Buildings

Vibration Monitoring and Control of the Built Environment

edited by

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: damper; earthquake engineering; friction damping; hysteretic damping; isolator; monitoring; negative stiffness; soil structure interaction; structural control; structural dynamics; tuned mass damper; vibration absorber; wind engineering

Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures

edited by

Dorina Nicolina Isopescu

,

Sebastian George Maxineasa

,

Dragoș Ungureanu

and Cătălin Onuțu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry structures; experimental study; seismic assessment; historical masonry; masonry-strengthening techniques; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures

edited by Yu Tian, Ran Yuan and Wei Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Low-Carbon Design, Construction and Operation in Civil Engineering

edited by

Bin Lei

, Han Wu and

Wenjun An

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon building materials; carbon footprint analysis of buildings; green building; healthy building; low-carbon design; low-carbon construction; low-carbon operation

Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Built Environment in High-Density Cities

edited by

Lingyue Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart spatial planning; intensive/mixed land use; high-density built environment; sustainability; three-dimensional; compact development; machine learning; land use change and evolution; data-driven approach; quality environment

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

Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials and Structures

edited by Shaojun Cao, Dehong Wang, Pang Chen and Yu Yan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building materials; low-carbon construction; mechanical properties; durability performance; structural fire resistance; seismic performance; impact and explosion resistance; bridge seismic resistance; composite materials; machine learning

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

Advancements in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Assessment of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications

edited by Zohir Younsi, Naoual Belouaggadia,

Nassim Sebaibi

,

Salwa Bouadila

, Nicolas Youssef and Mohamed Lachheb

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact; energy efficiency; energy storage; life-cycle assessment; phase change material; buildings; sustainable development; numerical simulations

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

Application of Building Information Modelling in Construction Management

edited by

Mario Galić

and

Zlata Dolaček-Alduk

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM; Construction 4.0; dynamic data exchange and transformation; IoT-oriented project management; scan to BIM; active BIM; BIM legislation and contracting; BIM and blockchain technology

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

Advances in Soil–Geosynthetic Composite Materials

edited by

Meen-Wah Gui

,

Thang Pham

and Phan Truc T.T.

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite behavior; geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS); field-scale experiments; finite element (fe); compaction loads

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

Advanced Analysis and Design for Steel Structure Stability

edited by

Van Bac Nguyen

and

Cao Hung Pham

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; steel composite structures; steel bridges; beams; columns; beam– columns; joints and connections; hot-formed steel; cold-formed steel; material models; theoretical models; numerical modeling; physical testing; buckling; nonlinear analysis; finite element analysis; structural optimization; static loading; dynamic loading; wind loading; earthquake loading; design codes of practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancing Urban Resilience through Enhanced Disaster Response and Recovery

edited by

Da Hu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage assessment; disaster reconnaissance; building resilience; emerging technologies; response and recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Indoor Environment and Thermal Comfort: Healthy, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by Weiwei Liu and Xiaoyu Tian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; heat stress; building energy; built environment; sustainability; building technology

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

Open Issues in Building Conservation

edited by

Salvatore Verre

and Fabrizio Comodini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: FRP-FRCM-SRG composite; masonry or reinforced concrete confinement; numerical model; flexural/shear strengthening; seismic risk assessment; seismic improvement of existing buildings; innovative seismic protection systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Solar Energy System and Storage for Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Zhiyong Tian

and

Yongqiang Luo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar buildings; solar heating; solar cooling; sustainable buildings; thermal energy storage; building integrated photovoltaic; energy efficiency for data centre

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

Dynamic Response of Civil Engineering Structures under Seismic Loads

edited by Yanyan Li and Jingshu Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic response; engineering structure; civil engineering; seismicload; earthquake engineering; structural stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Energy Efficiency, Health and Intelligence in the Built Environment

edited by Boya Jiang, Yiming Shao and

Yiqi Tao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon-emission building; energy-efficient design; life cycle assessment; vertical farming; indoor environment quality; sustainable building technology; building information modelling; intelligent design and construction; health- and well-being-oriented design

