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Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23255 | Submission Open

Keywords: progressive collapse; blast loads; impact loads; protective structures; dynamic analysis; explosions; column removal; reinforced concrete; steel structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Robotics, Automation and Digitization in Construction

edited by

Kepa Iturralde

and

Thomas Bock

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16700 | Submission Open

Keywords: robots; automation; prefabrication; robot oriented design; data flow; data acquisition; digitization; computational design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control

edited by

Zuguang Ying

, Youwu Wang, Sumei Wang and

Yi-Qing Ni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16223 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; parameter estimation; vibration control; data processing; machine learning; neural network; smart structural dynamics; stochastic vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Climate Resilient Buildings: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michael A. Lacasse

and

Marzieh Riahinezhad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11178 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilient buildings; resilient design; resilient retrofit; overheating; extreme climate events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Building Resilient Cities: Architecture and Urban Planning for Combating Extreme Hot and Cold Weather

edited by Sheng Liu and Yingzi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10955 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-resilient cities; climate-resilient buildings; extreme hot/cold events; low-carbon buildings and cities; architectural and urban planning practices; urban microclimate; building energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by Jianzhe Shi,

Lili Hu

, Hao Zhou,

Liangliang Wei

,

Weiqiang Wang

, Qin Zhang, Yaqiang Yang,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9707 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced polymers; fiber-reinforced concrete; experiment; numerical simulation; infrastructure; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Enhancing Building Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by

Chengliang Fan

and Yundan Liao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9263 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance simulation; climate change effects; building resilience evaluation; building optimization; built environment; heat risk evaluation; nature-based solutions; building energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Seismic Performance and Durability of Engineering Structures

edited by Jieqiong Wu, Renbo Zhang and Shenggang Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7773 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; seismic performance; durability design; durability assessment; environmental action; load effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Wind Load Effects on High-Rise and Long-Span Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pedro Martinez-Vazquez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6374 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical and experimental approaches to determine wind loads; structural performance against limit states; performance-based design initiatives; impact of extreme events; multi-hazards involving wind loading; aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; structural health monitoring and maintenance strategies; novel systems to optimize structural/aerodynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Solid Mechanics as Applied to Civil Engineering

edited by Zhengwei Li and Chuantan Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6246 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid mechanics; structural design; mechanical behavior; material performance; computational model; civil engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Management and Digital Integration in the Built Environment

edited by

Stefano Cascone

,

Eleonora Laurini

, Silvia Meschini and

Antonio Salzano

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5437 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; digital integration; building information modeling (BIM); engineering modeling; lifecycle management; construction innovation; smart infrastructure; environmental sustainability; process optimization; socioeconomic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Planning and Development of Resilient Cities

edited by

,

,

,

and Liu Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5337 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; adaptive design; sustainable development; natural disaster risk management; urban infrastructure; community participation; urban renewal; policy innovation; smart city technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Cementitious Materials

edited by

Yang Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4478 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and resilient cementitious materials; advancing performance; enhanced durability; low-carbon solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Computational Mechanics Analysis of Composite Structures

edited by Linxin Peng, Jiahua Yang, Peng Tang and

Xiaodan Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4367 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; computational mechanics; high-performance computing; multi-scale modeling; artificial intelligence and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Building Structure Analysis and Health Monitoring

edited by

Gongfa Chen

,

David H. Bassir

and

Shuai Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3612 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; building structures; structural health monitoring; machine learning; predictive maintenance; deep learning; structural analysis; damage detection; data-driven models; smart buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Effects of Urban Climate on the Energy Performance and Carbon Emissions of Buildings

edited by Lihua Zhao,

Lei Yuan

, Yueer He and Meng Tian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3602 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; energy-efficient buildings; green building technology; energy modeling; carbon emissions; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment Methods of Heritage Architecture Based on Modern Technology

edited by

Giorgia Predari

and Carlo Costantino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3575 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage buildings and structures; building information modeling; building automation systems; eco-friendly retrofitting methods; virtual reality and visualization technologies; digital twins; sensors; smart structures; and intelligent control; artificial intelligence; neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction—2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Xie,

Yuxin Ban

, Xiang Fu and Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2755 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; geotechnical engineering; soil– structure interaction; building behaviour; pile foundations; machine learning; numerical modelling; geophysical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future

edited by Cristina Becchio and

Marta Bottero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2217 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-emission buildings; healthy buildings; affordable housing; human comfort and well-being; climate change mitigation; decarbonization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

edited by Wei Huang, Zhi Zhou and Wuchao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2135 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; structural analysis; durability; load-bearing capacity; seismic; finite element analysis; construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Charis Apostolopoulos

