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Advances in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20944 | Submission Open
Keywords: building physics; indoor air quality; thermal comfort; acoustic and visual comfort; ventilation; HVAC systems; pollutant dispersion in a built environment; control of airborne infectious disease; CFD application in a built environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
UHPC Materials: Structural and Mechanical Analysis in Buildings
edited by Shu Fang, Yang Zou, and Zhuangcheng Fang
submission deadline 16 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3547 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); structural and mechanical analysis; innovative UHPC materials; UHPC modular structures; novel modular structures; strengthening of existing infrastructures; static and dynamic performance; design; performance; and construction techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Inclusion, Safety, and Resilience in the Construction Industry
edited by Sainan Lyu, , Beibei Zhang, and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 38966 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural safety management; multicultural workforces; training and upskilling; construction safety and health; mental health and well-being; risk management; urban resilience; sustainable construction; resilient investment strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Research on Performance of Buildings Structures and Materials
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23849 | Submission Open
Keywords: timber structures; reinforced concrete structures; steel-concrete composite structures; steel structures; masonry structures; green concrete; building materials; performance and behavior of structures and building materials; experimental investigation; numerical modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advanced Studies on Strength and Cracking of Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Structures submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15520 | Submission Open
Keywords: concrete; cracking; durability; limit-state behavior; mechanical strength; nondestructive testing; numerical modeling; prestressed structure; reinforced structure; service conditions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Recent Studies in Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Engineering Structures
edited by , Zhihao Wang, Junfeng Jia, and Murat Dicleli
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13453 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering structures; dynamic behaviour; static behaviour; new investigations; new insights; new structures; new loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures
edited by Yu Tian, Ran Yuan and Wei Sun
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10159 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Numerical and Experimental Research on Steel-Concrete Composite Structural Systems
edited by Jizhi Zhao, and Liangdong Zhuang
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8398 | Submission Open
Keywords: composite structures seismic performance; structural analysis; numerical simulation; machine learning; mechanical behavior; composite structural systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Research on the Structural Mechanics of Steel–Concrete Composite Structures
edited by and Qikai Sun
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7058 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural engineering; steel– concrete structure; risk analysis; structural safety; construction material; structural dynamics; structural design method; structural durability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
The State-of-the-Art Technologies for Zero-Energy Buildings submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6593 | Submission Open
Keywords: ZEB and nZEB; LCA; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; comfort; energy retrofitting of buildings; historic buildings; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Mechanical Properties of Advanced Metal Structures in Civil Infrastructure
edited by Xiaowei Liao, Haohui Xin, Fangxin Hu, and Nanting Yu
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5981 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance steel materials; aluminium alloy; additive manufacturing; seismic resilience; buckling; fire; fatigue; welding stress; numerical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Structural Safety Evaluation and Health Monitoring
edited by Lizhao Dai, Wei Zhang, Sun-Jin Han and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5353 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning techniques; durability of constructed facilities; performance evaluation; digital twins; finite element modelling; nondestructive testing; smart construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Safety Assessment in Civil Engineering
edited by , and Hui Chen
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3687 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; model updating; machine learning; intelligent techniques; finite element modeling; resilience against disasters; risk assessment; disaster prevention and reduction; building life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1934 | Submission Open
Keywords: masonry structures; experimental study; seismic assessment; historical masonry; masonry-strengthening techniques; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Concrete Technology
edited by Harifidy Ranaivomanana
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1806 | Submission Open
Keywords: low-carbon cements; mineral additions in cements; microstructure of concrete; pore structure of concrete; transport properties in cements; mechanical properties of concrete
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures
edited by , and Maria Basdeki
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1612 | Submission Open
Keywords: steel corrosion; concrete durability; corroded RC structures; mechanical properties of rebar; steel– concrete bond loss; pitting corrosion; assessment of bearing capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Recycled Aggregate Concrete as Building Materials
edited by Xuefei Chen
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open
Keywords: recycled aggregates; construction wastes; concrete; sustainable construction; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
