Emerging Techniques for Performance-Enhanced Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 8698
Special Issue Editors
Interests: concrete/masonry structures; structural reliablity and risk; performance-based engineering; computational structural mechanics; finite element modeling; probabilistic structural health monitoring; earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Interests: concrete buildings and bridges; model updating; Bayesian inference; earthquake engineering; structural dynamics; experimental testing; strong motion seismology; structural health monitoring
Interests: nonlinear finite element analysis; peridynamics; computational structural reliability and sensitivity; probabilistic engineering mechanics; soil–structure interaction; high-speed vehicle–track–bridge dynamic interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reinforced concrete (RC) and masonry buildings have played an important role in the development of civilization and urbanization of the world, due to their excellent durability and unparallel strength, by leveraging the two most commonly used construction materials, steel and concrete. Their design, following the conventional prescriptive codes, has been improved significantly in the past few decades, leading to enhanced seismic performance of RC and concrete masonry buildings. However, engineers and researchers have not been satisfied with the current state of practice, particularly after observing potential performance- or resilience-related problems in historical seismic events. Aiming at more advanced seismic design of RC and masonry buildings, significant efforts have been devoted to developing and applying emerging techniques in structural earthquake engineering. These techniques include, but are not limited to, creative design concepts, innovative seismic response modification devices, reliable numerical simulation tools, automative design methods using machine learning and artificial intelligence, novel performance-based design and resilience assessment framework development. As such, the aim and scope of this Special Issue is to collect papers on the recent development and applications of the various emerging techniques that contribute to performance-enhanced seismic design of RC and masonry buildings.
Dr. Yong Li
Dr. Rodrigo Astroza
Dr. Quan Gu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- concrete buildings
- concrete masonry buildings
- seismic design
- structural modeling and simulation
- artificial intellligence
- performance-based engineering
- structural resilience
- performance during past earthquakes
- retrofit strategies
- seismic isolation and energy dissipation
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