,

Konstantinos Koulouris

and Maria Basdeki

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1883 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel corrosion; concrete durability; corroded RC structures; mechanical properties of rebar; steel– concrete bond loss; pitting corrosion; assessment of bearing capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

People-Centered Livability: Reconciling Subjective Well-Being with Urban and Rural Spatial Structures

edited by

Rui Li

, Qipeng Liao,

Hong Xu

and Yawei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1558 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centred design; livability assessment; urban and rural spatial structures; sense of well-being; spatial justice; place attachment; environmental behaviour research; human settlement quality; smart governance; resident satisfaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Sustainable Development in Building: High-Performance Materials with Solid Waste

edited by

Yuan Feng

,

Baifa Zhang

and Jianglin Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1468 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste; sustainable building materials; advanced performance; low-carbon binders; life cycle assessment; performance enhancement; material characterization; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations

edited by

Hrvoje Smoljanović

,

Ivan Balić

,

Nikolina Živaljić

and Boris Trogrlić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1459 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural repair; application of new materials; experimental research; numerical analyzes; new calculation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic and Durability Performance of Steel Connections

edited by

Linfeng Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel connections; seismic performance; corrosion degradation; durability; post-earthquake retrofit; prefabricated structures; modular construction; failure mechanisms; environmental effects; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

,

Yi Hu

, Wenwen Chen and Jie Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; natural hazard; testing technique; computation technique; AI-aimed simulation; construction material; structural design method; retrofit and repair; vulnerability and risk; damage assessment; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Heritage Architecture Sustainable Management: Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment

edited by Josep Lluís i Ginovart and Cinta Lluis-Teruel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1314 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction methods; intervention criteria; construction analysis; diagnosis; methodologies; reuse of elements; natural ventilation; orientation; active and passive energies; exterior enclosures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Composite Structures for Sustainable Building Solutions

edited by

,

,

, Jingyang Zhou,

and Zhihao Hao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1018 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; fiber; concrete; structural design; structural health monitoring; sustainability; low carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Modeling and Mechanical Analysis of Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering

edited by

Peng Wu

and Aiguo Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 800 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; composite structures; metamaterials; functionally graded materials; multi-field coupling; fatigue and fracture; analytical solutions; optimization design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Material Innovation and Technology Enhancement: Synergistic Pathways for Building Decarbonization

edited by Yichao Zhang and

Yanfeng Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkali-activated cementitious materials; recycled aggregates; phase-change materials; high-performance building envelopes; building integrated photovoltaics; renewable energy integration; solid waste utilization; green building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Studies in Steel Structure

edited by

Antonio Agüero

, Pedro Martin-Concepcion and

Ana Almerich-Chulia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; buckling; class 1-4; fire resistance; hybrid testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Structural Health: Advanced Technologies and Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive testing; structural health monitoring; civil engineering; smart sensors; damage detection; machine learning; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on State Assessment and Strengthening Technique of Building Structure

edited by

Denghu Jing

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: state assessment; strengthening technique; existing buildings; structural forms; material performance degradation; increased floor load; structural modifications; seismic requirements; innovative methods; latest developments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Challenges of and Research Trends in the Durability, Corrosion, and Cracking of Reinforced Concrete

edited by Babak Jamhiri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete durability; corrosion mitigation; crack detection; predictive modeling; self‑healing composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Built Environment and Thermal Comfort

edited by

María Luisa de la Hoz Torres

and

Antonio Jesús Aguilar Aguilera

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor/outdoor thermal comfort; adaptive thermal comfort; natural ventilation; mixed ventilation; thermal comfort and sleeping; energy efficiency; personal comfort models; climate change; human behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advanced Studies in Smart Construction

edited by

Changwan Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction; automation and robotics; ai and big data; construction decision-making; construction safety; off-site construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Health and Safety in the Built Environment: Toward a Systems Thinking and Human-Centred Approach

edited by

Hector Martin

, Raj Shah and Wilfred Matipa

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety management; human factors in construction; occupational health and wellbeing; safety culture and climate; accident prevention and analysis; digital technologies for safety; construction risk management; resilience and systems thinking; behavioural safety in construction; construction safety research and innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Next-Generation Building Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Yong Ding and

