Advances in Civil Engineering

Advancements in Design and Analysis of Protective Structures 2019


Publishing date
01 Jul 2019
Status
Published
Submission deadline
22 Feb 2019

Lead Editor

1University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

2ENSTA Bretagne, Brest, France

3New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

4University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia


Advancements in Design and Analysis of Protective Structures 2019

Description

A series of tragic accidents highlighted, in the last few decades, the need to build and retrofit structures and facilities, to better protect the occupants in the event of extreme loading conditions, including terrorist or mass-casualty attacks, natural hazards, and disasters. This is the case of critical civil infrastructure such as embassies, government buildings, airports and hospitals, or bridges, where continuous and effective protection tasks have a key role in preventing injuries and providing appropriate serviceability, even in case of emercengies. The definition of the so-called “soft targets” can then be generalized and extended to mostly open areas and spaces, accessible to the public and particularly vulnerable to attaks.

From a practical point of view, the design of protective structures or the definition of hazard mitigation systems requires multiple functions and reasonable safety criteria, according to the intrinsic features of possible target structures. To this aim, several research studies have been dedicated in the last years to the assessment, enhancement, and protection of civil engineering materials, components, and complex structural systems, including refined numerical simulations, experimental investigations, and analytical studies at the component and/or assembly level.

In this regard, this special issue aims at providing an insight on recent advancements in the design and analysis of protective structures, with careful attention to engineering applications. These may include buildings, infrastructures and bridges, defense facilities, and industrial plants, pipelines, offshore platforms, shipping, and offshore/underground structures.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Analysis, design, assessment methods, and retrofitting techniques for “soft targets”
  • Hazard sources, including classification, measurement methods, and analytical/numerical description
  • Risk and failure analyses
  • Design methods against terroristic and mass-casualty attacks, with careful consideration for hazard mitigation solutions
  • Blast damage assessment
  • Advanced numerical simulations
  • Experimental investigation and performance assessment of materials, structural details, and assemblies

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 2430652
  • - Research Article

Mechanical Properties of High-Strength High-Performance Reinforced Concrete Shaft Lining Structures in Deep Freezing Wells

Shilong Peng | Chuanxin Rong | ... | Xuemei Li
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 3725373
  • - Research Article

Research on Improved Equivalent Diagonal Strut Model for Masonry-Infilled RC Frame with Flexible Connection

Guang Yang | Erfeng Zhao | ... | Wei Zhang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 8737561
  • - Research Article

Buckling Analysis of Sandwich Plate Systems with Stiffening Ribs: Theoretical, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches

Guangping Zou | Yuyang Wang | ... | Chunwei Zhang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 7810542
  • - Research Article

Improved SDOF Approach to Incorporate the Effects of Axial Loads on the Dynamic Responses of Steel Columns Subjected to Blast Loads

Junbo Yan | Yan Liu | Fenglei Huang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 3587982
  • - Research Article

Shear Storage Capacity of Vertical Stiffener Joints between Concrete-Filled Double Steel Tubular Columns and Steel Beams

Zhijun Zhou | Yufen Zhang | ... | Krushar Demoha
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2018
  • - Article ID 6037863
  • - Research Article

Generation of Uniform Hazard Spectrum Based on the Stochastic Method of Simulating Ground Motion and Its Use in Nuclear Power Plants

Xueming Zhang | Weiming Yan | ... | Shicai Chen
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