Advanced Research on Structural Multi-Hazard Risk and Disaster Prevention
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vibration control; smart disaster prevention; structural dynamics; advanced material; seismic engineering; material mechanics; intelligent optimization
Interests: structural health monitoring; damage detection; deterioration repair of in-service structures and seismic reinforcement with UHPC
Interests: seismic mitigation; resilience improvement of engineering structures
Interests: structural fire engineering; life-cycle cost; performance-based design; fire risk analysis; wildland-urban-interface fires
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Engineering structures are exposed to various hazards during their service life, including earthquakes, strong winds, fires, and flooding. These hazards differ significantly in their spatiotemporal characteristics and underlying mechanisms. Moreover, complex coupling effects or cascading disaster processes may occur between different hazard types. Such phenomena pose serious threats to the safety of both structures and human beings. Currently, research on the multi-hazard effects and resilience theory of engineering structures remains limited. Additionally, the applicability and reliability of existing resilience enhancement approaches under complex disaster scenarios require further investigation and improvement.
This Special Issue aims to systematically explore advanced research on the resilience assessment and disaster mitigation of engineering structures under multiple hazards. It emphasizes the integration of theoretical analysis, experimental investigations, numerical simulations, and machine learning techniques to reveal the damage mechanisms and failure evolution patterns of structures under single or coupled hazards. Furthermore, the issue highlights the need for innovative strategies to enhance structural disaster resilience, including the application of high-performance, disaster-resistant materials, advanced vibration control devices, performance-based design methodologies, and intelligent disaster monitoring systems.
We sincerely welcome submissions of original, innovative research from scholars worldwide. This Special Issue particularly encourages (but is not limited to) contributions in the following areas:
- Resilience assessment of individual buildings and building clusters under natural and human-induced hazards;
- Analysis of coupled multi-hazard effects and cascading disaster processes;
- Large-scale experimental investigations of structural behavior under extreme conditions;
- Disaster prevention technologies based on advanced materials, structural systems, and vibration control devices;
- Research on materials, components, and systems to enhance structural fire resilience;
- Performance evaluation and optimization of resilient enhancement methods;
- Intelligent monitoring and sensing technologies for structural multi-hazard responses;
- Applications of machine learning in structural multi-hazard analysis and mitigation solutions.
By compiling innovative research on multi-hazard analysis, resilience assessment, and disaster-prevention technologies, this Special Issue seeks to advance theoretical and methodological developments in structural disaster prevention. The contributions in this issue will also provide academic support for improving the safety and resilience of engineering structures throughout their life cycles.
We warmly invite researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to share their expertise and latest results.
Dr. Zhongwei Hu
Dr. Erjiang Cui
Dr. Zhang Ge
Dr. Chenzhi Ma
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- resilience assessment
- multi-hazard risk analysis
- large-scale experiment
- disaster mitigation strategies
- vibration control
- fire risk analysis
- wildland–urban–interface fire
- performance-based design
- intelligent monitoring and sensing
- machine learning
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