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Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Safety Assessment in Civil Engineering

edited by

Bin Huang

,

Zhifeng Wu

and Hui Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; model updating; machine learning; intelligent techniques; finite element modeling; resilience against disasters; risk assessment; disaster prevention and reduction; building life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy, Low-Carbon and Resilient Built Environments

edited by

Yingdong He

and

Ninaping Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: human health; carbon neutralization; thermal comfort; indoor air quality; emission reduction; building energy system; intelligent building technologies; resilient buildings

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

Recycled Aggregate Concrete as Building Materials

edited by Xuefei Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled aggregates; construction wastes; concrete; sustainable construction; circular economy

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

Advances in Multifunctional/Smart Concrete Materials and Structures

edited by

Sufen Dong

and Zhen Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano/fiber reinforced concrete materials and structures; multifunctional/smart concrete materials and structures; structural health monitoring of concrete; (ultra) high-performance concrete materials and structures; multifunctional cement concrete and smart structures; multifunctional/smart pavement materials and structures; digital and intelligent materials and structural design

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

Eco-Friendly and Sustainability in Concrete Technology

edited by Harifidy Ranaivomanana

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon cements; mineral additions in cements; microstructure of concrete; pore structure of concrete; transport properties in cements; mechanical properties of concrete

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

The Application of Intelligence Techniques in Construction Materials

edited by Xiaorui Zhang, Weijie Zhang, Jingmin Xu and Songqiang Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent building system; artificial intelligence; advanced building material; construction structure; renewable energy integration; green building strategy; building assessment and management

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

Advances in Modern Structural Engineering: From Materials to Building Structures

edited by

Zhihua Chen

, Yiyi Zhou,

Hongbo Liu

and Hai Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; high-performance materials; high-efficiency buildings; steel and composite structures; performance of building structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Optimization Control and Energy Conservation in Smart Heating Systems

edited by Chengying Qi and

Jinda Wang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: district heating system; heat metering; smart heating; heat regulation and management; optimal control of building energy systems; building energy saving; thermo-active building systems (TABSs); energy system modeling and simulation; energy system planning and optimization; renewable energy

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

Research on Soil–Structure Interaction for Civil Structures

edited by Mingjie Jiang,

Bingxiang Yuan

,

Ankit Garg

,

Jian Gong

and Shiyuan Huang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– structure interaction; laboratory element tests; physical model test; field test; constitutive model; numerical simulation; seismic performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Are “Green” Construction Materials Truly Feasible?

edited by

Riccardo Maddalena

,

Antonios Kanellopoulos

and

Ana Bras

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4298 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction materials; low-carbon concrete; infrastructure materials; durability; life-cycle assessment; waste; recycling; recycled materials; strength

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

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 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 152 | 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)

Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure: Theory and Practice

edited by

Jonghoon Kim

and Hariharan Naganathan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9736 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure projects; fostering renewables; reducing environmental and carbon footprint; sustainable development

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

Comfortable Environments: Materials for Room Acoustics and Noise Control

edited by Jesús Carbajo,

Pedro Poveda-Martínez

and

J. Ramis-Soriano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4723 | Submission Open

Keywords: room acoustics; noise control; acoustic materials

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

Advances in Soil–Geosynthetic Composite Materials

edited by

Meen-Wah Gui

,

Thang Pham

and Phan Truc T.T.

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite behavior; geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS); field-scale experiments; finite element (fe); compaction loads

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

Research on Solar Energy System and Storage for Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Zhiyong Tian

and

Yongqiang Luo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar buildings; solar heating; solar cooling; sustainable buildings; thermal energy storage; building integrated photovoltaic; energy efficiency for data centre

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

Towards Industrial 5.0 in the Construction Industry: Techniques, Requirements, Energy, Maintenance Engineering, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Javier Cárcel-Carrasco

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction 5.0; advanced construction techniques; maintenance engineering; building information management (BIM); hybrid renewable systems; energy efficiency; circular economy; human interaction; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence

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

Advances in Cementitious Materials

edited by

Yang Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 392 | 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)

