Innovative Approaches in Earthquake and Structural Engineering: Resilience, Performance, and Sustainability
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2025 | Viewed by 612
Special Issue Editors
Interests: earthquake engineering; dynamics of structures; rammed earth; earthen construction; heritage structures
Interests: earthquake engineering; durability analysis; repair and retrofitting strategies; sustainable construction; structural monitoring techniques; innovative construction technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry is currently one of the biggest consumers of resources and a major contributor to climate change. The greatest threat to our planet is the climate emergency. With regard to the future of the economy, the protection of the environment and the benefits for people are unavoidable values.
With the increasing demand for innovation and development in seismic and structural engineering to ensure adequate structural performance, safety, robustness, and resilience while improving productivity, labour safety, quality, cost efficiency, and work efficiency, greater attention needs to be paid to selecting more sustainable solutions. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences aims to explore the latest technological breakthroughs, methods, approaches, and practises in construction. The focus is on presenting multidisciplinary research papers that offer new insights, effective solutions, and practical applications to the challenges in the field. This edition also aims to provide an opportunity for academic and professional discussions on management, structural and material design, technology, and construction. Numerical, experimental, and review papers are accepted to bring together the findings of numerous researchers and to address the constant challenges of technological advancement.
This Special Issue addresses a wide range of topics relevant to new or historic structures aimed at improving safety, robustness, and long-term seismic performance and sustainability, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Natural building materials, such as rammed earth, unfired brick, stone, and timber;
- Recycled materials, such as concrete with recycled aggregates;
- Protection, conservation, and restoration of cultural heritage;
- Smart sustainable materials;
- Automated fabrication techniques, such as 3D printing;
- Applications of artificial intelligence in design, construction management, and process control;
- Repair and retrofitting strategies;
- Solutions for seismic isolation or energy dissipation;
- Innovative applications and methods in the field of non-destructive techniques;
- Monitoring strategies;
- Structural optimisation;
Dr. Ivan Kraus
Dr. Davide Lavorato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- earthquake engineering
- structural resilience
- seismic risk mitigation
- heritage structures
- earth-based materials
- smart materials
- sustainable building solutions
- seismic isolation systems
- 3D printing
- AI in construction engineering
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