Mechanical Behavior, Healthy Monitoring and Service Performance Assessment of Composite Bridges
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2024) | Viewed by 2644
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bridge structure tests; bridge service performance assessment; composite bridges
Interests: structural health monitoring; finite element model updating; fatigue behavior of steel and composite bridge
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Interests: structural health monitoring; finite element model updating; fatigue behavior of steel and composite bridge
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composite bridges, capable of exploiting the advantages of different building materials, have been widely used in practical engineering owing to their good structural performance and economy. Today, the composite bridge is one of the most important fields of development in bridge engineering. With the continuous development of the composite bridge, various structural forms, complex mechanical behaviors, intelligent construction, construction risk, and long-term service performance after operation have been subject to extensive research. Ascertaining the mechanical behaviors of the innovative structures of a composite bridge and evaluating their performance based on health monitoring are extremely important for ensuring operational safety throughout the life cycles of these bridges.
In view of the latest developments, this Special Issue aims to gather manuscripts on the recent scientific advancements in modelling, sensing, and evaluating the mechanical behavior of composite bridges.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Design methods and theories for composite bridges;
- Innovative structural forms and force characteristics of composite bridges;
- Force transferring mechanisms and force characteristics of shear connectors of composite bridges;
- Fatigue performance of composite bridges;
- Innovative sensing technologies for composite bridges;
- Intelligent construction and risk assessment of composite bridges;
- Health monitoring and damage identification theory of composite bridges;
- Model updating and parameter identification of composite bridges;
- Long-term performance of the deterioration mechanism for composite bridges;
- Applicability assessment of operation and maintenance reinforcement of composite bridges.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zhou Shi
Dr. Jianxiao Mao
Dr. Shiqiang Qin
Dr. Shili Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite structure bridge
- mechanical behavior
- fatigue performance
- health monitoring
- structural damage identification
- model updating
- service performance assessment
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