Lightweight and Large-Span Structures: Innovative Structural Forms and Computational Methods

edited by

Yafeng Wang

, Yu Xue, Yuxiang Cai, Tingting Shu and Guansen Dong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightweight structures; large-span structures; structural optimization; structural intelligent design; computational form finding; numerical computational methods; low-carbon and life-cycle design; health monitoring of spatial structures; deployable and inflatable structures; gridshell and lattice structures; tensegrity and cable structures; tension and membrane structures; adaptive and smart structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Timber and Timber–Concrete Buildings

edited by Pablo Guindos, José Luis Almazán Campillay,

Alexander Opazo-Vega

, Hernán Santa María Oyanedel and Diego Valdivieso Cascante

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber structure timber-concrete timber design wood building structural performance non-structural performance industrialization sustainable construction resilience bioproduct

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Theory and Innovative Applications of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC)

edited by Xiangguo Wu,

Yunchao Tang

and Junping Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete; wind power structures; sustainable construction; advanced materials; UAV image; artificial intelligence; deep learning

(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 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations

edited by

Hrvoje Smoljanović

,

Ivan Balić

,

Nikolina Živaljić

and Boris Trogrlić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 99 | 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)

New Insights on the Intelligent Preservation of Architectural Heritage

edited by Ming Guo and Guoli Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural heritage; preventive protection; digital twins; artificial intelligence; quantum computing; augmented reality interactions; intelligent monitoring; restoration and defect repair; structural analysis; liquid neural networks

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

Human Factor on Construction Safety

edited by

Mahdi Safa

, Kelly Weeks, Siavash Zamiran and

Yuntian Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: human factors; construction safety; accidents; human error; training; compliance and legal liability; risk management

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

Structural Vibration Analysis and Control in Civil Engineering

edited by Jinyang Li, Zhiqian Dong, Dinghao Yu and

Jianxiao Mao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration analysis; structural control systems; seismic response control; dynamic load mitigation; active and passive damping modal analysis; wind-induced vibration control; structural health monitoring; numerical simulation in vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Design and Preparation of High-Performance Building Life-Prolonging Materials

edited by Jianlin Luo and Bo Pang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: building life-prolonging materials; building repair and protection; high-performance concrete; low-carbon building materials; polymer-modified concrete; muti-functional coating for structures; damaged building consolidation

Automation and Robotics in Building Design and Construction

edited by

Minkoo Kim

,

Tae Wan Kim

, Jung In Kim and

Sungjin Kim

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction robots; building construction; smart sensing; design for construction robots; operation platform; human– robot collaboration; construction management

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

Advancing Sustainable and Cost-Effective Practices in Building Design and Construction

edited by

Daniela Lucia Manea

, Raluca Istoan and Daniela-Roxana Tămaş-Gavrea

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building materials; innovative construction technologies; lifecycle management; green economy; green building practices

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

Sustainable and Smart Energy Systems in the Built Environment

edited by Daniele Groppi and Felipe Feijoo

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 18143 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart energy system; energy modelling; energy planning; sustainable buildings and cities; flexible buildings; digitalisation; artificial intelligence; positive energy districts

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

Smart Building Materials and Designs for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Kishor Zingre

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2385 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; heat transfer; low carbon; thermal comfort; built environment

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

Planning and Development of Resilient Cities

edited by

,

,

,

and Liu Wu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 711 | 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)

Advancements in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Assessment of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications

edited by Zohir Younsi, Naoual Belouaggadia,

Nassim Sebaibi

,

Salwa Bouadila

, Nicolas Youssef and Mohamed Lachheb

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1506 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact; energy efficiency; energy storage; life-cycle assessment; phase change material; buildings; sustainable development; numerical simulations

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

Trends and Prospects in Indoor Environment of Buildings

edited by

Carmen Diaz López

,

Carmen Maria Muñoz-González

,

Konstantin Verichev

, José Manuel López-Osorio and Cristian Salazar-Concha

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental quality; health; sustainability; comfort; energy efficiency; air quality; natural lighting; non-toxic materials; advanced technologies; real-time monitoring

