Advanced Structural Analysis for Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 961
Editors
Interests: experimental dynamics; infrastructures; computational dynamics; hysteresis modeling; structural health monitoring; architectural heritage; timber engineering; seismic vulnerability assessment; rocking structures; concrete-filled steel tubes; integral abutment bridges
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Interests: structural analysis; earthquake engineering; structural dynamics; finite element analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of computers has led to a substantial change in the design and seismic analysis of structures. Strongly approximate procedures, foreseen by the previous regulations, are considered superseded by the most recent regulations. In particular, nonlinear dynamic analyses are increasingly used in the seismic design of complex structures. Buildings experience significant inelastic deformations under large earthquakes; the analysis method can account for strength and stiffness deterioration, and it may represent the structural behavior more realistically.
However, nonlinear analyses require significantly more effort and expertise in terms of the material behavior. What is the trade-off between accuracy and computational cost in seismic response simulations? Are nonlinear dynamic analyses always necessary? What is the degree of the conventionality of approximate methods, such as linear and nonlinear statics and linear dynamics? Recently, many scholars have tackled the analysis of the seismic response of structures from both a theoretical (development of new methods) and an applicational point of view. This Special Issue intends to collect recent research contributions on the seismic response of structures, from method investigations to noteworthy case studies. The novel methods will include structural analysis methods and numerical modelling approaches for the seismic design and assessment of buildings based on deterministic and probabilistic approaches. Original contributions containing fundamental and applied research, case studies, or state-of-the-art reviews are encouraged to be submitted to this Special Issue.
Dr. Angelo Aloisio
Dr. Dag Pasquale Pasca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seismic design
- structural dynamics
- structural analysis
- seismic retrofitting
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