Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Current Progress and the Road Ahead, Second Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2026) | Viewed by 710
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Interests: geotechnical earthquake engineering; soil dynamics; structural dynamics; seismic slope stability; earthquake-induced landslides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences will be devoted to geotechnical earthquake engineering and consider current progress in this area and the road ahead. The safety of facilities and structures in seismically active areas is threatened by earthquakes, a subject that has attracted widespread attention. There have been major improvements in our scientific understanding of, and subsequent advances in, geotechnical earthquake engineering due to the increase in recorded in situ data and the large number of case studies on the observed effects of recent major earthquakes. More advanced modelling methodologies and consideration of the effects of seismic soil and rock on the analysis and design of facilities and structures will undoubtedly result in a better understanding of the theory and practice of geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Dr. Jian Song
Dr. Bin Ruan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seismology and geology relevant to earthquake engineering
- dynamic properties and constitutive behaviour of soils and rocks
- wave propagation and scattering in soils and rocks
- ground motions and site effects
- seismic slope stability and reinforcement
- soil liquefaction
- seismic analysis and design of tunnels, dams, bridges, and buildings
- foundation and soil–structure interactions
- seismic performance and seismic damage
- ground vibrations
- pile dynamics
- probabilistic methods in earthquake engineering
- earthquake reconnaissance and database
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