Special issue “Extreme Sciences and Engineering II”

The disruptions in the operations of our countries’ infrastructures can undermine the function of our societies and their economies. Such disruptions can result from many kinds of risks and uncertainties on installations and systems. There are many inci-dents recently that cause repercussions among the impacts of disruptions. New ideas and innovation for comprehensive, yet installation-specific approaches are necessary to secure the integrity of existing or future, public or private, connected and interdependent assets, installations, and infrastructure systems. Some new technologies (e.g. digital twins, remote sensing, quantum sensors, artificial intelligence, etc.) could make a revolutionary change in managing and maintaining our infrastructure systems and their assets towards circular economy. This Special Issue ‘Extreme Sciences and Engineering II’ enables transparent, fair, rapid communication of research that highlights the role of mechanics, sciences, and engineering in multidisciplinary areas across materials science, physics, and engineering.