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Structural Analysis and Seismic Resilience in Civil Engineering

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 5494

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Shehata E. Abdel Raheem

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Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
Interests: structural dynamics; structural analysis; earthquake engineering; structural control; finite element simulation; bridge engineering
Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum

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Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: earthquake engineering; structural analysis and design; structural health monitoring; finite element modeling and analysis; building codes; nonlinear analysis; construction engineering; structural optimization; building materials; construction materials; protection of cultural heritage; structural engineering; seismic design; cultural studies; conservation and restoration of cultural heritage; structural reliability; civil engineering materials adobe; nondestructive testing; sustainable construction; civil engineering technology; construction technology; life-cycle assessment; reinforced concrete buildings; masonry buildings
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Dr. Dario De Domenico

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Department of Engineering, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: performance-based seismic design; seismic isolation; earthquake engineering; innovative structural control systems; limit-state behavior of reinforced concrete structures; strengthening techniques of reinforced concrete structures
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Structural analysis and seismic resilience in civil engineering have paid significant attention to the dynamics of engineering facilities and their social and economic functions, including essential functions of buildings and infrastructures. Modern society requires that structures exhibit higher levels of resilience, especially under earthquakes. The measure of resilience can adequately reflect a city’s capacity to withstand disasters. Quantitative results of seismic resilience assessments in the pre-earthquake environment can further support emergency response planning and seismic retrofits strategies. Thus, the seismic resilience of civil structures is gaining increasing interest as a special approach that goes beyond design codes. Resilience is the ability to absorb or avoid damage without experiencing complete failure, and should be the goal of design, maintenance and restoration of buildings and infrastructures. Mitigating structural damage to infrastructure under such seismic motions remains a major challenge. The continuous development of new materials, novel analysis techniques, design concepts, and numerical analysis tools presents promising advances that could help the research community and designers overcome design and implementation challenges in creating resilient structures.

This Special Issue is focused on recent advances in structural analysis and seismic resilience within civil engineering. We welcome articles that focus on the latest developments in innovative techniques and solutions for structural analysis, seismic resilience, seismic hazard resilient structures, performance-based design, and innovative structural systems for earthquake-resilient buildings. The collection will be of interest to academics and structural and construction engineers but also architects and other professionals involved in the building and construction fields. The submission of original research studies, review papers, and experimental and/or numerical investigations focused on the structural analysis and seismic resilience of buildings and infrastructures is warmly encouraged. Both new projects/applications and interventions on existing structural systems will be of interest for the Special Issue.

Contributions on the following topics are welcome. Potential topics that fall in the scope of the research topic include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Advanced composite materials for retrofitting
  • Analysis of constructional materials under seismic loads
  • Damage detection and condition assessment
  • Damage limitation design and life-cycle sustainability
  • Innovative practices in seismic-resilient structural design
  • Innovative structural systems for damage minimization and recoverability after earthquakes
  • Integrated techniques for the seismic retrofitting and strengthening
  • New structural systems for resilient structures
  • Performance-based seismic design of structures
  • Seismic hazard and risk-mitigation measures
  • Multi-level seismic performance of critical infrastructures under design-basis earthquakes and maximum-credible earthquakes
  • Seismic resilience assessment
  • Seismic safety assessment and retrofit of existing structures
  • Seismic vulnerability assessment of structures
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Structural vibration control
  • Vibration analysis and dynamic characterization

Prof. Dr. Shehata E. Abdel Raheem
Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum
Dr. Dario De Domenico
Guest Editors

