Buildings

Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Infrastructure—Second Edition

edited by

Hany El Naggar

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure; structural assessment; retrofitting; seismic performance; soil– structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Safety and Optimization of Building Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Anatoly Alekseytsev

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 922 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural optimization; mechanical safety; progressive collapse resistance; fire safety; life cycle; metaheuristic algorithms; risk prevention; sustainable development; reliability; optimal design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recently Advances in the Thermal Performance of Buildings

edited by Haiying Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 748 | Submission Open

Keywords: building envelop; lighting; heating; ventilating; and air-conditioning; energy use and energy saving; maintenance; building manage and control; indoor air quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances in Concrete Technology for Sustainable Architecture

edited by Caitlin Mueller and Mohamed A. Ismail

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete; precast concrete; embodied carbon; concrete mix design; concrete reinforcement; structural efficiency; digital fabrication; material optimization; urban construction; infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Seismic Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

edited by

Omar AlShawa

, Stefania Degli Abbati and

Giacomo Destro Bisol

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry; seismic assessment; monumental buildings; aggregate buildings; modelling strategies; out-of-plane and/or in-plane response; nonlinear analyses; strengthening and retrofitting solutions; case studies; experimental tests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies on Housing Energy Efficiency, Net Zero Developments and Real Estate Values

edited by

Maria Macchiaroli

,

Masoud Sajjadian

and

Junxue Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: housing energy efficiency; real estate market; building energy performance; climate-sensitive architecture; healthy and ecological urban planning and design; sustainable city assessment; green and low-carbon building; healing urban landscape design; energy and ecological urban

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Smart Asset Management for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Raj Shah and

Mohan Siriwardena

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: asset management; digital twin (DT); BIM (building information modelling) and AI (artificial intelligence); sustainable materials; climate impact on physical assets; application of AI in assets; law and policy in digital assets; cyber security and IP of digital assets; resilience of existing infrastructure; energy performance and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Research on Performance of Pavement Concrete

edited by Mang Tia and Fazil Najafi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavement concrete; coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); resilient modulus; concrete pavement performance; drying shrinkage; finite element modeling; durability; severe flooding; extreme heat; accelerated pavement testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Influence of Environmental Vibration on Building Comfort

edited by Mehdi Setareh

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: building vibrations; vibration serviceability; vibration evaluation/assessment; computer modeling; dynamic tests; structural vibrations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Ultra- and High-Performance Concrete—Experimental Behavior and Structural Computational Modelling and Design

edited by

Rami Eid

submission deadline 28 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 27536 | Submission Open

Keywords: High-performance concrete (HPC); High-strength concrete (HSC); Ultra-high-strength concrete (UHSC); Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC); Seismic behavior; Ductility; Structural/mechanical properties; Impact resistance; Tall buildings; Long-term behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Green and Intelligent Building Materials

edited by

Xianhua Yao

, Decai Wang, Ruicong Han,

Min Zhang

, Ying Hao and Lihua Niu

submission deadline 28 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymer; aerated concrete; green materials; asphalt-based materials; alkali-activated materials; modification method; microscopic analysis; simulation analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Structural Assessment of Timber Structures

edited by

Jorge Manuel Branco

,

Hélder Sousa

and Elisa Poletti

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25041 | Submission Open

Keywords: Existing timber structures; Assessment; Codes and guidelines; Non-destructive testing; Repair and reinforcement; Monitoring; Case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

To Improve Urban Resilience: Cleaner Materials and Technologies towards Sustainable and Green Construction of Buildings

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23252 | Submission Open

Keywords: cleaner production; green construction; urban resilience; cleaner materials; sustainable technology; sustainable manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Strategic Planning and Control in Complex Project Management

edited by Wenxin Shen,

Wenzhe Tang

and Jin Xue

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10104 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic management; project planning; project control; project management; program management; portfolio management; megaproject management; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Energy Systems in Buildings

edited by

Alireza Afshari

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4844 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; renewable energy; sustainable energy; energy services; energy sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Research on Industrialization and Intelligence in Building Structures

edited by

Pengcheng Li

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3998 | Submission Open

Keywords: building structures; prefabricated strucutures; novel structural systems; novel structural materials; intelligent method; intelligent construction; structural optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Mechanical Properties of Advanced Metal Structures in Civil Infrastructure

edited by Xiaowei Liao, Haohui Xin, Fangxin Hu,

Zhe Xing

and Nanting Yu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel materials; aluminium alloy; additive manufacturing; seismic resilience; buckling; fire; fatigue; welding stress; numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Flexible Interaction between Buildings and Power Grid

