Condition Perception and Performance Evaluation of Engineering Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Engineering structures play a vital role in human daily life and social activities. Due to limitations at the technological development level and management level, and the effect of adverse environmental factors, problems regarding the security and usability of engineering structures have become increasingly prominent in the whole life of structures, even resulting in serious casualties, property losses and adverse social impact. Therefore, it is of great significance to improve the construction quality, service level and operation safety of engineering structures for augmenting urban security and sustainable social development.

At present, with the rapid development of the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and remote sensing, it is inevitable to explore new technologies surrounding the condition perception and performance evaluation of engineering structures across their life cycle. For this reason, this topic aims to boost knowledge and development in condition perception and the performance evaluation of engineering structures through multi-disciplinary works. The potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Development and application of new sensing techniques;
• Smart materials for condition perception;
• Construction process control;
• Damage detection;
• Structural earthquake and wind engineering;
• Intelligent monitoring techniques;
• Performance evaluation methods.

Prof. Dr. Jingzhou Xin
Prof. Dr. Hong Zhang
Dr. Yan Jiang
Prof. Dr. Simon X. Yang
Topic Editors