Danlin Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart building technologies; passive building design; high-performance building materials; renewable energy systems; building information modeling (BIM); building energy modeling (BEM); life cycle assessment (LCA); energy efficiency; sustainability; insulation; ventilation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Innovation and Challenges in Creating Smart Buildings for Sustainable Construction

edited by

Francesco Muzi

and

Francesco Livio Rossini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; smart buildings; renewable energy; energy efficiency; smart grid; digital twin; BIM; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Engineering Structure Inspection, Monitoring Technologies, and Post-Disaster Diagnosis, Maintenance, and Operation

edited by

Lingkun Chen

, Qing Zeng, Qikai Sun and

Tao Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural damage identification; physical information data mining; computer-vision-based structural health monitoring; digital twin; multi-source information fusion; intelligent operation; maintenance and diagnostics; intelligent design and construction; disaster resilience; UAV-robotics; physics-informed neural networks (PINN); operation and maintenance; urban renewal; green building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Smart Technology for Indoor and Built Environments: Thermal Comfort, Ventilation, Acoustics, Energy Systems, and Structural Performance

edited by

Chi-Chung Lee

,

Kin Wai Tsang

, Asiri Umenga Weerasuriya,

Yaohan Li

and

Xuelin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor quality; smart building; ventilation; acoustic environment; thermal environment; Internet of Things; building automation; structural performance; building energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances in Energy-Efficient Building Design and Renovation

edited by Ing Liang Wong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficient building design; building renovations; passive building design; renewable energy technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Trends, Challenges, and Innovations in the Seismic and Vibration Performance of Structures

edited by

Yuchun Li

, Danguang Pan, Jian Wu, Tingting Lu and Xiaosa Yuan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural seismic theory; structural vibration analysis; seismic or vibration test; seismic or vibration design; post-earthquake repair and transformation of structure; structural vibration control; structural seismic or vibration monitoring; artificial intelligence in earthquake resistance; vibration isolation shock absorption; seismic performance appraisal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

AI-Driven Wind Engineering for Sustainable and Resilient Buildings

edited by Dongqin Zhang,

Gang Hu

,

Jize Zhang

and Pengfei Lin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data-driven modelling; sustainable building design; structural resilience; wind-structure interaction; smart cities; urban wind environment; extreme wind events; computational fluid dynamics; wind tunnel tests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Safe, Equitable, and Inclusive Construction Workplaces for the Future

edited by

Aparna Samaraweera

,

Udara Ranasinghe

,

Sepani Senaratne

and Marcus Jefferies

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: workplace safety; gender equity; social inclusion; safety culture; equitable workplace culture; inclusive leadership; diverse workforce; diversity; equity; and inclusion (DEI); respectful culture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Resilient and Sustainable Buildings: Advances in Architecture and Structural Systems

edited by

Majid Movahedi Rad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient buildings; sustainable architecture; structural systems innovation; building information modeling (BIM); digital twin technologies; retrofitting and rehabilitation; energy-efficient building design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Low-Carbon Comfort and Climate-Resilient Design in Buildings and Complex Infrastructure

edited by Anastasia Fotopoulou, Eva Maleviti, Alice Monacelli and

Eun-ji Choi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex infrastructures (airports; hospitals; transport hubs) low-carbon comfort climate-resilient buildings smart; adaptive environments ai-driven building optimization hybrid energy systems; microgrids embodied carbon; circular design occupant-centered sustainability digital twins for comfort; carbon holistic performance frameworks socio-technical transitions in buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Intelligent Materials and Structural Health: Mechanics, Damage Detection, Performance Enhancement, and AI-Driven Techniques

edited by

Xiaowei Zheng

, Yao Zhang, Rumian Zhong and Qinglin Wang

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2503 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart materials; structural health monitoring damage detection; AI-driven mechanics; multiscale modeling; digital twin technology; self-healing polymers; resilient infrastructure; machine learning in structural engineering; sustainable material systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances of Indoor Air Quality, Control and Health

edited by

Lixin Wang

and

Ge Zhang

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6349 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; pollution control; built environment; pollution and purification; indoor environment and human health; indoor organic compounds; SVOC; VOCs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Durability, Physical Properties and Mechanical Properties of Low-Carbon Concrete Materials

edited by Dianchao Wang, Bochao Sun, Fubin Zhang, Chang Sun,

Gaoyu Liao

and

Nanqiao You

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon concrete; durability; physical properties; mechanical properties (toughness and ductility); fiber reinforced concrete (FRC); self compacting concrete (SCC); service life prediction and reliability; urban renewal and retrofitting; AI/ML based prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

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