Resilience Enhancement and Sustainable Development of Engineering Structures
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2025 | Viewed by 1095
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seismic resilience design; evaluation and strengthening of structures; shock resistance of flexible protective structure; vibration control and isolation technology; artificial intelligence
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Interests: seismic design and assessment of bridge and structures; artificial intelligence and machine learning in structural engineering; digital twin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Engineering structure refers to various load-bearing components made of building materials that are interconnected into a certain form of combination in buildings, structures, and facilities such as houses, bridges, railways, marine engineering, ports, and underground engineering, supporting the healthy development of the entire society and the operation of cities.
With the continuous construction of more and more cross sea bridges, immersed tube tunnels, high-speed railways, dams, ports, ocean platforms, and high-rise buildings worldwide, the resilience and sustainable development of engineering structures have become key challenges for the safe use of various infrastructure in extreme environments such as high-altitude cold, large canyons, and complex sea areas.
This Special Issue aims to explore in depth the design, construction, and operation maintenance of engineering structures, with a focus on the resilience of engineering structures under complex environmental conditions and extreme loads, as well as their healthy operation throughout their entire service life cycle. In addition, the related research has also received support from multiple disciplines such as artificial intelligence. We welcome scholars from various fields to discuss the challenges currently faced by engineering structures, and welcome the emergence of new technologies, materials, and systems to promote technological innovation and development in engineering structure construction and operation. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Recoverable components;
- Self-recoverable structure;
- Replaceable components;
- Structural resilience performance under multi-hazard coupling;
- Scheme design for non-structural components;
- Performance based evaluation methods;
- Resilience analysis;
- Resilience assessment;
- Multi-risk prediction;
- Application of new reinforcement materials;
- quickly repair structural design;
- Energy dissipation and seismic mitigation;
- Intelligent prevention of disaster;
- Structural repair and reinforcement technology;
- Smart operation and intelligent maintenance.
Prof. Dr. Chengqing Liu
Dr. Ying Ma
Dr. Dengjia Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recoverable
- self-recoverable
- replaceable
- resilience performance
- multi-hazard coupling
- resilience assessment
- structural repair
- intelligent maintenance
- sustainability evaluation
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