Civil Engineering
A section of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Section Information
Civil Engineering once encompassed all non-military engineering and, as such, is a very wide-ranging subject area. Today, it covers all things big—bridges, buildings, foundations, dams, rivers, water distribution networks, roads, transportation networks and a significant element of general technical management. This Section welcomes original contributions to all relevant subject areas of Applied Sciences. As there are already specialist journals in many of these areas, we particularly welcome contributions that do not easily fall into any one sub-discipline or emerging areas that do not yet have their own journals.
In recent decades, there has been a surge in computing power while the cost of electronics and sensing technologies has fallen. We particularly welcome contributions that exploit the opportunities that these developments have made possible. Download Section Flyer
Subject Areas
Structural Engineering
- Reducing the carbon footprint improving the circularity of structures
- Assessment, reliability and optimization of structures
- Strengthening and retrofitting of existing structures
- Structural dynamics
- Structural health monitoring
- Vibration Control
- Active and passive control of civil constructions
Building materials and technologies
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Timber, masonry, steel and concrete, historic materials, shape memory alloys
- Eco-materials (recycled, materials from waste, bio-based materials, etc.)
- NDT and monitoring
Geotechnical Engineering
- Soil dynamics
- Engineering behaviour of soil and rock
- Slope stability; dams
- Rock engineering
- Environmental geotechnics
- Geosynthetics
- Discrete Element Modelling
- Soil/Structure Interaction
Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
- Climate change and flood control
- Nature-based Solutions to Flooding
- Hydropower project construction
- Water resource planning and management
- Water supply and wastewater engineering
- Groundwater hydrology and hydrogeology
- Surface water hydrology
- Hydrometeorology
- Canals and inland waterways
- Harbours and coastal engineering
Transportation
- Roads and highways
- Road maintenance (including pavements, asphalt and self-healing materials)
- Tunnels and underground excavations
- Air transportation
- Traffic control
- Transportation optimization
- Safety analysis
Construction engineering
- Construction Management
- Performance-based design
- Construction materials handling
- Infrastructure Production
- Ancient architecture
- Computer Applications
- Construction Pollution Control
- Floating Offshore Platforms
Earthquake engineering
- Earthquake loading foundation design
- Tectonics and seismology
- Seismic vibration control
- Seismic response of buildings and other structures
- Earthquake protection system
- Repair and strengthening
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- The Advances of Rock Dynamics: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Offshore Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Performance-Based Seismic Design (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Failure Mechanism and Numerical Methods for Geomaterials (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Intelligent Construction: Advancements in Civil Engineering and Building Structures (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Effects of Temperature and Humidity on Cement Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainable Decision Support for Infrastructure Management (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainability in Geotechnics (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advanced Structural Analysis for Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Vibration Control and Isolation Systems for Civil Engineering Applications (Deadline: 2 May 2024)
- Internet of Things (IoT) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Construction Industry (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring: Latest Applications and Data Analysis, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advances in Performance of Mortar, Concrete and Composites Based on Portland and Alternative Binders (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advanced Techniques in Tunnelling (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Seismic Resistant Analysis and Design for Civil Structures (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Bridge Construction and Traffic Loading (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Tunnel and Underground Engineering: Recent Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advances in Bridge Design and Construction: Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Application of Hydrological Models in Hydraulic Engineering (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Damage Monitoring and Defect Identification Based on Deep/Machine Learning (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Carbon Neutrality, Carbon Reductions, and CO2 Utilization in the Concrete Industry (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Novel Construction Material and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Advances in Engineering Soil Properties and Testing for Ground Stabilization (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Advances in Building Materials and Concrete, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Urban Underground Engineering: Excavation, Monitoring, and Control: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Application of Building Information Modeling in Construction Management (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in BIM-Based Architecture and Civil Infrastructure Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Enhancing Structural Sustainability: Data-Based Adaptive Solutions for the Built Environment (Deadline: 6 June 2024)
- Application of Advanced Lighting Systems in Buildings and Cities (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Performance of Concrete with Low-Carbon Cement Supplements and Zero-Cement (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Probabilistic-Based Techniques for Damage Assessment of Structures and Infrastructures: Towards New and Integrated Perspectives for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Monitoring and Reducing Structural Vibrations in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Future Trends in Tunnel and Underground Engineering (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advanced Diagnostics and Nondestructive Testing Technologies for Civil Structures (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Machine Learning for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advances in Disaster Prevention and Reduction for Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Earthquake Prevention and Resistance in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Remote Sensing Technology in Landslide and Land Subsidence (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Structural Seismic Design and Evaluation (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Wind Comfort and Action on Structures (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- New Trends in Long-Life Road Infrastructures: Materials and Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Geological Modeling and Geomechanical Characterization of Rock Masses for Civil and Mining Engineering Practice (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Smart Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- New Digital Technologies for Masonry Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Feature Review Papers in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Innovative Building Materials for Sustainable Built Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Rock Mass Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Current Technological, Methodological, and Organizational Research Trends in the Construction Industry, Second Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Steel Structural Stability in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Recent Research Developments in Seismic Design and Risk Assessment: From the Large Spatial Scale to Individual Cases (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Analysis and Design of Pavement Structure (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Analysis and Design for Sustainable and Durable Structural Concrete in Infrastructures (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Fracture Mechanics of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Structural Mechanics in Materials and Construction (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Mortarless and Interlocking Structures: Towards Environmentally Friendly Construction (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Towards the Road of Future—Sustainability and Innovation in Pavement Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Emerging Technologies and Advances in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Application of Fuzzy Sets in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Application of Intelligent Materials in Inspection, Repair and Reinforcement of Infrastructure (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advanced Research on Tunnel Slope Stability