Buildings

Concrete Structural Safety and Health Monitoring

edited by Demi Ai, Hongyou Cao and

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete structures; damage detection; structural health monitoring; machine learning; computational intelligence; signal processing; building monitoring

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

Recent Scientific Developments in Sustainable Building Materials and Structures

edited by

Peng Wu

, Zhibin Ling and

Zhongkui Cai

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; bamboo scrimber; recycled concrete; fiber reinforced composite; bio-based building materials; thermal insulation; maintenance free material; self-healing material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Architecture Regards to Global Challenges: Implementation and Evaluation

edited by

Łukasz Mazur

,

Anna Bać

and

Aleksandra Nowysz

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 245 | 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)

Health Monitoring of Building Structures: Emerging Technologies and Approaches

edited by

Xingyu Wang

,

Ying Huang

and

Chengcheng Tao

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); sensor technologies; data analytics and processing; machine learning and artificial intelligence; monitoring systems; damage detection and localization; non-destructive evaluation (NDE); predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Construction Innovation and Digitization

edited by

Yingnan Yang

and

Hongming Xie

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction automation; digital construction; computer-assisted construction; management BIM (building information modelling); lifecycle management; construction supply chains; smart construction; advances in digital technologies for the built environment

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

Advances in Fire Safety Performance of Buildings

edited by

Mohamed Beshir

submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire safety; high rise buildings; smoke control; faç ade fires; fire modelling; evacuation; human behaviour; FDS; CFD

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

Advances in the Implementation of Circular Economy in Buildings

edited by

Viorel Ungureanu

,

Luís Bragança

and

Charalampos Baniotopoulos

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2489 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; built environment; integrated design; design for adaptability; design for disassembly; reversible buildings; recovery and reuse; business models; circularity index; design strategies and tools

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

Research on Seismic Resilience Assessment and Dynamic Response Analysis in Civil Engineering

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2390 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic; vibration isolation and damping; dynamic response analysis; strengthening technology; recoverable functional structure; earthquake simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Wood and Composite Wood in Sustainable Construction

edited by

Kong Yue

,

Haiyang Zhang

and Guofang Wu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood composite; bio-based materials; wood modification; joint; mechanical properties; seismic performance; fire resistance; timber structure

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

Multispecies Architectural Design: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Yasha Jacob Grobman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispecies design; ecology; animal-aided design; biodiversity; zoomorphic architecture; organic architecture; biomimicry; sustainability; computational design; green buildings

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

Reconstruction of 3D Buildings Models and 3D Buildings Extraction from High-Resolution Geospatial Data

edited by

Tarig Ali

and

Ahmed Elaksher

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: building extraction; 3D building models; 3D/city modeling; geospatial data for BIM

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

Seismic Response Analysis of Underground Structure

edited by Jingqi Huang,

Xu Zhao

,

Fanchao Kong

and Huifang Li

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; underground structure; soil– structure dynamic interaction; analytical method; numerical method; experimental method; material constitutive; seismic response; seismic reinforcement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Twin in the AEC Industry – Advances and Challenges

edited by

Pedro F. Pereira

and

Nuno M. M. Ramos

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23488 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital building twin; intelligent buildings; building simulation; artificial intelligence; structural health monitoring; facilities maintenance; indoor environmental quality; energy efficiency; water consumption; occupant behaviour

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

Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 18 articles | Viewed by 20450 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment; building materials; rehabilitation of buildings; reconstruction of buildings; concrete; masonry; surface technology; timber; physico-mechanical properties; physico-chemical basis

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

Advanced Numerical and Computer Methods in Civil Engineering

edited by

Dongming Li

and

Zechuan Yu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7924 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; computer methods; civil engineering; computational mechanics; computational materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Research and Prospect of Buildings Seismic Performance

edited by

Rafael Shehu

,

Nicola Tarque

and

Manuel Buitrago

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7614 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic analysis; seismic performance; incremental dynamic analysis; pushover analysis; fragility functions; nonlinear response; seismic retrofitting; seismic isolation; new structures; existing structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Cement-Based Materials

edited by Blessen Skariah Thomas,

Sudharshan N. Raman

and

K. I. Syed Ahmed Kabeer

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5421 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete technology; sustainability; steel-concrete composite; recycled materials; fibre reinforced concrete; alkali-activated materials

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

Innovative Sustainable Architectural Design, Building Technologies and Structural Retrofitting

edited by

Oriol Pons Valladares

,

Eva Crespo Sánchez

and

Carlos Muñoz Blanc

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5023 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; multi-objective optimization; territorial and urban systems; intelligent buildings; deep retrofitting; structural optimization; energy efficiency; air quality; post-fire condition; new materials

