Vibration Serviceability of Civil Engineering Structures

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue and create impact on developing the Vibration as a medium for discussing and advancing the work in our research field.

Vibration serviceability limit state is increasingly governing the design of contemporary, typically light-weight, lightly-damped and low-frequency, civil engineering structures. To successfully address this challenge, it is necessary to develop a better understanding of the uncertainties and variabilities in dynamic loading, structure models, and user response to (and interaction with) vibrating structures.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art experimental and numerical research in vibration serviceability of civil engineering structures. The topics to be covered include:

• Modelling dynamic loading scenarios and resulting forces, especially those generated by human actions;
• Characterizing the dynamics of civil engineering structures;
• Quantifying influence of uncertainties and/or variabilities in loading and structure properties on the vibration response;
• Developing models for human–human and human–structure interactions;
• Establishing criteria for vibration receivers (such as humans and vibration sensitive facilities).

Contributions related to development of novel experimental techniques relevant for the advancement of any stage of vibration serviceability evaluation and characterizations of human response to (not only) vibration in a multi-sensory environment are particularly welcome.

Vibration (ISSN 2571-631X) is dedicated to the scientifically-rigorous dissemination of peer-reviewed publications pertinent to vibration science and engineering. All accepted manuscripts submitted in 2018 will be published in open access, with article processing charges (APCs) waived.

Dr. Stana Živanović
Guest Editor

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