Smart and Sustainable Bridges for the Future
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bridge intelligent science and technology; bridge resilience, disaster prevention, and service life extension; bridge landscape
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on Smart and Sustainable Bridges for the Future, a global developing theme that integrates intelligent technologies with sustainable development principles to reshape the paradigm of bridge life-cycle management. The Issue aims to address all aspects of bridge maintenance, safety and management, with specific emphasis on innovative solutions reshaping the future of bridge engineering. The content encompasses smart technologies, digital empowerment, life-cycle engineering, resilience enhancement and asset management, fostering in-depth dialogue between academia and industry on achieving durable, efficient and intelligent bridge infrastructure. This Special Issue welcomes original research papers, review articles and case studies on smart bridges and holistic sustainability, with particular emphasis on:
- Repair, strengthening and eco-friendly retrofitting of existing bridges
- Bridge Management Systems aligned with sustainability metrics and circular economy principles
- Life-cycle cost analysis integrated with life-cycle assessment and carbon accounting
- Bridge safety, risk assessment and resilience-enhancing method
- AI, Digital Twins and robotics for operations and maintenance and asset management
- Sustainable material innovation, including recycled, bio-based and low-carbon alternatives
- Sustainable Design and Materials: Carbon-neutral design methodologies, aesthetics-function coordinated structural optimization, material reuse strategies, intelligent generative design and multi-objective topology optimization method
- Resilience and Climate Adaptation: Climate-resilient infrastructure, extreme event performance, rapid repair with low-impact technologies and nature-based solutions
- Digital Twins for Sustainability: Embodied carbon tracking, deterioration prediction under environmental changes and knowledge-graph-driven green maintenance planning
- Robotics and Green Construction: Automated construction to minimize waste, robotics for non-destructive inspection and low ecological impact
Prof. Dr. Dalei Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart bridge management
- sustainable infrastructure
- digital twin
- AI-driven inspection
- life-cycle assessment
- multi-objective optimization
- structural health monitoring
- data fusion evaluation method
- multi-task agents
- robotics in civil engineering
- resilient bridge systems
- green materials
- climate adaptation
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