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

Seismic Design and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete, Masonry and Steel Structures with Innovative Materials and Devices

edited by

Piero Colajanni

and

Jennifer D'Anna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic strengthening; seismic response control; dissipative devices; local strengthening; composite materials; numerical model; experimental investigation; FEM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Emerging Technologies for Structural Design, Inspection, and Maintenance

edited by

Junyong Zhou

and Zeren Jin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence intelligent design and optimization smart sensing material; intelligent inspection equipment; advanced testing technique; multi-sensor and multi-source data fusion; digital twins for management; inspection and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Methods for Performance Characterization and Prediction of Reinforced Concrete—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiandong Huang

and

Jiaolong Ren

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete; durability; mechanical property; performance characterization; performance prediction; multiscale analysis; thermal analysis; data-driven method; special loading condition

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

Physiological Mechanisms of Comfort, Health, and Cognitive Performance in Built Environment

edited by Zhibin Wu and

Romina Rissetto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological responses; biosignals; human building interaction; indoor environment quality; human perception; cognitive performance; health and well-being

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

Advanced Technologies in Foundations Engineering and Construction Materials—2nd Edition

edited by

Marian Drusa

,

Jaroslaw Rybak

and

Andrea Segalini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: piles and injection technology; the design and issues of energy piles; the testing and design of piles; foundation reconstruction; sustainable pavement materials; reinforced foamed concrete; foamed concrete subbase structures; foamed concrete applications; water retention layers

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

Research and Utilization of Solid Waste and Construction Waste

edited by Min Li, Shouxi Chai and Xuefei Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction waste; functional materials; environmental impacts; material performance; minimization

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

Optimization Control and Energy Conservation in Smart Heating Systems

edited by Chengying Qi and

Jinda Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: district heating system; heat metering; smart heating; heat regulation and management; optimal control of building energy systems; building energy saving; thermo-active building systems (TABSs); energy system modeling and simulation; energy system planning and optimization; renewable energy

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

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Building Design

edited by

Yupeng Wang

, Dengjia Wang, Barbara Galli and Xiaolei Ju

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

Keywords: solar building; building energy saving; solar energy technology; indoor thermal environment; green building design; renewable energy management; renewable energy; building renovation; urban heat island; urban redevelopment

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

Advanced Research on Improvement of the Indoor Acoustic Environment

edited by

Ángel Fermín Ramos Ridao

and

Diego Pablo Ruiz Padillo

submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1581 | Submission Open

Keywords: room and indoor acoustics ; architectural design for noise control ; acoustic conditioning and materials; acoustic modelling and simulation ; emerging technologies for building insulation; acoustic sustainability ; urban acoustics; soundscapes; psycho-acoustic; virtual reality technology

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

Advanced Studies in Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings and Optimal Design

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13041 | Submission Open

Keywords: nearly zero-energy buildings; net-zero-energy buildings; design optimization; cost-optimal analysis; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; nZEBs renovation; nZEB Policies

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

Studies on Metal Materials and Their Applications in Building Structures

edited by

Mario D'Aniello

and

Roberto Tartaglia

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3317 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; aluminum structuresp; alloys; codification; design; assessment; testing; numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Human Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in Buildings

edited by Kwonsik Song, Youjin Jang and Hyosoo Moon

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: human factors; computer vision; wearable biosensors; machine learning; artificial intelligence; sustainable buildings; building systems; behavioral intervention

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

Advances in Automation and Intelligence in Construction

edited by Ebrahim Parvaresh Karan

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in construction; smart construction; Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in construction; autonomous heavy construction equipment; pre-fabrication and modular construction

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

Advanced Technologies in Building Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction

edited by Xiaoping Li and Rong Hu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conservation; carbon emission; energy use efficiency; low carbon; carbon neutrality; renewable energy

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

Selected Papers from the “International Housing Congress in the Lusophone Space–5CIHEL2024”

edited by

Fernando F. S. Pinho

and António Baptista Coelho

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: housing and new ways of living; housing project; BIM modeling; construction and housing quality; rehabilitation; urbanism and neighborhood; social housing; housing programs and policies; housing promotion; housing cooperatives

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

Innovations in Urban Sensing and Intelligent Infrastructure Management

edited by

Zhewei Liu

,

Yue Yu

and

Chao Xu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; building information modeling (BIM); urban sensing technologies; spatial data science; geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI); light detection and ranging (LiDAR); simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM); urban data analysis; sustainable urban planning; intelligent infrastructure management

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

Damping Control of Building and Bridge Structures

edited by Zhaowei Chen, Lei Xu and

Chao Zou

submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; experimental studies; structural control; structural modelling; innovation in structural engineering; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)

edited by

Giovanni Semprini

,

Aminhossein Jahanbin

and

Simone Secchi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6434 | Submission Open

