Advanced Structural Health Monitoring Technologies for Civil Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Frames are structural systems largely adopted in civil engineering works. Their ability to resist gravitational and lateral loads depends on the bending mechanisms that develop in beams and columns. Reinforced concrete (RC) members are bending-resistant structural elements whose capacity is a direct consequence of the complementary presence of compressive (concrete) and tensile (steel reinforcement) resisting materials. Due to the reduced maintenance cost and ease of construction, RC frames are among the most common structural resisting systems in buildings. Resistance when exposed to fire and robustness under thread-independent damage scenarios are some of the capabilities of RC frames. The reliability of such structures is a key topic for the structural design and safety assessment of new and existing buildings in all possible scenarios, ordinary and exceptional.

The aim of this Special Issue is to attract leading researchers in the area of the reliability assessment of RC frame buildings, in an effort to highlight the effects of aging, ordinary and exceptional loads, thread-independent damage scenarios or other phenomena that can occur during the working life of the constructions such as, but not limited to, maintenance and repair works. The accepted contributions will focus on structural reliability and will include theoretical considerations, numerical and experimental modeling, and applications to specific and well-detailed case studies.

Dr. Valerio De Biagi
Prof. Dr. Giulio Ventura
Guest Editors

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