Advances in Aluminium Alloy Structural Applications
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural aluminium; steel structures; metallic materials applications; connections; standardisation; resilient design; high-rise buildings; wind energy structures; sustainability assessment; refurbishment
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Interests: metal structures; structural reliability; aluminium alloys; high-strength steels; structural joints; structural fire engineering; standardisation
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Interests: steel and aluminium structures; seismic design; structural rehabilitation; advanced techniques of seismic protection; shell structures; standardisation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aluminium represents one of the most popular metallic materials, with continuously increasing applications across various sectors of the economy and industry. Key features related to the material's physical and mechanical properties, such as lightness and corrosion resistance, together with extrusion flexibility and the wide range of available alloys, make aluminium an attractive choice for designers and engineers in construction.
This Special Issue is dedicated to advances in the use of aluminium alloys in structural applications, aiming to provide an up-to-date framework in this field. We invite original contributions on new research, case studies, projects, reviews and state-of-the-art discussions related to the analysis and design of aluminium alloy members for buildings and other structures. Submissions may cover a wide range of topics concerning aluminium alloy structural applications, from material-related subjects, such as new alloys and emerging manufacturing trends, to member- and system-level objectives, including novel approaches in strength and stability design, normative provisions, the treatment of heat-affected zones, horizontal lateral load–cyclic response, behaviour under elevated temperatures, and behavioural parameters of aluminium in constructional applications such as bridges, long-span structures, building envelopes, composite systems, and retrofit activities.
We welcome papers on the following topics, including (but not limited to) the following:
- New aluminium alloys;
- Manufacture (extrusion, welding, additive manufacturing, 3D printing);
- Numerical–computational–experimental investigation;
- Aluminium codified provisions and specifications;
- Aluminium innovative connections and joints;
- Welding issues and heat affected zones;
- Strength–stability design;
- Loading effects (wind/seismic/fire/fatigue);
- Aluminium deployment in construction (such as buildings, façade, curtain walling, bridges, shell structures, long-span reticulated structures, marine applications, retrofit activities, etc.);
- Innovative design and emerging application fields (composite, wind- infrastructure systems, earthquake protection);
- Reliability assessment of aluminium structures;
- Case studies.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Evangelos Efthymiou
Prof. Dr. Davor Skejic
Prof. Dr. Alberto Mandara
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- aluminium alloys
- aluminium manufacture
- aluminium-related codification
- analysis procedures
- design methods
- innovative aluminium joints and connections
- aluminium constructional applications
- reliability assessment
- execution of aluminium structures
- case studies
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