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Sustainable Seismic Engineering: Materials, Methods, and Multidisciplinary Approaches

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 3943

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Antonio Morales Esteban

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Department of Building Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Seville, 41002 Seville, Spain
Interests: seismic hazard; sustainability; seismic vulnerability; retrofitting; seismic zoning; signal processing; earthquake prediction; soil-structure interaction; dynamic analysis; historical seismicity; heritage
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Prof. Dr. María Victoria Requena García de la Cruz

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Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, Higher School of Engineering, Puerto Real, 11519 Cadiz, Spain
Interests: seismic engineering; seismic vulnerability; soil-structure interaction; numerical modelling; heritage; performance-based assessment; dynamic analysis; retrofitting; buildings

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Earthquakes represent an unpredictable phenomenon that causes major destruction. Most buildings in the world have been constructed with old seismic codes and less demanding energy requirements. Therefore, to achieve the United Nations' aim to make cities resilient and sustainable, major action must be taken. Moreover, the recent EU-Next Generation fund has emphasized the importance of conducting energy rehabilitation activities. Consequently, a new field has emerged in recent years in seismic engineering that combines seismic engineering with sustainability. This Special Issue aims to explore the connection between sustainability and seismic engineering.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • The use of recyclable material in seismic engineering;
  • Resilient materials for seismic engineering;
  • Innovative computational methods;
  • Geographical information systems;
  • Renewable materials for seismic engineering;
  • Seismic and energy retrofitting;
  • Environmental impact;
  • Lifecycle sustainability assessment;
  • Multidisciplinary approaches to seismic engineering;
  • Mixed seismic systems;
  • Sustainable seismic design;
  • Urban planning for sustainable seismic design;
  • Integrated solutions for seismic and energy retrofitting;
  • Seismo-energetic performance;
  • Optimal design for seismic and energy improvement
  • Decision-making for seismic resilience and sustainability;
  • Seismic and energy renovation measures for sustainable cities.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Morales Esteban
Prof. Dr. María Victoria Requena García de la Cruz
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • numerical methods
  • machine learning
  • risk communication
  • prevention
  • mitigation
  • urban planning
  • recyclable materials
  • environmental impact
  • multidisciplinary approach
  • retrofitting
  • seismic vulnerability

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Understanding the Impact of Seismic Hazard and Climate Conditions on Multi Criteria–Based Retrofitting of Existing Buildings
by Rita Couto, Gianrocco Mucedero, Rita Bento and Ricardo Monteiro
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 4318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104318 - 20 May 2024
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A large share of the reinforced concrete (RC) building stock in Mediterranean countries faces a dual challenge of seismic vulnerability and energy inefficiency, calling for urgent renovation efforts. While energy upgrades have been the focus of previous renovation policies, recent research highlights the [...] Read more.
A large share of the reinforced concrete (RC) building stock in Mediterranean countries faces a dual challenge of seismic vulnerability and energy inefficiency, calling for urgent renovation efforts. While energy upgrades have been the focus of previous renovation policies, recent research highlights the critical need for integrated retrofitting solutions that address both structural integrity and energy performance. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches are a promising tool for optimizing the combined choice of these integrated interventions, considering various decision variables (DVs) of economic, social, environmental, and technical nature. To understand the impact of climate and seismic hazard conditions on multi-criteria-based retrofitting assessment, a case-study RC school building is selected and assumed to be located in three distinct climate conditions, cold, mild, and warm, and three seismic hazard levels, low, medium and high. Moreover, given the complexity and challenges of quantifying seismic performance metrics for practitioners, an available simplified (practice-oriented) approach is compared herein with a more thorough research-based one for quantifying the seismic performance of RC buildings within the MCDM framework. Both approaches are applied to the case-study building, considering twelve possible combinations of energy and seismic interventions. The accuracy of the practice-oriented approach and its impact on the retrofitting rankings is evaluated, emphasizing the importance of accessible and efficient evaluation methods in facilitating informed decision-making for building renovation. Full article
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Dynamic Analysis of the Almagrera Tailings Dam with Dry Closure Condition
by Antonio Morales-Esteban, José Luis de Justo Alpañés, Pablo Castillo and Muhammet Karabulut
Sustainability 2024, 16(4), 1607; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041607 - 15 Feb 2024
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In light of growing concerns over sustainability, particularly in the wake of environmental disasters like the Aznalcollar dam break, the Spanish authorities have heightened their awareness of issues surrounding ore tailings management. The main aim of this paper is to study the dynamic [...] Read more.
In light of growing concerns over sustainability, particularly in the wake of environmental disasters like the Aznalcollar dam break, the Spanish authorities have heightened their awareness of issues surrounding ore tailings management. The main aim of this paper is to study the dynamic behavior for the dry closure of the Almagrera dam under the action of an earthquake. This study was carried out with the Plaxis 2D v9.02 program, which uses the finite element (FE) method. The dynamic analysis of the dam was interpreted in terms of deformations, displacements and principal stresses. The construction of the Uniform Seismic Hazard Acceleration Response Spectrum (USHARS) and the selection of real accelerograms for the time-history dynamic calculations is a noted feature of this research. Numerical analyses show that the dam is safe enough because a failure surface has not been formed, although several plastic zones may appear in the dam. The FE study of deformations display that the tailings may attain large deformations, displacements and failure, although this does not jeopardize the safety of the dam where the displacements are smaller than 3 mm. Neither the tailings nor the dam are expected to suffer liquefaction. It was determined that the 0.09 g threshold value is not exceeded in the acceleration-time graphs on the old reservoir field surface, which is the most critical situation. Full article
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