Advanced Lightweight Structural Materials in Civil Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Lightweight structures used in civil engineering are increasingly used all over the world. The continuing development of lightweight structural systems has enabled structures to carry much greater loads than their own weight. Lightweight structures are civil engineering objects which require relatively small amounts of construction material and achieve extremely high design parameters, such as large spans of roofs or bridges without middle support, considerable height of buildings, towers or masts, and extremely large useful surface or free volume of buildings, tanks or reservoirs, distinguishing themselves from similar structures erected up till now. The following topics can be included: spatial lattice structures, plate and shell structures, domes and membranes, high-rise buildings, towers, reservoirs, bridges, and thin-walled, tension, cable and pneumatic structures. Innovative structural design methodologies adopting structural optimization schemes to obtain efficient structural forms with improved structural performance and structural sections with enhanced load-carrying capacity compared to conventional structural sections are worth discussing. Any kind of material and structures defined above can be discussed. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to cover the analysis, evaluation, durability, and rehabilitation of all types of lightweight structures with special emphasis on life-cycle design, assessment, maintenance and management of such structures. Presentations on experimental and numerical analyzes of lightweight structures under various loads (static, dynamic) as well as innovative methods of construction and renovation are also welcome in the session.

Dr. Valentino Paolo Berardi
Dr. Paulina Obara
Dr. Tomasz Maleska
Guest Editors

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