Novel Approaches for Optimal Design and Seismic Performance Assessment for Civil Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The advent, development, and application of novel “smart” materials in Civil Engineering structures (for instance, SMA bars and devices) have led to a new perspective on the optimum design and performance evaluation of such structures under seismic actions. Moving towards this goal, new techniques have recently been introduced, such as advanced computational modeling, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and fuzzy logic tools.

Since earthquakes are mostly unpredictable, contributions on the best performance of Civil Structures (buildings, bridges, offshore and coastal installations, wind turbines, etc.) against seismic actions using novel approaches are welcome in this Special Issue. Moreover, scientific disciplines in close relation include soil–structure interaction, stability, and dynamics. Finally, the broad spectrum of earthquake engineering by no means prohibits any other contributions to the field.

Prof. Dr. Dimitris Sophianopoulos
Dr. Charalampakis Aristotelis
Guest Editors

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