Research on Innovative Technologies for Theory, Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Building Engineering and Underground Spaces in Extreme Environments
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tunnel and underground engineering; construction mechanics of large and complex underground structures; research and development of underground engineering construction machinery and equipment; selection and intelligent control of tunnel construction equipment in extreme environments; application of renewable fiber materials in concrete lining structures
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Interests: structure system and deformation control of tunnels in complex and unfavorable geological environments with weak surrounding rocks; foundation pit support structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is guided by the needs of major engineering construction, focusing on the research of core theories and key technologies such as multi-dimensional information perception and multi-field coupling mechanisms of rock and soil under harsh conditions; prediction and prevention of extreme environmental rock and soil; tunnel engineering disasters; green intelligent construction of ultra-long tunnels; large-scale rock and soil engineering; intelligent maintenance and operation disaster prevention; and soil and tunnel engineering.
This Special Issue seeks studies that propose new theories, methods, and technologies; discuss the development of new materials, equipment, and processes; and propose innovative technologies that run through the entirety of the industry chain, ranging from theory and design to construction and maintenance.
We look forward to your submissions.
Dr. Heng Zhang
Dr. Huayun Li
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- extreme environment
- tunnel engineering
- geotechnical engineering
- design theory
- intelligent construction
- operation and maintenance
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