Safety and Sustainability in Structural Engineering and Seismic Designs
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editor
Interests: analysis and design of structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on safety and sustainability, which are two main concerns in modern structural engineering. Seismic activity sometimes results in catastrophic damage in bridges, buildings, ports, etc., in terms of human casualties, property destruction, and budgetary stress. Sustainability is also a very modern requirement. Natural resource consumption stresses the climate, as well as animal and vegetal life both on land and at sea. Global pollution deteriorates the planet, leading to inhabitable conditions. Construction is an activity that is quite demanding of natural resources so there is a need reconsider the focus of classical construction methods while innovating through more safe and sustainable strategies. Authors are invited to contribute new knowledge in the areas of safe, sustainable structures and construction in structural engineering.
Dr. Fernando González Vidosa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- safety
- sustainability
- seismic
- bridges
- buildings
- ports
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