building Materials and Structures (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Advances in Constructional Steel Research (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainability in Building Structures: Optimization, Strengthening and Rehabilitation (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Inverse Problem Applications in Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Structural Modelling, Identification and Monitoring of Existing Structures—2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Studies on Metal Materials and Their Applications in Building Structures (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Recent Developments in Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Seismic Behaviour of Reinforced and Confined Masonry Buildings (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- New Technologies and Materials in Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Behaviour and Safety of Building Structures in Fire (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures under Extreme Conditions (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Structural and Computational Mechanics of Steel/Concrete Structures (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Earthquake Resistant and Vibration Control of Concrete Structures (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Sustainable Construction Materials, Structures, and Buildings (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Advanced Numerical and Computer Methods in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Structural Vibration Serviceability and Human Comfort II (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Research on Intelligent Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Seismic Retrofitting and Performance Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Trends and Prospects in Civil Engineering Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Novel Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Building Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Structural Vibration Control Research (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances and Applications in Structural Vibration Control (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Advanced Studies on Strength and Cracking of Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Advanced Studies on Steel Structures (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Research on Seismic Resilience Assessment and Dynamic Response Analysis in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Seismic Performance and Durability of Engineering Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Recent Scientific Developments on the Mechanics of Masonry Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Problems in the Design and Construction of Underground Buildings (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Health Monitoring of Building Structures: Emerging Technologies and Approaches (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Novel Design of Tall Building Structures Based on Modern Resilience and Sustainability Performance Criteria (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Building Structures Ⅱ (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Seismic Response Analysis of Underground Structure (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Performance of Infrastructures under Extreme Loads and Complex Environments (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Advanced Concrete Structures: Structural Behaviors and Design Methods—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Selected Papers from the REHABEND 2024 Congress (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Buildings and Infrastructures Performance in Seismic Events: Understanding the Impact of Earthquakes (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Monitoring and Prevention of Dynamic Disasters in Deep Underground Engineering (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Research on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Research on Structural Analysis and Design of Civil Structures (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Performance Analysis of Timber Composite Structures (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Seismic Behavior and Vulnerability of Historic Buildings: From Single-Scale Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Urban Underground Space Design: Structural Stability and Mechanics Analysis (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Building Vibration and Soil Dynamics (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Advances in Steel/FRP–Concrete Composite Structures: Analysis, Design and Application (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Research on Performance of Buildings Structures and Materials (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Monitoring Data Based on Wind Turbine Structural Damage Identification and Dynamic Reliability Analysis (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advances in Foundation Engineering for Building Structures (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Machine Learning Applications in Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 29 August 2024)
- Wind Load Effects on High-Rise and Long-Span Structures (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Autonomous Strategies for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Advances in High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) and HPFRC Structures (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Buildings and Infrastructures under Natural Hazards (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Non-linear Behavior and Design of Steel Structures (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Structural Performance in Blast Load Scenarios (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Research on Seismic Performance of Timber/Bamboo Buildings (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Structural Performance and Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures Exposed to High Strain Rate Loads (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent Studies in Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Engineering Structures (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- High-Performance Steel Structures (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Identification of Engineering Structures (Deadline: 1 September 2024)
- Engineering Disaster Prevention and Performance Improvement (Deadline: 9 September 2024)
- Intelligent Monitoring and Detecting Methodologies for Building Structures (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Achieving Resilience and Other Challenges in Earthquake Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Design, Application, and Performance Assessment of Thin-Walled Structures in Earthquake Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Brittle Behaviour of High-Performance Concrete Structures (Deadline: 26 September 2024)
- Advances in Research on Structural Dynamics and Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Steel Structures Building: Mechanical Properties and Behavior Analysis—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Behavior, Design and Stability Analysis of Conventional and Modular Steel Structures (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Research on the Construction Mechanical Behavior and Deformation Characteristics of Lining Structure—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances in Structural and Mechanical Performances of Structures and Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Research on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Sciences in Construction (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Seismic Ground Motions and Their Application in Structural Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Monitoring, Prevention and Control of Dynamic Disasters in Underground Space Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Engineering Safety Monitoring and Management (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Design, Construction and Maintenance of Underground Structures (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Structural Engineering in Building (Deadline: 1 October 2024)
- Challenges in the Numerical Simulation from Small to Large Scale Structures (Deadline: 1 October 2024)
- Study on Durability of Building Structure in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 7 October 2024)
- Performance Evaluation, Testing and Design of Composite Structures (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Resilience Analysis and Intelligent Simulation in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Dynamic Response of Structures (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- The Durability of Innovative Construction Materials and Structures (Deadline: 18 October 2024)
- Advances in Steel–Concrete Composite Structures (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- The Vibration Control of Building Structures (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Engineering Mathematics in Structural Control and Monitoring (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Advances in Novel Precast Concrete Structures (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Steel Structure Building Safety: Structural Analysis and Simulation (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Seismic Analysis and Design of Building Structures (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Vibration Prediction and Noise Assessment of Building Structures (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Structural Reliability, Resilience and Design of Buildings against Multi-Hazards (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Foundation Treatment and Building Structural Performance Enhancement (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Timber–Concrete Composite Structures: Property Analysis, Stability Design and Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Research on the Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Blast Loading and Blast Effect on Building Structures—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Concrete and Composite Structures (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Study on Shear Performance of Structure under Concentrated Load (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection and Long-Term Performance (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Research on the Seismic Design of Steel Frames (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- The Latest Research on Building Materials and Structures (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Seismic Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Numerical and Experimental Research on Steel-Concrete Composite Structural Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Safety and Optimization of Building Structures—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research on Industrialization and Intelligence in Building Structures (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Applications of Computational Methods in Structural Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Infrastructures (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Damage and Fracture Analysis in Rocks and Concretes (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- High-Performance Steel–Concrete Composite/Hybrid Structures (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Analysis and Design for Steel Structure Stability (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Open Issues in Building Conservation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Seismic Resilience of Structures and Infrastructure Systems (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Study on the Durability of Construction Materials and Structures (Deadline: 1 March 2025)
- Modeling and Testing the Performance of Masonry Structures (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- New Reinforcement Technologies Applied in Slope and Foundation (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Machine Learning for Structural Engineering: Innovations and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Concrete Structures in Civil Engineering
- Assessment, Reconstruction and Decision Procedures for the Preservation of Existing Structures after Earthquakes
- Buildings and Fire Safety
- Innovation in Structural Analysis and Dynamics for Constructions
- Non-linear Modelling and Analysis of Buildings
- Seismic Safety Assessment and Strengthening of Existing Constructions
- Structural Analysis for Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings
- Structural Dynamics and Analysis of Civil Structures and Engineering Materials
- The Methods, Tools and Techniques for the Preservation of Existing Structures