We are delighted to announce the winners of the Structures prizes 2025, celebrating the highest-quality research published in the journal during 2024.
Best Research Paper
The Best Research Paper Prize is awarded to:
'Experimental study on direct-shear behaviour of narrow joints in socket connections for precast pier-to-pile footing systems'
Mingzhu Chen, Wouter De Corte, Haibo Jiang, Luc Taerwe
Structures, Volume 61, March 2024, 106006
This paper will be free to read until mid-August.
Test setup for precast concrete pier-to-pile footings
Best Research into Practice Paper
The Best Research into Practice Paper Prize is awarded to:
'Robustness assessment of precast concrete connections using component-based modelling'
Kamil Riedel, Robert Vollum, Bassam Izzuddin, Glen Rust
Structures, Volume 59, January 2024, 105689
This open-access paper is free to read on a permanent basis.
Bracketed precast concrete connection