Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This is a follow-up of the first edition of this Special Issue of Buildings, “Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures”.

The soil-structure interaction (SSI) is one of the most important and complex issues in civil engineering, and it has attracted the attention of many scholars in recent decades. Soils and structures, which naturally have different physical and mechanical properties, with compatibility conditions ensuring that their deformation can be analyzed as a whole. SSI changes the stress–strain state of the soil–structure system to some degree, and thus affects the safety and stability of the building. The study of SSI requires the use of interdisciplinary knowledge that includes soil mechanics, structural mechanics, foundation engineering, mathematics, and computer technology. Ultimately, furthering understanding of SSI can provide both a theoretical basis and practical methods for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of civil engineering structures.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to introduce new cutting-edge theory and approaches to the study of SSI, and areas of interest may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Laboratory and in situ tests of SSI;
• Contact surface constitutive theory;
• Multiscale numerical simulation of SSI;
• Advanced computational methods for SSI;
• Application of new theories and approaches to practical engineering.

Dr. Yan Xi
Dr. Jingshu Xu
Dr. Yu Tian
Guest Editors

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