Advanced Studies on Steel Structures

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue of Buildings, “Advanced Studies on Steel Structures”. This Special Issue aims to provide a venue for communicating the most recent results of original experimental, numerical or theoretical research on steel structures in buildings, bridges, tunnels or other engineering facilities. The topics of interest are broad, covering the performance of steel structural materials, components, members, connections or joints, and frames or systems under normal and hazardous conditions (e.g., strong earthquakes, strong winds, fire and their impacts); mechanical modeling and numerical simulation approaches; the structural application of unconventional materials (e.g., high-strength steel, stainless steel, low-yield steel, weathering steel, and fire-resistant steel); and performance-based design approaches. High-quality case studies and critical literature reviews in the area of steel structures are also welcome.

Dr. Fangxin Hu
Dr. Shujun Hu
Dr. Hai-Ting Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.