The Application of Intelligence Techniques in Construction Materials
edited by Xiaorui Zhang, Weijie Zhang, Jingmin Xu and Songqiang Chen
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent building system; artificial intelligence; advanced building material; construction structure; renewable energy integration; green building strategy; building assessment and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Advances in Multifunctional/Smart Concrete Materials and Structures
edited by and Zhen Li
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano/fiber reinforced concrete materials and structures; multifunctional/smart concrete materials and structures; structural health monitoring of concrete; (ultra) high-performance concrete materials and structures; multifunctional cement concrete and smart structures; multifunctional/smart pavement materials and structures; digital and intelligent materials and structural design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Seismic Performance and Design of Retaining Structures
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: retaining walls; seismic design; soil– structure interaction; site response; probabilistic assessment; liquefaction; energy infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Modern Structural Engineering: From Materials to Building Structures
edited by , Yiyi Zhou, and Hai Zhang
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4395 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural engineering; high-performance materials; high-efficiency buildings; steel and composite structures; performance of building structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Road Pavements submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10112 | Submission Open
Keywords: pavement design; construction materials and methods; pavement related safety issues; surface treatments; pavement behavior modelling; urban pavements; pavement sustainability; pavement surface characteristics and ride quality; pavement monitoring; maintenance and rehabilitation; laboratory and field performance tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Zero-Emission Buildings and the Sustainable Built Environment submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8273 | Submission Open
Keywords: zero-emission buildings; sustainable development; natural environment; built environment; environmental impact; energy efficient buildings; sustainability assessment; green infrastructure; building materials; greenhouse gases emissions; recycling and reusing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Optimization Control and Energy Conservation in Smart Heating Systems
edited by Chengying Qi and
submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1592 | Submission Open
Keywords: district heating system; heat metering; smart heating; heat regulation and management; optimal control of building energy systems; building energy saving; thermo-active building systems (TABSs); energy system modeling and simulation; energy system planning and optimization; renewable energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Research on Soil–Structure Interaction for Civil Structures
edited by Mingjie Jiang, , , and Shiyuan Huang
submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1107 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil– structure interaction; laboratory element tests; physical model test; field test; constitutive model; numerical simulation; seismic performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Non-linear Behavior and Design of Steel Structures submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21474 | Submission Open
Keywords: steel structures; steel and composite structures; cold-formed steel structures; modular structures; stability design; buckling; second-order joint behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Intelligence and Automation in Construction Industry submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20366 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; automation; robotics; human-machine collaboration; smart construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Are “Green” Construction Materials Truly Feasible? submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5803 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction materials; low-carbon concrete; infrastructure materials; durability; life-cycle assessment; waste; recycling; recycled materials; strength
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition
edited by Jianzhe Shi, , Hao Zhou, , , Qin Zhang, Yaqiang Yang, , , and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber-reinforced polymers; fiber-reinforced concrete; experiment; numerical simulation; infrastructure; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19131 | Submission Open
Keywords: progressive collapse; blast loads; impact loads; protective structures; dynamic analysis; explosions; column removal; reinforced concrete; steel structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure: Theory and Practice
edited by and Hariharan Naganathan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17475 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrastructure projects; fostering renewables; reducing environmental and carbon footprint; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Comfortable Environments: Materials for Room Acoustics and Noise Control
edited by Jesús Carbajo, and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10378 | Submission Open
Keywords: room acoustics; noise control; acoustic materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Green Building Materials and Intelligent Construction Technology
edited by Jirong Lan, Yiqie Dong, Yaguang Du, and Xian Zhou
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9371 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent construction; green building materials; structural design; management models; construction techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Research on Timber and Timber–Concrete Buildings
edited by Pablo Guindos, José Luis Almazán Campillay, , Hernán Santa María Oyanedel and Diego Valdivieso Cascante
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8347 | Submission Open
Keywords: timber structure timber-concrete timber design wood building structural performance non-structural performance industrialization sustainable construction resilience bioproduct
