Buildings and Infrastructures under Natural Hazards
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 4598
Special Issue Editors
Interests: risk and fragility analysis; earthquake; seismology; seismics; earthquake seismology; earthquake engineering; civil engineering; seismotectonics; engineering seismology; earthquake prediction; tectonics; applied geophysics; active tectonics
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Interests: dynamics of structures; structural control; earthquake engineering; progressive collapse
Interests: smart structures; digital twins; immersive technologies; robotic construction; resilience; reliability; structural health monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Investigating building vulnerability and risk is crucial in order to evaluate the impact of natural hazards on exposed assets within a country or region. This assessment can be performed using both numerical methods, as well as information collected via the thorough monitoring of buildings and infrastructures or thorough testing. In addition, within the topic of this Special Issue, the impact of climate change on design codes is another topic which will considerably influence the construction industry in the future.
We welcome papers on the following and related topics, including (but not limited to) the following:
- The evaluation of seismic and wind vulnerability and the risk of buildings;
- The monitoring of buildings and infrastructures;
- Simulation and modelling;
- Structural testing;
- Databases of natural hazards;
- The impact of climate change on design codes;
- The collapse analysis of buildings.
Dr. Florin Pavel
Dr. George-Bogdan Nica
Dr. Ehsan Noroozinejad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- numerical modelling
- structural health monitoring
- structural testing
- seismic vulnerability
- wind tunnel testing
- collapse analysis
- structural testing
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