Keywords: building physics; indoor air quality; thermal comfort; acoustic and visual comfort; ventilation; HVAC systems; pollutant dispersion in a built environment; control of airborne infectious disease; CFD application in a built environment

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

Recent Developments in Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Huaping Wang

, Pengfei Cao and

Ping Xiang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3931 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; smart sensors and structures; damage identification; dynamic analysis; data-motivated model updating; performance assessment; buildings; bridges and dams; optical fiber sensing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Energy Performance in Sustainable Architecture Design

edited by

Ingliang Wong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; sustainable building; architecture design; energy performance; energy efficiency ; sustainable design; sustainable architecture ; energy consumption ; renewable energy ; built environment; building material

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

Advances in Building Asset Management Systems and Technologies

edited by

Osama Abudayyeh

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15891 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins for facility and asset management; smart facility and assets management; data analytics/predictive modelling for facility and building asset management; smart facility and asset management systems; smart buildings; building information modelling

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

Research on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete

edited by

Marek Dohojda

and

Olga Szlachetka

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6961 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement; concrete; carbon footprint; concrete mixture; construction product; quality control; special concretes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: Energy Use, Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Satisfaction

edited by

Tea Zakula

,

Zheng D. O'Neill

and

Luka Boban

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6285 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; occupant satisfaction; indoor environmental quality; smart buildings; performance optimization; performance gap; building management; user-centred control

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

Advanced Materials, Structural Systems and Construction for Green Buildings

edited by

Han Fang

,

Ornella Iuorio

and

Yu Bai

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4214 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and green materials; building materials made from wastes; bio-based construction systems; functional materials and structures with life-cycle sustainability; low-carbon structures; structural optimisation; life-cycle assessments; new construction technology for energy efficiency; design and re-manufacturing for reuse; design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA); damage detection and maintenance planning for life preservation

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

Challenges in Seismic Analysis and Assessment of Buildings

edited by

Costas Providakis

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1606 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced earthquake engineering analysis and structural dynamics; far and near-fault seismic analysis and design; seismic monitoring and non-destructive testing of buildings; structural control technologies and intelligent materials; building performance during earthquakes; probabilistic and deterministic methods of dynamic analysis; retrofitting; material mechanics and characterization; nonlinear numerical analysis; experimental studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Solutions for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Buildings

edited by Himan Hojat Jalali and Arman Mamazizi

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural resilience damage control; damper; rocking mechanism; low-damage system; repairable seismic system; self-centering seismic system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances and Applications in Timber Structures

edited by Zeli Que

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber; EWP; CLT; connect; wooden structure; seismic mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Technology-Empowered Innovation and Application for Building Engineering Education

edited by

Qingzhao Kong

and Lin Chen

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education; engineering education; teaching innovation; visualization technology; education for wisdom; intelligent tutoring system

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

Performances of Structural Concrete: Data-Driven Analysis Using AI, Numerical and Experimental Investigation

edited by Rwayda Kh S. Al-Hamd and Asad S. Albostami

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; analytical techniques; numerical methods; finite element analysis; concrete; experimental investigations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Health Monitoring through Advanced Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Chia-Ming Chang

and

Tzu-Kang Lin

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; artificial intelligence; machine learning; damage detection; feature extraction; system identification; lifecycle assessment; real-time monitoring; advanced monitoring techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research in Structural Control and Monitoring

edited by Kun Liu, Yunxia Xia, Xiaohua Zhang and Guibo Nie

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural control; structural health monitoring; sensor placement optimization; damage identification; inverse analysis; force identification; seismic damage; seismic performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Mechanical Properties of High-Performance Bimetallic Steels

edited by

Xuanyi Xue

, Zhilu Wang and Fei Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel; mechanical property; durability; bimetallic steel; corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Resilience and Sustainable Development of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by José Jara,

Andreas Lampropoulos

, Bertha Alejandra Olmos and

Humberto Varum

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; life-cycle of structures; seismic design and assessment of buildings; damage mitigation; control devices; advanced numerical modelling of structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Utilization of Recycled Aggregates and Waste in Road Engineering

edited by

Peilong Li

, Zhan Ding and

Xiuming Jiang

submission deadline 24 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1630 | Submission Open

Keywords: road engineering; waste materials; recycled aggregates; reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP); sustainable asphalt materials; bio-based road materials

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

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