Civil structures and infrastructures are continuously exposed to the multi-hazard threat of an ever-changing environment, and one of the most impactful challenges of structural mechanics and engineering is to guarantee their optimal performance, whether they are new or existing.\u00a0The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together the most recent research trends and advances in structural dynamics and analysis to support the needs of professionals and researchers engaged in the development and application of new modelling, design and assessment strategies capable of effectively describing the structural behaviour of civil structures and infrastructures under a variety of external actions such as earthquakes, wind, vibrations, and extreme loads leading to progressive collapse.\u00a0Within this framework, the open threads that are embraced in the issue are analytical, experimental, and numerical methods for evaluating the linear and non-linear structural response; implications of modelling assumptions in the design and assessment processes of new and existing structures; advanced approaches for dynamic analysis, also in view of a probabilistic framework; appraisal of different methods of analysis; problems of dynamic interaction. Another key aspect is related to modelling and characterization of structural materials, from traditional ones, such as reinforced concrete, steel and masonry, to the more innovative and advanced ones, such as laminated glass or wood and fiber reinforced composites. In this perspective, studies about micro and macro modelling of structural materials \u2013 both numerical and aimed at experimental testing \u2013 are also especially encouraged.
\nContributions in the following topics are welcome (they need not be limited to this list):\u00a0Structural dynamic approaches, numerical applications, case studies;\u00a0Linear and nonlinear structural analyses;\u00a0Modelling and characterization of structural materials;\u00a0Analysis of Engineering Materials under Dynamic Loads;\u00a0Design of new civil structures and infrastructures;\u00a0Structural Health Monitoring;\u00a0Vibration Analysis and Dynamic characterization;\u00a0Assessment and retrofit of existing civil structures and infrastructures;\u00a0Structural performance under hazardous events;\u00a0Soil-Structure Interaction;\u00a0Applications in Risk and Mitigation analysis;\u00a0Experimental testing and modelling.
\nKeywords: Structural dynamics; Structural mechanics; Linear and nonlinear methods of analysis; Design of new structures; Assessment of existing structures; Characterization and modelling of engineering materials; Risk and mitigation analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","topic":[613,544,428,429,431,558,621,130,15,308,610,586,568,576,597,598,443,444,570,559,467,300,468,615,469,563,572,616,617,481,490,596,614,499,551],"country":[55],"nsj_language":[57],"class_list":["post-1584","call_for_papers","type-call_for_papers","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","topic-advanced-materials","topic-aec-design-tools","topic-artificial-materials","topic-augmented-reality","topic-bio-based-materials","topic-bioengineering","topic-building-components","topic-chemical-material-sciences-en","topic-civil-engineering","topic-complex-systems","topic-concrete","topic-construction-systems-engineering","topic-construction-technology","topic-data-management","topic-data-sensing-and-analysis","topic-decision-support-systems","topic-digital-fabrication","topic-digital-modeling","topic-geotechnical-engineering","topic-industrial-engineering","topic-industry-4-0","topic-innovation","topic-innovative-materials","topic-innovative-technologies","topic-interdisciplinarity-approach","topic-modeling","topic-monitoring","topic-performance-evaluation","topic-performance-based-design","topic-process-management","topic-rehabilitation","topic-risk-management","topic-seismic-risk","topic-simulation-tools","topic-structural-engineering","country-switzerland","nsj_language-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n