Buildings

Trends and Prospects in Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

David Coley

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-energy buildings; net zero; energy modeling; society; architecture

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

Urban Renewal: Protection and Restoration of Existing Buildings

edited by Jizhuo Huang,

Jun Wang

and Gang Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1556 | Submission Open

Keywords: existing buildings; protection techniques; restoration techniques; low-carbon transformation; new reinforcement material

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

Building Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis

edited by

Weibin Yuan

, Nanting Yu,

Xiaofeng Gao

and Xinkai Hao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1288 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; high-rise building; wind loading effect; seismic resilience; machine learning; fatigue; buckling; fluid– structure interaction; finite element analysis; case study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Building Foundation Engineering

edited by Rui Chen,

Ankit Garg

,

Svetlana N. Sushkova

,

Neelima Satyam

and Zhaofeng Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1224 | Submission Open

Keywords: pile foundation; soil– structure interaction; special soils; geotechnical challenge; sustainability; climate change; excavation; geo-environmental engineering

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

New Challenges of Underground Structures in Earthquake Engineering

edited by Yusheng Shen and Zhengzheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel engineering; earthquake engineering; seismic design; seismic vulnerability; model test; seismic warning; complex geology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Prevention, Structural Analysis and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

George Kalogeropoulos

, Alexandros-Dimitrios Tsonos and

Constantin Chalioris

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental tests; analytical and numerical modeling; retrofit; seismic isolation; structural analysis; innovative materials; steel fiber concrete; FRP; steel fiber concrete

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

Sustainable Geopolymers and Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials for High-Performance Concrete

edited by

Xiang Tian

, Zhenzhen Jiao and Yu Yan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building materials; low-carbon construction; mechanical properties; durability performance; structural fire resistance; seismic performance; impact and explosion resistance; composite materials

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

Application of Nanotechnology in Building Materials

edited by Xiaoying Zhang, Ning Li,

Ang Liu

, Yu Yong and Chuansheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 582 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; cement-based composite materials; conductive polymers; reinforced concrete; FRP bars; corrosion inhibitors; corrosion resistance; coatings

(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 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 488 | 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)

Experiments, Design and Practice Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Space

edited by

Shuqian Duan

, Jiayan Nie,

Zhongkai Huang

and Jiecheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics; safety and reliability; environmental geotechnics; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; risk assessment and management in infrastructure; uncertainty quantification in infrastructure systems; internal erosion; high mobility of rock avalanche; special soil properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Research on Seismic Performance of Steel Structures

edited by

Silvia Costanzo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; earthquake; buildings; seismic performance; numerical simulation; experimental investigation; seismic hazard; seismic loss; energy dissipation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Technology-Empowered Innovation and Application for Building Engineering Education

edited by

Qingzhao Kong

and Lin Chen

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10157 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education; engineering education; teaching innovation; visualization technology; education for wisdom; intelligent tutoring system

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

Advance in BIM-Based Technologies for Sustainable Building Performance Predictions

edited by

Woon Seong Jeong

and

Sang-Guk Yum

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6076 | Submission Open

Keywords: building design; construction processes; construction management; building information modeling (BIM); off-site construction; modular construction; design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA); sustainable construction methods and technologies; digital twins in the construction industry; artificial intelligence in scheduling; simulation-based methods for construction scheduling and virtual construction

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

Functional Improvement, Characterization and Simulation of Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Dongyi Lei

, Ying Li,

Yang Li

,

Penggang Wang

and Yupeng Tian

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based materials; severe service environment; microstructure design; mechanical properties; durability; electromagnetic protection; finite element simulation; fiber modification; service life prediction; manufactured aggregate; environmentally friendly binder

(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 10 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | 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)

Application of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials in Building and Bridge Applications

edited by Raafat El-Hacha

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: material behavior; including bond; durability; fatigue; and long-term performance; fabrication; processing; and testing methods; analysis and design; applications in structural concrete with or without prestressing; applications in wood; masonry; and steel structures; strengthening and rehabilitation of structures; seismic performance and retrofit; structural health monitoring and intelligent sensing; fire resistance; extreme condition performance; hybrid structural members; structural shapes and fully composite systems; anchorage systems and connections; innovative structural systems; full-scale testing; field applications and case studies; codes and standards; sustainability and life-cycle cost

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

Advances in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)

edited by

Giovanni Semprini

,

Aminhossein Jahanbin

and

Simone Secchi

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19199 | Submission Open

Keywords: building physics; indoor air quality; thermal comfort; acoustic and visual comfort; ventilation; HVAC systems; pollutant dispersion in a built environment; control of airborne infectious disease; CFD application in a built environment

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

Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodologies in Building and Construction Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah

and

Jurgita Antucheviciene

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1942 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making; measurement of performance in construction; computational intelligence; optimization in construction management; multi-attribute decision-making; digital twins and smart cities; sustainable construction; risk and safety management; building information modeling; building management

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

UHPC Materials: Structural and Mechanical Analysis in Buildings

edited by Shu Fang, Yang Zou,

Xiaoqing Xu

and Zhuangcheng Fang

submission deadline 16 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3154 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); structural and mechanical analysis; innovative UHPC materials; UHPC modular structures; novel modular structures; strengthening of existing infrastructures; static and dynamic performance; design; performance; and construction techniques

