Fire Science and Safety of Bridge Structure
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 9970
Special Issue Editors
Interests: prestressed polypropylene concrete; structural evaluation; nonlinear analysis; fire resistance; fire safety; fire science; bridge engineering; steel bridge
Interests: structural fire engineering; fire safety design; dynamic performance of reactive powder concrete; blast resistance design
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Dear colleagues,
Fire loadings present a severe threat to the safety and durability of bridge structures. A severe, explosive fire can lead to the damage and failure of local components or even the complete collapse of the bridge along with nearby buildings. Thus, this can result in injuries, serious economic and property losses and even the loss of life.
To ensure the safety of bridge structures throughout their lifecycle, it is necessary to implement reliable design strategies, construction measures, comprehensive protection techniques and early pre-warning and monitoring methods to detect extreme fire loadings. Therefore, new structures and high-performance materials, together with intelligent safety methods and innovative protective techniques, must be developed to prevent fire loadings. The topics of this Special Issue will include extreme fire loading effects, new structures and materials, intelligent safety methods and innovative protective techniques used in bridge structures, along with other related buildings.
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Prof. Dr. Gang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xiaomeng Hou
Prof. Dr. Huanting Zhou
Guest Editors
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