Structural Dynamic Disaster and Protection

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, hazardous dynamic loads originating from earthquakes, impacts (i.e.: vehicles, ships, rockfalls, and debris flows), and blasts due to natural disasters and accidents have caused catastrophic and devastating structural failures. The mitigation of those dynamic loads on structures and the development of protective structures have become the major concerns for the life safety and resilience of buildings and infrastructures. As a result, it is of great scientific significance and engineering application value to study the dynamic behavior, damage mechanism, and protection measures of engineering structures under dynamic loads.

In this Special Issue, we are looking for papers and case studies of recent studies on structural dynamic disasters and protection. The guest editors cordially welcome high-quality papers focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Earthquake disaster and countermeasures;
• Vehicle impact on road and bridge infrastructure;
• Ship impact on bridge structures;
• Drop weight impact;
• Rockfall and debris flow impact;
• Blast effects on structures;
• Behavior and failure of materials under dynamic loads;
• Behavior and failure of structures under dynamic loads;
• Materials for absorption of dynamic loads;
• Structures and devices for absorption of dynamic loads;
• Advanced numerical simulation method;
• Design method.

Dr. Lei Zhao
Prof. Dr. Zhixiang Yu
Dr. Xiang Zhu
Dr. Rong Zhang
Dr. Yang Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.