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

High-Performance Concrete Structures for Disaster Prevention

edited by

Hongmei Zhang

and

Giuseppe Quaranta

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4656 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Modular and Offsite Construction: Evidence-Based Benefits and Innovations

edited by

Zhen Lei

,

Hexu Liu

,

SeyedReza RazaviAlavi

and

Ke Cao

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2270 | Submission Open

Keywords: modular and offsite construction; productivity improvement; digital technologies in construction; automation in construction; evidence-based benefits

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

High-Performance Steel–Concrete Composite/Hybrid Structures

edited by

Mu-Xuan Tao

and

Li-Yan Xu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2031 | 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)

Application of Recycled Concrete in Construction Engineering and Technologies

edited by

Ayman El-Zohairy

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled concrete; creep and shrinkage; composite structures; reinforced- concrete structures; recycled fiber-reinforced concrete; finite element analysis; experimental investigations; cementitious materials; high-performance concrete; environmental effects; green concrete composites; concrete blocks

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

Green Building Design and Construction for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Yongtao Tan

,

Peng Mao

, Xiaolong Gan and

Hui Xu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1670 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building design; green construction; green materials; green retrofit; building environmental impacts; carbon emission; life cycle assessment

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

The Current Status and Future Prospects of Automation in Construction

edited by

Saeed Talebi

,

Srinath Perera

and

Damilola Ekundayo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1335 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation; construction; artificial intelligence; blockchain; BIM; digital twin

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

Advanced Research on Cultural Heritage

edited by

Emilia Vasanelli

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage; repair and conservation; NDT; decay and durability; case studies; diagnostic tools; digital technologies

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

Fire and Energy Performance of Buildings

edited by

Keerthan Poologanathan

,

Marco Corradi

,

Muhammad Rahman

and

Gatheeshgar Perampalam

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy performance; fire performance; net-zero buildings; fire safety of buildings; building performance; sustainable construction

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

Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings: Results of the Italian MARS Project and Other Applications Worldwide

edited by

Sergio Lagomarsino

and

Angelo Masi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic risk analysis; taxonomy and classification of buildings; seismic vulnerability; fragility curves; losses and consequence functions; damage scenarios and risk maps; strengthening for the risk mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Analysis and Design of Building Structures

edited by

Bo Fu

,

Bo Wang

,

Xinxin Wei

and Qing Lv

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic analysis; seismic design; seismic performance; structural control; building structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Metrology for Living Environment and Comfort

edited by

Francesco Lamonaca

,

Sara Casaccia

,

Stefano Laureti

and

Álvaro Hernández Alonso

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: wellbeing of people in living environments; measurement of comfort in indoor environments; active and assisted living; sensors and sensor networks; signal and image processing; structural health monitoring; artificial intelligence for living environments; BIM; monitoring of chemical and physical parameters; IoT; human health monitoring

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

Indoor Environmental Quality and Human Wellbeing

edited by Chenqiu Du

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; indoor air quality; dynamic lighting; machine learning; building moisture

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

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: New Trends, Technologies, and Integration in the Energy Transition

edited by

Elisa Belloni

and

Gabriele Maria Lozito

submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1848 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart buildings; sustainable buildings; renewables; BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics); building energy services; energy management; energy consumption forecasting; Internet of Things; machine learning for smart building energy data; grid integration and control

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

Integration of Active Solar Technologies in the Historic Built Environment and Landscapes

edited by Daniel Herrera-Avellanosa, Alexandra Troi and Laura Maturi

submission deadline 24 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; building integrated photovoltaics; retrofit of buildings; protected landscape; historic buildings; energy efficient buildings

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

Smart and Multifunctional Cement-Based Materials

edited by Jung Yeon and

Geuntae Hong

submission deadline 29 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart concrete; piezoresistive cementitious composites; self-healing cementitious composites; electrically conductive cementitious composites; climate-adaptive concrete; energy-storing cementitious composites; 3D printable concrete technology; smart actuators; multiscale characterization and modeling; numerical simulation; and resilient infrastructure

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

Building Information Modeling (BIM): Recent Application and Future Perspective

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Mohamed Osmani

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8486 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling / management (BIM); city information modeling / management (CIM); Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); virtual reality (VR); metaverse; big data; digitization

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

Advanced Composite Materials for Structure Strengthening and Resilience Improving

edited by

Xinghuai Huang

and

Yeshou Xu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7076 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; structure strengthening; structure resilience improving; materials science and engineering; civil and structural engineering; numerical; analytical; and experimental analyses; materials manufacturing and processing; materials characterization and application; design; construction; and recycling of composite materials; innovative resilience improving solutions; innovative strengthening solutions; FRP composites

