Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The safety of engineering structures against natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, winds, fires, and tsunamis) is a subject of great interest to researchers and is important for protecting human life and reducing economic losses. In the last few decades, with advancing knowledge and technological development on understanding and interpreting the mechanisms of natural hazards, new components, connections, devices, and structural systems have been proposed for mitigating the damages of engineering structures. New testing and computation methods are being developed to analyze and design them.

This Special Issue is dedicated but not limited to current research on experimental, theoretical, computational, and relevant research works on advanced methods in disaster mitigation of engineering structures, including the following: analyzing and simulating natural hazards; damage assessment of engineering structures under natural hazards; modeling and applications of new construction materials for structural engineering; design methodologies of newly developed structural components and systems; advanced testing and modeling technologies; maintenance, repair and retrofit of existing structures; vulnerability, risk and reliability assessment of engineering structures under earthquakes, winds, fires, and tsunami; and advanced methods for the evaluation and design of resistance and resilience of structural systems.

Dr. Liqiang Jiang
Dr. Fengqi Guo
Dr. Linli Duan
Dr. Yi Hu
Guest Editors

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• structural engineering
• natural hazard
• testing technique
• computation technique
• AI-aimed simulation
• construction material
• structural design method
• retrofit and repair
• vulnerability and risk
• damage assessment
• performance-based design

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