Structural Rehabilitation, Retrofitting and Strengthening

Dear Colleagues,

Civil buildings and infrastructures are constantly subjected to the risk of extreme events—e.g., earthquakes, fire, and flooding—but also to aging, pollution, and lack of maintenance. In particular, the structural decay and material deterioration of strategic and/or historic buildings and infrastructures can entail serious economic damage or even danger of losing unique assets belonging to communities’ cultural heritage. Moreover, both ancient and old buildings may not comply with current design code provisions, especially concerning the capacity to withstand extreme events. To increase the service life and preservation of such manufacts, it is essential to test, improve, and increase the available range of techniques and processes for rehabilitation, strengthening, and retrofit. Simple, fast, ready-made, and cost-effective solutions are wished for, especially to limit the time and resources needed for interventions. Additionally, the long-term sustainability of retrofitted structures is a primary goal, which can be pursued with the introduction of new materials or the update of traditional solutions. This brings on high demands for increased knowledge of the properties, behavior, and applicability conditions of advanced materials as well as of their compatibility and interactions with traditional ones.

This Special Issue aims at collecting original papers on research, the state of the art, and case studies, covering developments concerning (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Sustainability in strengthening, rehabilitation, and retrofit; interventions and maintenance practices;
• Civil, strategic, and historic buildings and infrastructures;
• Repair and rehabilitation after earthquake, fire, flooding, and other extreme events;
• Short- and long-term monitoring and survey for retrofit and strengthening design.

Dr. Francesca Sciarretta
Guest Editor

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