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Comparative Analysis and Evaluation of Seismic Response in Structures: Perspectives from Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis to Pushover Analysis
by César A. Rodríguez, Ángel Mariano Rodríguez Pérez, Raúl López and Julio José Caparrós Mancera
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(6), 2504; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14062504 - 15 Mar 2024
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This study presents a detailed comparative analysis of different methods for evaluating seismic response in structures, focusing on maximum displacements and collapse assessment. The results obtained through modal spectral analysis, non-linear dynamic analysis, and the incremental pushover analysis applied to a specific structure [...] Read more.
This study presents a detailed comparative analysis of different methods for evaluating seismic response in structures, focusing on maximum displacements and collapse assessment. The results obtained through modal spectral analysis, non-linear dynamic analysis, and the incremental pushover analysis applied to a specific structure are compared. It has been found that the choice of time step and the consideration of ductility are critical for obtaining accurate predictions. The results of the non-linear dynamic analysis of the building’s response indicate that an earthquake equivalent to the one that affected the city of Lorca (southeast Iberian Peninsula) in 2011 would have a devastating impact on the studied structure, highlighting the importance of the finite element method modelling in predicting the formation of plastic hinges and assessing structural safety. These findings highlight the importance of utilising multiple analysis approaches and detailed modelling to fully understand the seismic behaviour of structures and ensure adequate resistance and stability to extreme events. Full article
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Research on Seismic Performance and Reinforcement Methods for Self-Centering Rocking Steel Bridge Piers
by Hanqing Zhuge, Chenpeng Niu, Rui Du and Zhanzhan Tang
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(16), 9108; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13169108 - 10 Aug 2023
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To study the seismic performance of self-centering circular-section rocking steel bridge piers whose functions can be restored after an earthquake, a high-precision finite element (FE) analysis model of such a bridge piers was established. The hysteresis behavior of concrete-infilled and hollow rocking steel [...] Read more.
To study the seismic performance of self-centering circular-section rocking steel bridge piers whose functions can be restored after an earthquake, a high-precision finite element (FE) analysis model of such a bridge piers was established. The hysteresis behavior of concrete-infilled and hollow rocking steel bridge piers was compared. In response to the characteristics of the local deformation of the wall plates and elliptical deformation of the bottom surface, two reinforcement methods for the pier bottom, namely thickening the wall plate and adding longitudinal stiffeners in the plastic zone of the pier bottom, were proposed. The pseudo static analysis of bridge piers was carried out considering the effects of overall design parameters and reinforcement parameters of the pier bottom. The results indicate that the FE model used in this paper can obtain accurate horizontal load-displacement curves of rocking steel bridge piers. The hysteresis curves of the rocking steel bridge piers and infilled concrete rocking steel bridge piers is close, and directly using hollow steel bridge piers can improve the economic efficiency of the design. Compared to adding longitudinal stiffeners, the reinforcement form of thickened wall plates at the pier bottom has a better effect in improving the seismic performance of bridge piers. The reinforcement of the pier bottom has little effect on the energy dissipation capacity of the bridge pier, but it helps to reduce residual displacement and improve lateral stiffness. Full article
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Seismic Response and Recentering Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Frames: A Parametric Study
by Dario De Domenico, Emanuele Gandelli and Alberto Gioitta
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(14), 8549; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148549 - 24 Jul 2023
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The inelastic response of reinforced concrete (RC) frames under seismic loading is influenced by mechanical and geometrical properties and by the reinforcement arrangement of the beam–column members. In this paper, the seismic response and recentering behavior of RC frames is investigated numerically via [...] Read more.
The inelastic response of reinforced concrete (RC) frames under seismic loading is influenced by mechanical and geometrical properties and by the reinforcement arrangement of the beam–column members. In this paper, the seismic response and recentering behavior of RC frames is investigated numerically via cyclic pushover analysis and described by means of three synthetic behavioral indexes, namely a recentering index, a hardening index, and a ductility index. A fiber–hinge formulation is used to describe the inelastic behavior of the RC elements, and the versatile pivot hysteresis model is implemented at the material level to capture the possible pinching effects ascribed to the weak transverse reinforcement and to poor construction details that might be observed in the existing RC structures. This model is first validated against the experimental results from the literature and then applied, within a wide parametric study, to a set of 80 RC frame scenarios featured by various combinations of axial load levels and reinforcing details. As the output of this parametric study, practical design abacuses are constructed to describe the trends of the above-mentioned behavioral indexes, which are usefully related to specific mechanical and loading features of the analyzed RC frames. The reliability of the obtained results and the usefulness of the constructed abacuses in anticipating the overall cyclic behavior of a generic RC building, depending on the actual mechanical parameters of the RC sections at each story level, is finally demonstrated through a nonlinear time history analysis of an eight-story RC frame, representative of the substandard RC frames built in the 1970s in Italy. Full article
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Cyclic Behaviors of Geopolymeric Recycled Brick Aggregate Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Column
by Yanbin Ni, Xiancheng Liu, Yahui Chen and Ruyue Liu
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1235; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031235 - 17 Jan 2023
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Incorporating geopolymeric recycled brick aggregate concrete into steel tubes provides a promising solution to reduce environmental impact of construction and demolition waste. In this paper, geopolymeric recycled brick aggregate concrete-filled steel tubular column (GRBACFST) was developed to improve the environmental sustainability of composite [...] Read more.
Incorporating geopolymeric recycled brick aggregate concrete into steel tubes provides a promising solution to reduce environmental impact of construction and demolition waste. In this paper, geopolymeric recycled brick aggregate concrete-filled steel tubular column (GRBACFST) was developed to improve the environmental sustainability of composite column. Considering the replacement ratio of recycled brick aggregate (RBA), the thickness of the steel tube, type of cementitious materials and the axial compression ratio as the variation parameters, experimental research was performed to explore the cyclic behavior of GRBACFST columns, including the failure mode, bearing capacity, hysteresis curve, ductility and degradation characteristics. Results demonstrated that the failure of GRBACFST columns occurred in the region at column bottom, with the bulge of steel tube and crush of geopolymeric recycled brick aggregate concrete. The proposed GRBACFST columns exhibited favorable hysteretic behaviors with desired bearing capacity, excellent ductility, and energy dissipation behavior, which were enhanced by the increased thickness of the steel tube. The bearing capacity and ductility were reduced with the increase of axial compression ratio, while enhanced with thicker steel tube. Moreover, the degradation of stiffness and strength was more obvious under larger axial compression ratio. The increase of replacement ratio of RBA caused a significant reduction of bearing capacity, while it had few effect on the hysteretic index. It was concluded that the hysteretic behavior of proposed GRBACFST column was not sensitive to the types of cementitious material and geopolymers could serve as an eco-friendly binder for concrete. Full article
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