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

Inclusion, Safety, and Resilience in the Construction Industry

edited by Sainan Lyu,

Jingyu Yu

, Beibei Zhang,

Xiaoyan Jiang

and

Peng Cui

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 35726 | Submission Open

Keywords: multicultural safety management; multicultural workforces; training and upskilling; construction safety and health; mental health and well-being; risk management; urban resilience; sustainable construction; resilient investment strategies

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

Research on Performance of Buildings Structures and Materials

edited by

Alireza Bahrami

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22889 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber structures; reinforced concrete structures; steel-concrete composite structures; steel structures; masonry structures; green concrete; building materials; performance and behavior of structures and building materials; experimental investigation; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies on Strength and Cracking of Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Marco Bonopera

and

Kuo-Chun Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14973 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; cracking; durability; limit-state behavior; mechanical strength; nondestructive testing; numerical modeling; prestressed structure; reinforced structure; service conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recent Studies in Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Engineering Structures

edited by

Xinzhi Dang

, Zhihao Wang, Junfeng Jia,

Xinxin Wei

and Murat Dicleli

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12660 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; dynamic behaviour; static behaviour; new investigations; new insights; new structures; new loads

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures

edited by Yu Tian, Ran Yuan and Wei Sun

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9197 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Numerical and Experimental Research on Steel-Concrete Composite Structural Systems

edited by Jizhi Zhao,

Muxuan Tao

and Liangdong Zhuang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7852 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite structures seismic performance; structural analysis; numerical simulation; machine learning; mechanical behavior; composite structural systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Structural Mechanics of Steel–Concrete Composite Structures

edited by

Han Su

and Qikai Sun

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6679 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; steel– concrete structure; risk analysis; structural safety; construction material; structural dynamics; structural design method; structural durability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The State-of-the-Art Technologies for Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak

and

Beata Sadowska

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5938 | Submission Open

Keywords: ZEB and nZEB; LCA; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; comfort; energy retrofitting of buildings; historic buildings; carbon footprint

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

Mechanical Properties of Advanced Metal Structures in Civil Infrastructure

edited by Xiaowei Liao, Haohui Xin, Fangxin Hu,

Zhe Xing

and Nanting Yu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4983 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel materials; aluminium alloy; additive manufacturing; seismic resilience; buckling; fire; fatigue; welding stress; numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Safety Evaluation and Health Monitoring

edited by Lizhao Dai, Wei Zhang, Sun-Jin Han and

Dichuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4488 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning techniques; durability of constructed facilities; performance evaluation; digital twins; finite element modelling; nondestructive testing; smart construction

(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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3232 | 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)

Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Safety Assessment in Civil Engineering

edited by

Bin Huang

,

Zhifeng Wu

and Hui Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2852 | 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)

Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures

edited by

Dorina Nicolina Isopescu

,

Sebastian George Maxineasa

,

Dragoș Ungureanu

and Cătălin Onuțu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1827 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry structures; experimental study; seismic assessment; historical masonry; masonry-strengthening techniques; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Concrete Technology

edited by Harifidy Ranaivomanana

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1605 | 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)

Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Charis Apostolopoulos

,

Konstantinos Koulouris

and Maria Basdeki

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1512 | 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)

Recycled Aggregate Concrete as Building Materials

edited by Xuefei Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

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

(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 286 | 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 Multifunctional/Smart Concrete Materials and Structures

edited by

Sufen Dong

and Zhen Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 166 | 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)

Seismic Performance and Design of Retaining Structures

edited by

Ali Lashgari

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: retaining walls; seismic design; soil– structure interaction; site response; probabilistic assessment; liquefaction; energy infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3210 | 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)

Advances in Road Pavements

edited by

Emanuele Toraldo

and

Misagh Ketabdari

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8984 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavement design; construction materials and methods; pavement related safety issues; surface treatments; pavement behavior modelling; urban pavements; pavement sustainability; pavement surface characteristics and ride quality; pavement monitoring; maintenance and rehabilitation; laboratory and field performance tests

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

Zero-Emission Buildings and the Sustainable Built Environment

edited by

Sebastian George Maxineasa

and

Ligia Mihaela Moga

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7171 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-emission buildings; sustainable development; natural environment; built environment; environmental impact; energy efficient buildings; sustainability assessment; green infrastructure; building materials; greenhouse gases emissions; recycling and reusing

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

Optimization Control and Energy Conservation in Smart Heating Systems

edited by Chengying Qi and

Jinda Wang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1419 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 981 | 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)

Non-linear Behavior and Design of Steel Structures

edited by

Rui Bai

,

Yi-Qun Tang

and

Yao-Peng Liu

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20316 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; steel and composite structures; cold-formed steel structures; modular structures; stability design; buckling; second-order joint behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Intelligence and Automation in Construction Industry

edited by

Jingjing Guo

,

Qian Wang

and

Weiwei Chen

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18247 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; automation; robotics; human-machine collaboration; smart construction

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

Are “Green” Construction Materials Truly Feasible?

edited by

Riccardo Maddalena

,

Antonios Kanellopoulos

and

Ana Bras

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5491 | 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)

Sustainable Concrete: Research on Waste Utilization and Performance Optimization

edited by Dzigita Nagrockiene and

Ramunė Žurauskienė

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1968 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; organic and inorganic waste; waste utilization; admixture; mechanical properties; durability; additive; sustainability; carbon dioxide emission reduction

(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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1844 | 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)

Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control

edited by

Hezi Grisaro

and

Sam Rigby

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18122 | 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)

Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure: Theory and Practice

edited by

Jonghoon Kim

and Hariharan Naganathan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15742 | 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)

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