Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Structures

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that reinforced concrete (RC) structures built decades ago were designed according to old design codes and provisions, and their seismic performance tends to be much weaker than those designed by using the current codes and provisions. The structural deficiencies of RC structures designed according to the old codes and provisions, including low concrete strength, insufficient stirrup configuration, insufficient shear performance in joint regions or beam-column ends, and insufficient anchoring, etc., may lead to these structures being vulnerable to damage or failure due to the insufficient performance under earthquake activity. As a result, there is an urgent need for RC structures to be assessed and rehabilitated to avoid inevitable losses under seismic loadings, such as damage, failure, and collapse of structures, potentially resulting in loss of lives.

Within this frame, this Special Issue proposes a journey through different methodological approaches to address seismic rehabilitation optimization combining multiple aspects; thus, we are urgently inviting possible contributions dealing with:

• Methodological papers and case studies concerning the seismic assessment aspects/techniques;
• Numerical and experimental studies addressing seismic assessment and rehabilitation of old RC structures;
• Novel related techniques such as intelligent monitoring, smart assessment, and machine learning, etc.

We welcome the submission of original papers related to the above topics as well as those that deal generally with the related methodologies, numerical and experimental investigations, and case studies addressing the seismic assessment and rehabilitation of RC structures (i.e., composite structures).

Thank you for your contributions.

Dr. Fang Yuan
Dr. Yulin Feng
Dr. Huihui Li
Guest Editors

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