Innovative Approaches in Infrastructure Design, Resilience, and Maintenance
A special issue of Designs (ISSN 2411-9660). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 410
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fabricated structures; new material structures; Structural risk analysis; engineering structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As infrastructure systems face increasing challenges from environmental changes, aging materials, and evolving demands, innovative solutions are crucial for enhancing their design, performance, and resilience. This Special Issue aims to address these challenges through advancements in planning, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of infrastructure systems, including roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, airports, ports, and pipelines. It will highlight novel approaches for preserving and reinforcing infrastructure to improve durability and adaptability in the face of various risks and changing conditions.
The Special Issue will encompass a variety of topics related to infrastructure systems, with a focus on the following areas:
- Preservation and Monitoring Against Foundational Risks: Research on preserving infrastructure from risks like bridge scour and slope instability.
- Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Infrastructure Materials: Studies on addressing material distresses such as corrosion, cracking, and moisture damage.
- Infrastructure System Response and Resilience: Exploration of adaptation strategies to disasters, climate change, and extreme weather.
- Decision Support and Asset Management: Advances in data modeling, risk assessment, and life cycle analysis.
- Design and Performance of Advanced Infrastructure Materials: Innovations in new materials and structures.
- Remote Sensing, Monitoring, and Non-Destructive Evaluation: Applications of advanced monitoring technologies and evaluation methods.
- Structural Reliability and Safety: Improving structural reliability and safety through advanced modeling techniques.
This Special Issue seeks to feature cutting-edge research and practices to enhance the durability, performance, and resilience of infrastructure systems. It aims to provide a platform for knowledge exchange among experts in the field.
Dr. Xu-Yang Cao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- infrastructure resilience
- structural rehabilitation
- remote monitoring
- risk assessment
- seismic performance
- life cycle analysis
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