edited by

Jide Niu

, Yakai Lu and Chuyao Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: building– grid interaction; building flexibility definition; flexibility potential modeling and quantification; flexible operation and control method of building; building demand response mechanism; flexible building system design; renewable energy; building efficiency and indoor environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Structural Mechanics Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction

edited by Jianhua Dong, Wenhu Fan and

Pengfei He

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– structure interface; constitutive model; measurement technology; stability of structure; multi-field; digital technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research in Structural Engineering and Mechanics

edited by Jiamei Zhou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure design; structural analysis method; soil– structure interaction; maintenance of structures; construction and maintenance; structural health monitoring; experimental tests; numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Green Building Project Management

edited by

Xingwei Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21878 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data application in green building projects; smart construction in green building projects; supply chain management in green building projects; risk management in green building projects; innovation management in green building projects; corporate social responsibility in green building projects; behavioral decision making in green building projects; material management in green construction projects; construction waste recycling; project management in green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Civil Engineering Materials: Design, Characterization, Corrosion and Durability

edited by

Sergio Lorenzi

and

Denny Coffetti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13937 | Submission Open

Keywords: Cementitious materials; corrosion; durability; innovative binders; eco-sustainability; building materials; life cycle cost assessment; materials design; concrete; mortars

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Cold-Formed Steel Structures

edited by

Krishanu Roy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9336 | Submission Open

Keywords: High strength CFS structures; Stability of CFS beams and columns; Seismic response of CFS structures; FS portal frames; Web crippling of CFS sections; Fire and seismic performance of CFS framed shear walls; Hysteretic behaviour of CFS wall panels; Fire furnace tests on CFS members; Cold-formed stainless steel sections; CFS cladding systems; Sustainability of CFS structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

High-Performance Steel–Concrete Composite/Hybrid Structures

edited by

Mu-Xuan Tao

and

Li-Yan Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9072 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel– concrete composite structures; high-resilience structural system; disaster resistance and mitigation; high-performance materials; performance evaluation; fabricated construction; numerical simulation; seismic design; life-cycle design; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Low-Carbon and Green Materials in Construction—2nd Edition

edited by

Long Li

, Pujin Wang,

Jie Xiao

and Lingfei Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8581 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon materials; recycled aggregate concrete; alkali-activated materials; 3D concrete printing; carbonation; ultra-high performance concrete; ECC; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems II

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7879 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; building environment; building physics; building systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Modeling, Analysis, Optimization and Control of HVAC Systems in Buildings - Volume 2

edited by

Nassif Nabil

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6016 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy system; building energy efficiency; buildings; HVAC system; modeling and optimization; HVAC system control; chilled water system; artificial intelligence method; computational intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction

edited by

Bruno Barroca

,

Maria Fabrizia Clemente

,

Jeffrey Raven

and

Gwenaël Jouannic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5900 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; disaster risk reduction; post-disaster reconstruction; post-disaster waste management; recycling; reuse; mitigation; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Strategic Replanning and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage

edited by

Cristina Coscia

, Carla Bartolozzi and Daniele Dabbene

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5676 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment of the economic sustainability of the project in crisis contexts; reconstruction and circular economy; risk and responsibility; economic-financial feasibility and economic-social feasibility; decision support tools; memory value; cost– opportunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Sustainable Rural Development: Advances on Rural Digitization and Smart Village Construction

edited by

Meimei Wang

, Zihan Cai and

Sidong Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4691 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural digitalization; digital and smart village; rural revitalization; rural planning; rurality evaluation; carbon neutrality; urban– rural integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Thermal Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Buildings

edited by

Jiying Liu

and

Jie Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3520 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal fluid; fluid flow; heat transfer; conduction; convection; radiation; built environment; energy efficiency; sustainable building; ventilation; air distribution; thermal comfort; occupant well-being; HVAC; building retrofit; building envelope; thermal management; CFD; building simulation; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advance in Eco-Friendly Building Materials and Innovative Structures

edited by Mojia Huang, Zhiwen Lan, Lei Zhang and

Tengfei Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3453 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural optimization design FE numerical simulation of structures; new green building materials; green building design and application; innovation and application in bridge structures; mechanical issues in engineering structures; structural issues in power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Sustainable Architecture Regards to Global Challenges: Implementation and Evaluation

edited by

Łukasz Mazur

and

Anna Bać

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3354 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; circular economy; building materials; energy efficiency; decarbonization; timber engineering; indoor and urban comfort; post occupancy evaluation; education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Constructions in Europe: Current Issues and Future Challenges

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering; environmental engineering; urban engineering; transport engineering; geotechnical engineering; construction economics; construction technology

