Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Seismic resistance of building structures is always an important issue for countries locating at earthquake prone regions. Following the rapid development of engineering technologies, new seismic design, analysis, and retrofit methods have been proposed to capture and/or enhance the performances of building structures under earthquake ground motions. Reliable analysis and design approaches, either analytical approximation or numerical simulation, could be used to predict structural seismic capacities. Various damper devices and seismic isolators have been applied for better resistances against large earthquakes.

This Special Issue focuses on the seismic vulnerability assessment of any kind of building structures. The topics include analytical and numerical seismic vulnerability assessments for conventional building frames and building frames designed or retrofitted with structural dampers or isolators. This Special Issue aims at exchanging the ideas and knowledge on recent advances in practical assessment approaches for seismic vulnerability. Original contributions containing fundamental and practical studies, case studies, or state-of-the art reviews are welcomed to be submitted to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Meng-Hao Tsai
Guest Editor

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• seismic resistance
• building vulnerability
• seismic analysis
• vulnerability assessment
• building isolation
• building dampers