Enhancing Structural Sustainability: Data-Based Adaptive Solutions for the Built Environment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 773
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shear transfer mechanisms along interfaces of concrete elements; reinforced concrete elements strengthened with composites (FRPs); structural health monitoring using guides waves and fiber optics; data-based resilience and sustainability in life-cycle assessment of critical infrastructure; design and assessment of the seismic response of green structures made entirely of structural glass
Interests: smart, sustainable and resilient cities; resilience engineering; structural health monitoring (ambient noise vibration and modal analysis); risk assessment and loss estimation; risk management and decision analysis
Interests: structural health monitoring; computer-vision-based measurement; signal processing and interpretation; structural dynamics; bridge thermal response; data-driven modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
In the era of climate change and energy crises, advances in the built environment demand an approach meeting eco-friendly, sustainable and resilient criteria. Environmentally friendly materials, proactive measures and strategies supporting the extension of the life-cycle of existing built infrastructures and transforming them in modern sustainable structures with an optimum footprint are needed. Sustainability entails optimizing capital investment, considering societal factors and the environmental footprint of the built environment. Such holistic approaches not only mitigate environmental impacts but also allow for acting proactively under various uncertainties, energy constraints and unforeseen societal circumstances. This transformative vision will pave the way for a resilient and sustainable built environment.
This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners from around the world to share recent scientific advances in green solutions, retrofitting, risk prediction, adaptive strategies and proactive measures. This publication will provide important theoretical and technical support for implementing innovative tools for resilience quantification, sustainability criteria and energy efficiency in preventive multidisciplinary strategies for existing structures. This Special Issue welcomes original contributions and will provide an overview of recent progress in fundamental theory in this field. We are interested in research papers and case studies on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Eco-friendly materials;
- Intelligent sensing technology for structural health monitoring;
- Life-cycle analysis, retrofitting and rehabilitation;
- Hazard prevention, mitigation measures and adaptive strategies;
- Risk and resilience-based evaluation and design for existing structures;
- Probabilistic, statistical and machine-learning-based methods;
- Probabilistic hazard analysis and characteristics measurement of multiple hazards;
- Digital twins for optimization.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Dimitra Achillopoulou
Dr. Nisrine Makhoul
Dr. Rolands Kromanis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bridge engineering
- environmental characteristics
- structural safety
- multiple hazards
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