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

Research on High-Temperature-Resistant Materials in Buildings

edited by

Hamzeh Hajiloo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3728 | Submission Open

Keywords: high temperature; fire; degradation; decomposition; concrete; metal; failure; sustainability

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

Development and Characterization of Advanced and Sustainable Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Nicoleta Cobîrzan

and

Radu Muntean

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2821 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based composites; sustainability; environmental friendly technology; recycle; recover; nanotechnology; fiber-reinforced composites; machine learning techniques; prefabrication of cementitious materials; life cycle assessment of cement-based materials; cost-benefit analysis

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

Damage to Civil Engineering Structures

edited by

Panagiotis Stylianidis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1825 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural robustness; progressive collapse; retrofit of structures; blast-resistant structures; structural fire resistance; seismic actions; fatigue of structures; rehabilitation methods; corrosion-affected structures; controlled demolition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Steel Structures Building: Mechanical Properties and Behaviour Analysis

edited by Xian Li and Wei Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1706 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

New Trends in Seismic Structures

edited by

Nicola Longarini

,

Emanuele Reccia

,

Pietro Giuseppe Crespi

and

Marco Zucca

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic improvement; historical buildings; innovative constructions materials; numerical approches for seisimic analyses; special constructions; surveys and monitoring techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodologies in Building and Construction Management

edited by

S.A. Edalatpanah

and

Jurgita Antucheviciene

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 25 articles | Viewed by 29215 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple-criteria decision-making; multi attribute decision making; multi-objective modelling; performance evaluation; building management; construction; uncertainty; optimization

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

Research on Performance of Buildings Structures and Materials

edited by

Alireza Bahrami

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7560 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber structures; reinforced concrete structures; steel-concrete composite structures; steel structures; masonry structures; green concrete; building materials; performance and behavior of structures and building materials; experimental investigation; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Emerging Technologies, Tools, and Methods for Enabling Safer, Healthier, and More Productive Work Settings in Construction Project Management

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6196 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction project management; construction safety and health; construction productivity; wearable technologies; robotics; digital twins; augmented and virtual reality; simulation; information modeling; data sensing

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry

edited by

Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard

,

Maxim A. Dulebenets

,

Honghao Zhang

and

Guangdong Tian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5953 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management in construction industry; multi-objective optimization models and algorithms in construction industry; large-scale combinatorial optimization in construction industry; analyzing flexibility; resiliency; and reliability in construction industry; production scheduling in construction industry; supply and delivery channels in construction industry; risk management in construction supply chains; sustainable consumption and energy-savings in construction industry; sustainable construction and resilient built infrastructure

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

Latest Advances of Green Concrete Technology in Civil Engineering

edited by

Peng Zhu

,

Changjun Zhou

and

Qi Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5870 | Submission Open

Keywords: green concrete; recycled materials; waste utilization; recycled powder; recycled aggregates; construction and demolition wastes; lifecycle sustainability; ultra-high-performance concrete; resilient infrastructures

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

Developments in Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Laura Tupėnaitė

and

Loreta Kanapeckienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5738 | Submission Open

Keywords: state of the art in sustainable buildings; green buildings; net-zero energy buildings; eco-friendly construction materials; sustainable design; sustainable construction; maintenance strategies; renovation for sustainability; life cycle assessment; circular economy

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

Built Environment, Energy and Health

edited by Jifu Lu, Yu Chen, Yin Liu,

Jie Liu

and

Manfeng Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4485 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; renewable energy; building environmental quality; energy conservation; health; indoor environmental quality; energy efficiency

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

Advances in Road Engineering: Innovation in Road Pavements and Materials

edited by

Andrea Baliello

and

Di Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4426 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative roads; road materials; pavement engineering; smart pavements; sustainable roads; co-friendly roads; road construction; road maintenance

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

Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Problems in the Design and Construction of Underground Buildings

edited by

Shaobo Chai

,

Yongqiang Zhou

, Erdi Abi and Longlong Lv

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4103 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground buildings engineering; rock and soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; seismic resistance of underground structure; mechanical property; regional geological environment; seismic response; engineering disturbance; constitutive model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Workforce Development and Education in the Construction Industry: Challenges and Strategies

edited by

Manideep Tummalapudi

and

Christofer Harper

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4053 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction workforce development; workforce training; immigration in construction; recruitment and retention; technologies for workforce development; construction skill shortages; diversity; equity; and inclusion in the construction workforce

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

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