Numerically predicting the short- and long-term performance of bridge structures or components is essential for design and construction. Evaluating the integrity of construction materials through material tests or numerical simulation is the first step for the design and construction of bridge structures.

Bridge structures are generally exposed to a harsh in-service environment, and the ultimate capacity, fatigue performance, stability, and durability behaviour are essential for construction materials in bridge engineering applications. There are a lot of high-performance construction materials used in bridge engineering, such as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), engineered cementitious composite (ECC), ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), and high strength steel (HSS) amongst others. Hence it is important to evaluate the integrity of high-performance as well as traditional construction materials used in innovative bridge structures/components to promote scientific issues associated with the design, safety, reliability, and integrity of construction materials.

This Special Issue aims to collate original research that provide the data, models, and tools necessary to assess the failure mechanisms, fatigue damage calculation, stability behaviour, and durability of construction materials used in innovative bridge structures or components, taking into account several environmental conditions, temperature, corrosion, etc. Therefore, researchers are invited to provide original research and review articles that seek accurate and efficient failure analysis, fatigue damage evaluation, bulking analysis, and long-term behaviour prediction related to the construction materials used in the bridge engineering field.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)
• Engineered cementitious composite (ECC)
• Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)
• High strength steel (HSS)
• Creep and shrinkage of construction materials
• Environmental effects on construction materials
• The durability of materials and innovative bridge structures/components
• Failure analysis and case studies
• Performance degradation modeling and analysis
• Fatigue crack initiation and propagation