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Achieving Resilience and Other Challenges in Earthquake Engineering
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Achieving Resilience and Other Challenges in Earthquake Engineering

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 3893

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Francesco Cannizzaro

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Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Catania 95125, Italy
Interests: Masonry; Existing buildings; Nonlinear analysis; Historical buildings; Masonry arch bridges; Cracked structures; Vibrations
Prof. Dr. Nicola Impollonia

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Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: seismic retrofit; seismic structure; uncertian structures
Dr. Teresa Lombardo

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School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Interests: computational mechanics; structural dynamics; wave propagation; stochastic finite element method
Dr. Alessandro Palmeri

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School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Interests: structural dynamics; stochastic mechanics; bridge engineering; earthquake engineering; wind engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will include recent trends and challenges in the field of seismic structure engineering. Approximately 20,000 people are killed every year by this natural phenomenon and the average annual economic loss is around USD 100 billion  worldwide. Consequently, enhancing knowledge in the field of seismic structural engineering is a priority in order to increase the resilience of our society against earthquakes.

New research studies able to provide advances in seismic structure engineering are welcomed. The main topics covered by the Special Issue are the numerical modelling of structures subjected to earthquake loadings, experimental studies on the response of structures and on innovative strengthening techniques, new design approaches and seismic protection strategies, cultural heritage site preservation, structural health monitoring, and risk analysis under seismic hazards. Applications to both existing and new structures are welcomed, considering a wide variety of structural typologies (buildings and infrastructures) and materials (reinforced concrete, steel, masonry, timber).

This new Special Issue—hosted by the scientific journal Buildings—will garner excellent contributions and high-impact research in the field of seismic risk reduction and will show how novel materials/devices and effective design approaches may improve the final seismic performance of structures.

Dr. Francesco Cannizzaro
Prof. Dr. Nicola Impollonia
Dr. Teresa Lombardo
Dr. Alessandro Palmeri
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • earthquake engineering
  • numerical modelling
  • structural health monitoring
  • experimental test
  • seismic retrofitting
  • reinforced concrete structures
  • masonry structures
  • steel structures
  • timber structures
  • seismic protection devices