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

Research on Sustainable Energy Performance of Green Buildings

edited by Víctor Echarri-Iribarren

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; environmental impacts; indoor air quality; life cycle asessment (LCA); radiant systems; payback period; water cycle management

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

Application of Digital Technology in the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings

edited by

Juan Enrique Nieto-Julián

,

Juan J. Moyano

and

Silvana Bruno

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8977 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; conservation; scan-to-BIM; HBIM; photogrammetry; drone photogrammetry; artificial intelligence; building archaeology; image segmentation; masonry structure; point pattern analysis; digital twin

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

Advanced Technologies in Building Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction

edited by Xiaoping Li and Rong Hu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5011 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conservation; carbon emission; energy use efficiency; low carbon; carbon neutrality; renewable energy

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

Research on Health, Wellbeing and Urban Design

edited by

Wei-Ling Hsu

, Kuo-Shun Sun and

Hsin-Lung Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1534 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecological infrastructure; spatial spillover; village revitalization; rural housing; polycentricity; carbon footprint; resilience; sustainability; green buildings digital technologies; historic districts; urban health; smart cities

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

Enhancing Building Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by Yundan Liao,

Chengliang Fan

and Hang Wan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 996 | 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)

Towards Sustainable Construction: New Trends in Building Renovation, Energy Efficiency and Innovative Materials

edited by

Daniel Ferrández Vega

,

Paulo Santos

and

Alicia Zaragoza Benzal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 974 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; energy efficiency in buildings and thermal behaviour; building conservation techniques; gypsum; lime mortars; cement composites; wood; steel and concrete; building pathology and rehabilitation strategies; circular economy for a sustainable construction; life-cycle assessment of buildings and building components; passive conditioning of buildings; new technologies applied to buildings

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

Thermal Environment in Buildings: Innovations and Safety Perspectives

edited by

Wenyu Yang

and Yongjun Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; renewable energy integration; energy storage in buildings; smart building technologies; thermal insulation advancements; sustainable building design

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

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 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 348 | 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)

Energy Efficiency, Health and Intelligence in the Built Environment

edited by Boya Jiang, Yiming Shao and

Yiqi Tao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon-emission building; energy-efficient design; life cycle assessment; vertical farming; indoor environment quality; sustainable building technology; building information modelling; intelligent design and construction; health- and well-being-oriented design

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

Assessment and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Pier Paolo Rossi

and

Melina Bosco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: prestressed and nonprestressed reinforced concrete; laboratory tests; numerical modeling; seismic assessment; retrofit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Utilization of Recycled Aggregates and Waste in Sustainable Concrete Materials

edited by

Arvindan Sivasuriyan

and

Eugeniusz Koda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; recycled aggregates; waste utilization; circular economy; green building materials; mechanical properties; durability performance; structural applications; environmental impact; artificial intelligence in construction

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

Mechanical Properties of High-Performance Bimetallic Steels

edited by

Xuanyi Xue

, Zhilu Wang and Fei Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel; mechanical property; durability; bimetallic steel; corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Analysis, Calculations, Evaluations, and Controls of High-Rise/Large-Span Structures

edited by Meng Wang, Jiaxu Shen, Wenjin Zhang and Hua-Jian Jin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: tall buildings/building clusters; bridges; wind turbines/wind farm; passive control; earthquake engineering; multi-hazard; constructional simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Performance of Seismic-Resilient Structures

edited by Chao Li, Hao Zhou and

Zhongkui Cai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilient; energy dissipation; strengthening; seismic performance; retrofitting; shaking table tests; cyclic test; FRP

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection in Civil Engineering

edited by

Marco Zucca

,

Enrica Vecchi

,

Pietro Giuseppe Crespi

and

Manuela Alessandra Scamardo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; dynamic behaviour; special structures; existing structures; cultural heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Development of Indoor Environment Comfort in Buildings

edited by

Francesco Ruggiero

and

Roberto Stasi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environmental comfort; energy efficiency; building design; smart technologies; occupant well-being; indoor environmental comfort; energy efficiency

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

Community Resilience and Building Sustainability

edited by Duanfang Lu and Chunyan Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: community resilience; building sustainability; climate change; urban governance; green Infrastructure; sustainable design

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

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