Advances in Steel and Composite Structures

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, steel and steel–concrete composite structures advanced significantly, driven by their superior mechanical performance, convenient construction, low resource consumption and economic benefits. Recent advancements in materials and construction technologies have further accelerated their development, expanding their applications to high-rise buildings, long-span structures and offshore engineering projects. However, it is unclear whether these newly emerged steel and composite materials and technologies fulfil the requirements of structures in practical scenarios.

This Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Steel and Composite Structures”, aims to provide selected manuscripts that present recent studies in the theory, design, test, numerical simulation and maintenance of steel and steel–concrete composite structures around the world. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Steel/steel–concrete composite structures with high-performance materials
• Novel types of steel structures
• Novel types of steel–concrete composite structures
• Experimental study of steel/steel–concrete composite structures
• Numerical study of steel/steel–concrete composite structures
• Design of steel/steel–concrete composite structures
• Innovation in structural analysis using artificial intelligence (AI)
• Construction technology of steel/steel–concrete composite structures
• Life cycle performance of steel/steel–concrete composite structures

Dr. Yukai Zhong
Dr. Ke Jiang
Dr. Zhe Xing
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.