Failures in Underground Engineering Structures: Material Fatigue, Natural Disaster Impacts, and Other Factors
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2025) | Viewed by 1450
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Interests: disaster mechanism; fractured rock mass; collaborative prevention; control automatic monitoring; subway construction; safety controlatic monitoring and early warning of underground structures; subway construction safety control and intelli
Interests: stabilization and reinforcement of special soil roadbeds; resource-based recycling of construction and industrial solid waste; pavement maintenance materials and technology; solid waste recycling; special soil engineering characteristics and treatment
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Dear Colleagues,
As infrastructure development advances, large and complex undertakings such as mountain transportation projects, grand hydropower stations, inter-basin water transfers, extensive mines, nuclear power plants and nuclear waste treatment projects have become the predominant forms of existing underground construction.
Hindered by the complexity of environmental conditions and the uncertainty of human operations, it remains challenging to achieve instant monitoring and immediate protection of structural health across diverse subterranean projects.
This Special Issue zeroes in on innovative practices and applications related to underground engineering structures in the realms of material fatigue, design, fabrication, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, lifespan prediction, failure prevention, risk evaluation, reliability analysis, sustainability, procedural enhancement, structural integrity, safety assessments and quality assurance.
We look forward to your contributions!
Dr. Peng He
Dr. Jie Xiao
Dr. Jie Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- engineering failure analysis
- fatigue of underground engineering materials
- underground engineering construction
- real-time mobile interaction
- non-contact measurement
- safety management
- real-time monitoring
- intelligent early warning
- multi-information
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