Future-Proofing Bio-Based Building Materials

edited by

Eshrar Latif

,

Sotirios A. Grammatikos

,

Florence Collet

and

Sylvie Prétot

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3265 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based structural materials; bio-based thermal envelope materials; bio-based thermal insulation materials; bio-based concrete; fire performance; long-term thermal performance; durability; biological durability; environmental durability; mould growth; emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advancing Life Cycle Assessment of Building Energy: Exploring Policy Contexts, Whole-Life Carbon Thinking, and Net-Zero Carbon Strategies

edited by

Jingchun Shen

and Jonn Are Myhren

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3151 | Submission Open

Keywords: regulatory and policy context; building service system; building energy; HVAC; renewable energy; sustainability; environmental impact; embodied carbon; carbon footprint; upfront carbon; operational carbon; whole Life carbon; carbon designer; circularity; sustainable procurement; sustainable finance; sustainable construction; carbon risk monitoring; digitalization; digital renovation; design for disassembly; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; product life-cycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Infrastructures

edited by

Minshui Huang

and

Jianfeng Gu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3142 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage identification; inverse problems in structural engineering; deep learning in SHM; smartphone sensing; sensor network; optimal sensor placement and instrumentation design; environmental and operational factors in SHM; static load testing and vibration testing of structure; swarm intelligence algorithms; sustainable developments in SHM; other related topics in SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Research on Construction Materials for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by

Jian-Guo Dai

and

Mehran Khan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2741 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete structures; FRP composites; high-performance/ultra-high-performance concrete; geopolymer concrete; surface protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Deep Learning Models in Buildings

edited by

Tae Wan Kim

and Jun Young Jang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart building technologies; building performance optimization; predictive maintenance in buildings; automated defect detection; construction data analysis; energy consumption optimization; AI-driven design decision-making; deep learning in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advance in BIM-Based Technologies for Sustainable Building Performance Predictions

edited by

Woon Seong Jeong

and

Sang-Guk Yum

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1548 | Submission Open

Keywords: building design; construction processes; construction management; building information modeling (BIM); off-site construction; modular construction; design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA); sustainable construction methods and technologies; digital twins in the construction industry; artificial intelligence in scheduling; simulation-based methods for construction scheduling and virtual construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Applications of Computational Methods in Structural Engineering

edited by

Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering structures (R.C.; steel; composite; masonry); structures under loads (earthquakes; winds; fires; blasts; etc.); computational methods in structural analysis (FEM; BEM; etc.); soil– structure interaction (SSI); seismic isolation of structures; structural vibration control; special dampers; smart materials and structures; artificial intelligence in structural engineering; soft computing techniques in structural engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Existing Environment, Equipment, Materials and Technical Means for Buildings

edited by

Xin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1432 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environment; buildings materials; buildings renovations; auxiliary equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Future Cities and Their Downtowns: Urban Studies and Planning

edited by Robert Rogerson and Bob Giddings

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1261 | Submission Open

Keywords: city centre; transformation; urban planning; public space; repurposing; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Research on the Performance of Traditional, New and Potential Building Materials: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yue-Ling Long

,

Zhenhao Zhang

, Ying Qin, Zhiliang Zuo and

JinJing Liao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1179 | Submission Open

Keywords: traditional building materials (steel; concrete; masonry; timber; bamboo; etc.); composite materials and fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs); potential building materials (graphene; bio-inspired materials; etc.); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); 3D printing materials; concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs); static and dynamic performance; structural reliability; cross-section instability; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Smart Building Materials and Designs for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Kishor Zingre

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; heat transfer; low carbon; thermal comfort; built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Construction Materials: Performance Analysis and Assessment

edited by

Geo Paul

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction materials (cement and concrete); supplementary cementitious materials; reduced clinker factor; performance analysis; durability; structural assessment; sustainability; predictive modeling; material behavior; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

The Damage and Fracture Analysis in Rocks and Concretes

edited by

Xiang Li

and

Kewei Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 848 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; damage; fracture; mining engineering; geotechnical engineering; numerical model; time-dependent fracturing; stress corrosion; high temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Comfortable Environments: Materials for Room Acoustics and Noise Control

edited by Jesús Carbajo,

Pedro Poveda-Martínez

and

J. Ramis-Soriano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: room acoustics; noise control; acoustic materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Research on Rate-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Ultra-High Strength Concrete

edited by Shaohua Li and Weitan Zhuang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high performance concrete; dynamic properties; micromechanics; strain rate; mechanical performance; multi-scale

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Performance Analysis and Design Optimization of Renewable Energy Heating Systems

edited by

Wanlong Cai

,

Chaofan Chen

, Jiewen Deng and Chao Zeng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy utilization; solar PV system; geothermal system; hydrogen system; hybrid energy system; long-term simulation; in situ monitoring; multi-object optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

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