Structural Seismic Design and Evaluation

Dear Colleagues,

Recent decades have witnessed significant damage induced in structures after the occurrence of strong earthquakes. This has led researchers around world to address many issues concerning structural seismic design and evaluation for different types of structures, including steel and concrete buildings.

This Special Issue will provide a publishing platform for the worldwide community of researchers, in traditional and emerging subdisciplines of the field related to seismic behavior assessment and structural design, to present and discuss recent advancements in this broader field. Original papers dealing with experimental and analytical evaluation procedures will be considered for publication.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics considered to be within the scope of this Special Issue:

• Effects of the selection and scaling of strong motions on the seismic response of structures.
• Evaluation of the reliability of concrete and steel structures with energy-dissipating devices.
• Seismic performance and risk analysis of structures.
• Deterministic and probabilistic methods of dynamic analysis in structural engineering.
• Experimental and computational simulation of dynamic effects on structures.
• Seismic behavior and modelling of non-structural elements.
• Quantification of earthquake demand and structural capacity.
• Seismic regulations and building codes.
• Dynamic soil–structure interaction.
• Passive and active systems for earthquake protection.
• Methods for earthquake-resistant design and retrofit of structures.
• Seismic performance of new structural systems.

Prof. Dr. Alfredo Reyes-Salazar
Dr. Federico Valenzuela-Beltrán
Dr. Mario D. Llanes-Tizoc
Guest Editors

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