Hydraulic structures are critical for water management. Yet many structures continue to be neglected, in poor condition, and inadequate in adapting to evolving societal challenges associated with shifting climatic events and population growth. In this context, hydraulic structures engineering should be moving from traditional design considerations toward sustainability, that is, continuing to meet current and future social, environmental, and economic needs. This requires this community to embrace and help advance global and multidisciplinary perspectives. Therefore, this article presents the authors' point of view on current trends, concerns, and needs related to hydraulic structures engineering. Furthermore, the authors propose a new, forward‐looking framework for the consideration of the hydraulic structures community that is grounded on the evolution of interconnected research tools and methodologies in addition to emphasizing and bolstering strong links between academia and industry. The evolution of this framework has naturally originated from the pervasive challenge of validating the design and operation of hydraulic structures in the field for frequent and extreme conditions. The authors suggest that future developments of hydraulic structures engineering require (a) continuous updating of complementary tools and methodologies following technological developments, (b) addressing the lack of detailed field observations, (c) increasing interactions of hydraulic specialists with other scientific disciplines and water experts, and (d) restoring a strong collaboration between academia and industry. It is anticipated that in this way the hydraulic structures community, and all of society, will make a new step toward more sustainable and resilient interactions with nature and between communities in water management.

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水工结构工程：瞬息万变的世界中不断发展的科学

水力结构对于水管理至关重要。然而，许多结构仍然处于恶劣的状况，仍然被忽视，并且不足以适应与气候变化和人口增长相关的不断发展的社会挑战。在这种情况下，水工结构工程应从传统的设计考虑转向可持续性，即继续满足当前和未来的社会，环境和经济需求。这要求该社区拥护并帮助推进全球和多学科的观点。因此，本文提出了作者对与水工结构工程有关的当前趋势，关注点和需求的观点。此外，作者提出了一个新的建议，除了强调和加强学术界与工业界之间的紧密联系外，还基于水工结构界的前瞻性框架，该框架以相互关联的研究工具和方法论的发展为基础。该框架的发展自然源于普遍存在的挑战，即在频繁和极端条件下验证现场水力结构的设计和操作。作者认为，水工结构工程的未来发展要求（a）随着技术的发展而不断更新补充工具和方法，（b）解决缺乏详细现场观察的问题，（c）增加水工专家与其他科学学科和水的互动专家，（d）恢复学术界与工业界之间的强有力合作。可以预期，水工结构社区以及整个社会将朝着与自然界以及水管理社区之间更可持续，更具弹性的互动迈出新的一步。