Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Building Structures
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 3149
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seismic vulnerability; seismic retrofitting; masonry; timber structures; composites; textile-reinforced mortar; experimental tests; numerical modelling
Interests: behavior of masonry structures; natural fiber-reinforced cementitious composite; durability; method of finite elements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
If we are to address the urgent issue of sustainability in the construction sector, we cannot disregard actions aimed at limiting soil consumption and promoting the reuse of existing structures.
This, however, presents us with the need to find effective and compatible intervention solutions, technically and economically optimized to comply with the current needs in terms of safety, functionality and comfort.
The Special Issue is focused, in particular, on structural intervention strategies for the maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of buildings, with special attention paid to innovative and less invasive solutions, as well as to the use of sustainable materials.
This Special Issue invites researchers to contribute works that advance the state of the art of the relevant topics. These include, but are not limited to, the following fields:
- Laboratory and in situ experimental tests proving the effectiveness of the interventions (e.g. monotonic tests, cyclic tests, dynamic tests, both on full scale or scaled samples);
- Discussions on the applicability, compatibility and durability of the interventions and periodic maintenance;
- Methods to assess the proper installation;
- Numerical simulations to predict the interventions effectiveness (ranging to simplified approaches to advanced computational models)
- Analytical strategies for design and performance prediction;
- Actual applicative experiences and simulated case studies;
- Original literature reviews and discussions on the topic.
Dr. Ingrid Boem
Dr. Claudia Brito De Carvalho Bello
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- existing buildings
- structural rehabilitation
- strengthening strategies
- maintenance of structures
- experimental tests
- numerical analysis
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