Advances in Bridge Protection and Sustainability Under Extreme Loads

Dear Colleagues,

Civil infrastructures, especially for bridges, may suffer severe damage in some extreme events, such as vehicle-bridge and vessel-bridge collision accidents. Failure of bridge structures can result in huge casualties and economic losses. Therefore, it is urgently necessary to develop some innovative protective technologies to ensure bridge structure sustainability. A significant theme under investigation is the performance evaluation of the bridge protection device. In addition, the design method for improving extreme load resistance is also a promising measure to promote bridge life-cycle maintenance.

This Special Issue is a gathering for innovative ideas on bridge disaster mitigation and sustainable resilience development. It aims to explore the future of intelligent bridge design, sustainable protective materials, advanced maintenance/retrofit strategies and life-cycle protection assessment.

In this context, we are pleased to announce this Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Bridge Protection and Sustainability Under Extreme Loads”. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Innovative bridge protection technology;

(2) Extreme load risk evaluation theory;

(3) Sustainable protective design;

(4) High-performance and sustainable protective materials;

(5) Advanced maintenance/retrofit method;

(6) Life-cycle and high-efficient protection assessment;

(7) Artificial intelligence application in protection engineering.

We invite researchers and experts to submit original research and review articles that describe the state of the art and further stimulate innovations in the relevant fields.

Prof. Dr. Wenwei Wang
Prof. Dr. Fei Wang
Dr. Chang Zhou
Dr. Yi Cheng
Guest Editors

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