Prevention and Treatment of Natural Disasters

Topical Collection on "Advances in Seismic Resistance and Collapse Prevention of Structures"

A topical collection of Prevention and Treatment of Natural Disasters (PTND) (E-ISSN: 2753-7544).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025

Collection Editors: 

Dr. Huihui Li
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Research Interests: UHPC structures; earthquake engineering; bridge design and analysis; composite structures; progressive collapse analysis; blast load effects

Dr. Xuyang Cao
College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hohai University, No. 1, Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
Research Interests: earthquake engineering; structural engineering; urban resilience; seismic retrofitting; seismic fragility

Dr. Ruiwei Feng
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Research Interests: seismic design and assessment of bridges; performance-based earthquake engineering; resilient multi-hazard structural design and assessment

Dr. Yang Ding
Department of Civil Engineering, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310015, China
Research Interests: structural health monitoring; AI in civil engineering; wind-vehicle-bridge coupling effect; corrosion-fatigue coupling effect; reliability assessment

 

Topical Collection Information:

Dear Colleagues,

It has been generally recognized that reinforced concrete (RC) structures built decades ago were designed according to the old design codes and provisions, and their seismic performance and collapse resistance are much weaker than those designed by using the current design specifications. The structural deficiencies of RC structures designed according to the old design provisions, including low concrete strength, insufficient stirrup configurations, insufficient shear performance in joint regions or beam-column ends, and insufficient anchoring, etc., may lead to these structures being vulnerable to damage, failure, and progressive collapse, because of the insufficient performance under the earthquake actions and other impact loads. Consequently, it is urgently required for these structures to be assessed and rehabilitated to avoid inevitable losses under the seismic and impact loads, such as damage, failure, and progressive collapse of structures, and particularly loss of lives.

Within this frame, this Topical Collection will propose a journey through different methodological approaches to deal with seismic rehabilitation, seismic optimization, and collapse prevention of structures, combining the following multiple aspects. Thus, we are urgently inviting possible contributions dealing with:

  • Methodological papers and case studies concerning the seismic assessment aspects/techniques;
  • Numerical and experimental studies addressing seismic assessment and structural rehabilitations of old structures;
  • Novel-related techniques such as intelligent monitoring, smart assessment, and machine learning, etc.

We welcome the submission of original papers related to the above topics as well as those that deal generally with the related methodologies, numerical and experimental investigations, and case studies addressing the seismic assessment and rehabilitation of structures.

Thank you for your contributions.

Dr. Huihui Li
Dr. Xu-yang Cao
Dr. Ruiwei Feng
Dr. Yang Ding
Collection Editors

Keywords:

  • Earthquake engineering
  • Structural safety
  • Performance-based seismic design
  • Reliability of structures
  • Seismic risk and resilience
  • Progressive collapse
  • Structural rehabilitations
  • Seismic damage control techniques

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Topical Collection "Advances in Seismic Resistance and Collapse Prevention of Structures" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office ptnd@ukscip.com for announcement on this website.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 600 USD. Authors who are unable to cover this cost or those who are invited to submit papers may be eligible for discounts or waivers.

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 double-blind peer-review process.

Published Papers:

This Topical Collection is now open for submission.