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Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Structure under Main–Aftershock Earthquake Sequences
by Chunli Zhang, Jie Li, Yangbing Liu, Qing Cheng and Zhuojun Sun
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 869; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14040869 - 22 Mar 2024
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Earthquakes are often followed by higher-intensity aftershocks, which tend to aggravate the accumulated and more severe damage to building structures. The seismic vulnerability of concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) structures under major aftershocks is more complex. In this paper, a CFST frame and a [...] Read more.
Earthquakes are often followed by higher-intensity aftershocks, which tend to aggravate the accumulated and more severe damage to building structures. The seismic vulnerability of concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) structures under major aftershocks is more complex. In this paper, a CFST frame and a frame with buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) are studied, and the finite element analysis software Midas 2022 is used to analyze the seismic vulnerability of the two types of structures under main shock and main–aftershock. The results show that the structural vulnerability of the two structures is significantly higher under the main–aftershock sequences than under the main shock alone. Compared with the CFST structure, the structure with BRBs can effectively reduce the structural displacement and the hysteretic energy, decrease the plastic deformation risk of the structural components, and improve the seismic performance. The structure with BRBs can significantly reduce the probability of structural collapse under the main–aftershock sequence and can provide a reliable guarantee of the stability of the building. Full article
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Parameter Optimization of Friction Pendulum Bearings Based on the Adaptive Genetic Algorithm Considering the Overall Evolutionary Status
by Guanghua Yin, Minglei Ma, Peng Jia and Xinxu Ma
Buildings 2024, 14(2), 435; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020435 - 05 Feb 2024
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Improper design of friction pendulum bearings can lead to poor seismic reduction performance and may result in the failure of local vulnerable components. And the parameter design of friction pendulum bearings mainly relies on experience and verification calculations at present. This paper proposes [...] Read more.
Improper design of friction pendulum bearings can lead to poor seismic reduction performance and may result in the failure of local vulnerable components. And the parameter design of friction pendulum bearings mainly relies on experience and verification calculations at present. This paper proposes an adaptive genetic algorithm considering the overall evolution state of the population, adjusting crossover and mutation probabilities adaptively based on individual fitness and population diversity. Compared to traditional algorithms, it exhibits better global search capabilities and convergence efficiency. Combining the improved genetic algorithm with finite element models, a parameter optimization method is proposed. The parameters of friction pendulum bearings are optimized. In response to the situation in this paper, the optimal friction coefficient of the friction pendulum bearing is determined to be 0.01 and the optimal equivalent radius is 3.3 m. This can provide a reference for the design of seismic isolation devices. Full article
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Seismic Repair Cost-Based Assessment for Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Archetype Buildings through Incremental Dynamic Analysis
by Juan Patricio Chicaiza-Fuentes and Ana Gabriela Haro-Baez
Buildings 2023, 13(12), 3116; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13123116 - 15 Dec 2023
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This study presents the performance-based seismic assessment of low-rise reinforced concrete archetype buildings, considering repair costs for ordinary moment-resistant frames (OMF) and dual systems consisting of OMF plus special shear walls (SSW). Historically, the OMF systems, conceived for residential purposes in Ecuador resulting [...] Read more.
This study presents the performance-based seismic assessment of low-rise reinforced concrete archetype buildings, considering repair costs for ordinary moment-resistant frames (OMF) and dual systems consisting of OMF plus special shear walls (SSW). Historically, the OMF systems, conceived for residential purposes in Ecuador resulting from informal construction, have reported poor responses under seismic forces. This study analyzes damage levels through fragility curves as a function of the maximum global drift reached through incremental dynamic analysis. For this, two archetypes with OMF and two with a similar configuration, including structural walls, are modeled to define a loss function and annual collapse probabilities. As a result, it is noted that systems with structural walls significantly reduce repair costs by between 75 and 90% of the total cost of the building, and prevent collapse. Systems with ordinary moment frames report total losses, implying their use should be limited in areas of high seismicity. Full article
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Determination of the Design Parameters of SMA Cables for Self-Centering Frame Structures
by Xiaolong Zhou, Qijie Yuan, Li Chen, Jie Chen, Taoxin Deng, Yaqing Hu and Ao Li
Buildings 2023, 13(4), 1019; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041019 - 13 Apr 2023
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In order to improve the force performance of traditional anti-buckling energy dissipation bracing with excessive non-recoverable deformation caused by strong seismic action, this paper presents a prestress-braced frame structure system with shape memory alloy (SMA) and investigates its deformation characteristics under a horizontal [...] Read more.
In order to improve the force performance of traditional anti-buckling energy dissipation bracing with excessive non-recoverable deformation caused by strong seismic action, this paper presents a prestress-braced frame structure system with shape memory alloy (SMA) and investigates its deformation characteristics under a horizontal load. Firstly, this paper establishes a theoretical analysis model by analyzing the geometric relationship between the deformation of SMA cables and inter-story displacement based on the internal force balance equation. The model is used to solve the anti-lateral displacement stiffness of the SMA cable-supported frame structure and to derive a reasonable formula for calculating the initial prestress and cross-sectional area of SMA cables. Then, the mechanical behavior of the SMA cable-supported frame structure system under an equivalent horizontal load is simulated using ABAQUS software and compared with the calculated results of conventional tie-supported and non-dissipative-supported frame structures. The results show that the force performance of the frame structure system determined by the SMA cable design method proposed in this paper is significantly improved under the horizontal load. Furthermore, it can ensure a certain ductility requirement of the frame structure system, which verifies the effectiveness of the design method of the SMA cable frame structure system proposed in this paper. Full article
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