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Climate Resilient Buildings: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7419 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate resilient buildings; resilient design; resilient retrofit; overheating; extreme climate events
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Research on Solar Energy System and Storage for Sustainable Buildings
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6799 | Submission Open
Keywords: solar buildings; solar heating; solar cooling; sustainable buildings; thermal energy storage; building integrated photovoltaic; energy efficiency for data centre
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Study on Real Estate and Housing Management—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5156 | Submission Open
Keywords: real estate management; corporate real estate; housing policy; housing economics; real estate finance; real estate valuation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Built Environment in High-Density Cities
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4762 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart spatial planning; intensive/mixed land use; high-density built environment; sustainability; three-dimensional; compact development; machine learning; land use change and evolution; data-driven approach; quality environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Automation and Robotics in Building Design and Construction
edited by , , Jung In Kim and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4744 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction robots; building construction; smart sensing; design for construction robots; operation platform; human– robot collaboration; construction management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Towards Industry 5.0 in the Construction Industry: Techniques, Requirements, Energy, Maintenance Engineering, Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3801 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction 5.0; advanced construction techniques; maintenance engineering; building information management (BIM); hybrid renewable systems; energy efficiency; circular economy; human interaction; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Theory and Innovative Applications of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC)
edited by Xiangguo Wu, and Junping Liu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2818 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete; wind power structures; sustainable construction; advanced materials; UAV image; artificial intelligence; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Soil–Geosynthetic Composite Materials
edited by , and Phan Truc T.T.
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2789 | Submission Open
Keywords: composite behavior; geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS); field-scale experiments; finite element (fe); compaction loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Multi-Dimensional Organic Conservation of Historical Neighborhood Buildings in the Context of Sustainable Urban Renewal—2nd Edition
edited by , and Fangning Wu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2660 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic conservation; historical neighborhood buildings; sustainable urban renewal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Building Energy-Saving Technology—3rd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2562 | Submission Open
Keywords: building envelop; mechanical system; passive and zero energy buildings; HVAC system control; carbon neutrality retrofit; energy performance; lifecycle analysis; embodied energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Human Factor on Construction Safety
edited by , Kelly Weeks, Siavash Zamiran and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2434 | Submission Open
Keywords: human factors; construction safety; accidents; human error; training; compliance and legal liability; risk management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Lightweight and Large-Span Structures: Innovative Structural Forms and Computational Methods
edited by , Yu Xue, Yuxiang Cai, Tingting Shu and Guansen Dong
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2427 | Submission Open
Keywords: lightweight structures; large-span structures; structural optimization; structural intelligent design; computational form finding; numerical computational methods; low-carbon and life-cycle design; health monitoring of spatial structures; deployable and inflatable structures; gridshell and lattice structures; tensegrity and cable structures; tension and membrane structures; adaptive and smart structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Cementitious Materials
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2206 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable and resilient cementitious materials; advancing performance; enhanced durability; low-carbon solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Structural Vibration Analysis and Control in Civil Engineering
edited by Jinyang Li, Zhiqian Dong, Dinghao Yu and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1901 | Submission Open
Keywords: vibration analysis; structural control systems; seismic response control; dynamic load mitigation; active and passive damping modal analysis; wind-induced vibration control; structural health monitoring; numerical simulation in vibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Urban Planning and Design for Urban Safety and Operations
edited by Haowei Wang, Lei Nie, , and Lihua Liu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1608 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban planning; urban design; urban safety; urban operation; urban modeling; urbanization; large model; urban resilience; urban ecological health; environmental safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Advances in Nondestructive Testing of Structures
edited by , Mahdi Shadabfar, Masoud Abedini and Zohreh Mousavi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1561 | Submission Open
Keywords: new approaches in SHM; short- and long-term structural health monitoring; periodical structural health monitoring; nondestructive damage detection methods; digital twins for SHM; digital twins for city-scale structural health monitoring; city-scale damage maps after earthquakes; signal processing-based damage detection methods; reliability; risk and resilience analysis; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
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