and Land Subsidence (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- New Trends of Digital Technology Application in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advances in Tunnel and Underground Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Mechanical Properties and Engineering Applications of Special Soils (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advances in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Artificial Ground Freezing Technology (Deadline: 29 July 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring for Bridge Structures (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Applications of Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Pavement Construction: Material Characterization and Durability Analysis (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Novel Construction Material: Advances and Applications (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Mechanical and Structural Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Identification and Measurement of Displacements and Deformations of Engineering Structures: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Challenges for Sustainable Building: Innovation, Development and Characterisation of New Material Products and Systems (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainability in Asphalt Pavement and Road Construction (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Advancements of 4th Industrial Revolution in Seismic Assessment, Repair and Design of Structures (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advances in Cement-Based Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Durability and Intelligent Evaluation of Concrete Structures (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Applications of High-Performance Concrete in Construction (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Seismic Design and Ductility Evaluation of Concrete Filled Thin-Walled Steel Tubular Columns (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Advances in Tunnel and Underground Construction (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Advanced Technologies in Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- City Resilience to Windstorm Hazard (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence Monitoring and Early Warning in Rock Engineering (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Advanced Technologies in Asphalt Materials, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Rock Mass Characterization: Failure and Mechanical Behavior (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Latest Advances in Modeling, Monitoring and Structural Analysis for Large-Scale Civil Structure (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Mining Industry (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Applications (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Latest Research on Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Foundation Treatment in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Fiber Optic Sensing in Civil Engineering: Recent Applications and Developments in Structural and Geotechnical Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Smart Green Technology in Railway Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Seismic and Energy Retrofitting of Existing Buildings (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Soil Liquefaction in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Pavement Materials for Sustainable Construction (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- New Insights into Finite Element Analysis for Building Structure Assessment (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Microstructure of Low-CO2 Construction Materials (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent and Multidisciplinary Developments in Natural Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Structural Dynamics in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Advances in Intelligent Bridge: Maintenance and Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Structural and Earthquake Engineering: Advances, Innovations and Challenges (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Reliability and Risk Analysis of Structures and Applications to Design and Optimization, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Bridge Structural Analysis (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Recent Advances of Low-Carbon Cement (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- State of the Art of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Earthquake Engineering: Geological Impacts and Disaster Assessment (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advances in High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, Second Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Geotechnical Engineering and Infrastructure Construction (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Soil-Structure Interaction in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advances in Tunneling and Underground Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Technical Advances in Recycled Construction Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- High Reliability Building Structures: Retrofits, Designs and Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Current Progress and Road Ahead (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Structural Analysis and Seismic Resilience in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Monitoring, Prevention and Control of Dynamic Disasters in Underground Space Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances in Reinforced Concrete Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Stability Control of Underground Openings under High Stress and Deep Mining Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advanced Technologies in SHM, Performance Evaluation, and Reliabilty Analysis (Deadline: 7 October 2024)
- Sustainable Technologies and Measures for Urban and Building Rehabilitation (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Risk (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Technologies in Landfills (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Buildings (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Building Information Modeling (BIM): Advance and Future Trends (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Recycled Aggregate and Recycled Aggregate Concrete (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- New Trends in Sustainable Concrete and Its Structural Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring for Concrete Dam (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Underground Construction Technologies (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- The Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics in Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Study on Lightweight Concrete: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Bridge Design and Structural Performance: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Smart Buildings: Integrating BIM and Artificial Intelligence for New Challenges of Design (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Natural and Artificial Fibers in Geoengineering Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Rock Mechanics in Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advances in Deformation Control Technologies for Deep Excavations in Congested Urban Areas: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advances in Performance Monitoring and Anomaly Detection across Structures and Industrial Processes (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- The Application of Machine Learning in Geotechnical Engineering, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Health Monitoring of Existing Building Stock: New Insights and Strategies (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Geomaterials: Latest Advances in Materials for Construction and Engineering Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Technical, Material, Structural, and Managerial Issues in Prefabricated Construction (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Infrastructure Management and Maintenance: Methods and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Rock Mechanics (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Cross-Scale Cracks in Rock Mass Under Multi-Phase and Multi-Field Coupling (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advancements in Fire Safety Science and Engineering: From Fundamental Understanding to Practical Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Concrete Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Recent Research on Tunneling and Underground Engineering (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Advances in Structural Dynamics of Construction Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Civil Infrastructures Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Vibration Monitoring and Control of the Built Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in the Building Information Modelling (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Seepage Problems in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 3 July 2026)
- Green and Low-Carbon Concrete Technology and Construction (Deadline: 3 July 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: