Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 558
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building structures; earthquake engineering; virtual experimentation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: building structures; earthquake engineering; virtual experimentation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: building structures; earthquake engineering; virtual experimentation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Structural repairs and renovations are problems faced by most civil engineers, but they are addressed to a much lesser extent in the literature and national regulations compared to new constructions. The main challenges faced by civil engineers when repairing or renovating a structure are which repair technique to use and in what way to prove the mechanical resistance and stability of the renovated structure. These problems have become more and more pronounced in recent times, taking into account the development of new materials, new rehabilitation techniques, and new numerical methods for structural analyses.
The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations”, is to gather knowledge related to new techniques, materials, experimental research, and theoretical calculation methods related to structural repairs and renovations.
We invite authors to submit original research, theoretical and experimental work, case studies, and comprehensive review papers for possible publication. The topics relevant to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- New techniques used in structural repairs and renovations;
- New materials used in structural repairs and renovations;
- Experimental research related to structural repairs and renovations;
- New calculation techniques for proving the mechanical resistance and stability of structural repairs and renovations;
- Parametric numerical analyses related to structural repairs and renovations.
Dr. Hrvoje Smoljanović
Dr. Ivan Balić
Dr. Nikolina Živaljić
Dr. Boris Trogrlić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structural repair
- application of new materials
- experimental research
- numerical analyzes
- new calculation techniques
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