The 2022 International Symposium on Structural Integrity (ISSI2022) will be held at Changsha, China, by Changsha University of Science and Technology, during October 14-16, 2022. The predecessor of the annual symposium, Fracture Mechanics series, took place each year from 2003 to 2009, was renamed as Structural Integrity series after 2010, and organized by China Structural Integrity Consortium (CSIC).

Critical infrastructure encompasses a vast array of engineered systems and assets, including the facilities for gas and oil storage, electrical power systems, transportation systems, etc. They are so vital that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the safety of people's lives and property. Undoubtedly, there is a significant need to ensure the security and durability of these infrastructure systems.. All this underpins the theme of ISSI2022, "Structural Integrity of Critical Infrastructure".

The stock of major energy and chemical infrastructure is huge, and a large part of it has entered or will enter the middle or late stage of service. It is facing severe damage and disaster risks, and the problem of service safety is becoming increasingly prominent. In addition, with the gradual and wide application of new energy such as hydrogen energy, its storage and transportation safety supervision and disaster prevention are also extremely urgent. Mastering the service safety status of massive major energy and chemical infrastructure and realizing efficient and accurate diagnosis are the keys to ensure its safe operation.

The aim of this symposium is hence to bring together people from both academic and industrial communities to exchange ideas and network friendship by discussing emerging structural integrity issues related to critical infrastructure, where papers toward are mostly welcome.