Steel Structures for Large-Span Bridges and Structures: Current Progress
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 43
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Interests: steel and composite structures
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Interests: civil engineering; steel and composite structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Steel Structures for Large-Span Bridges and Structures: Current Progress”, focuses on large-span and large-scale steel structures, which play a crucial role in modern building construction and infrastructure, offering strength, flexibility, and durability for buildings, bridges, and other engineering structures. This Special Issue explores recent advancements not only in the design, analysis, and maintenance but also in the construction processes and techniques used in building steel structures.
Key topics of interest include innovative structural systems for buildings, high-performance steel materials, advanced fabrication and construction methodologies, and on-site assembly techniques that ensure quality and speed in building projects. Contributions addressing computational modeling, fatigue and fracture mechanics, seismic resilience, and optimization strategies for structural performance in building applications are highly encouraged.
The Special Issue also highlights emerging trends such as smart monitoring systems, digital construction workflows, and sustainable design practices aimed at enhancing the safety, efficiency, and longevity of steel structures in buildings. We welcome research on experimental investigations, numerical simulations, and real-world applications, including case studies of innovative steel buildings and construction practices.
Interdisciplinary approaches integrating artificial intelligence, digital twins, robotics, and novel construction technologies for steel building projects are particularly relevant. This Special Issue aims to provide researchers, engineers, architects, and construction professionals with insights into the latest progress and future directions in steel structures for modern buildings. Contributions that push the boundaries of steel structural engineering and meet the evolving demands of the building industry are highly encouraged.
We invite you to publish scientific and review articles on the development, design, and construction of steel building structures and bridges.
Prof. Dr. Alfonsas Daniūnas
Prof. Dr. Algirdas Juozapaitis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- suspension and cable-stayed steel and composite bridge
- large-scale steel structures
- innovative and sustainable steel engineering structures
- steel structure design theory and methods
- advanced numerical analysis
- optimization and topology of steel structures
- high strength and stainless steel structures
- low-carbon and life-cycle design
- steel joints and connections
- static and dynamic loading
- vibration analysis and control
- prestressed steel structures
- fatigue damage and corrosion
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