Recent Challenges and Innovations in Long-Span Bridges
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 3542
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: long-span bridges; application of UHPC in bridge engineering
Interests: bridge engineering; bridge structural systems; bridge design theory and optimization; bridge management systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, many long-span bridges have been constructed to cross rivers, canyons, and other natural or manmade obstacles, forming an important part of modern transportation networks. Bridge engineers are confronted with many challenges in the design, construction, and maintenance of long-span bridges. Technological developments and innovations provide a fundamental approach to tackle these challenges. This Special Issue aims to collect papers regarding recent developments and innovations in long-span bridges. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the design and construction practices of long-span bridges; applications of new materials in bridge engineering; innovative bridge structures and systems; machine-learning-enhanced bridge design and monitoring; and the risk, reliability and resilience analysis of long-span bridges.
Dr. Bin Sun
Prof. Dr. Rucheng Xiao
Dr. Chaolin Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- long-span bridges
- bridge design and optimization
- bridge construction
- bridge maintenance
- structural health monitoring
- reliability and resilience
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