Seismic Repairing and Strengthening of Buildings and Bridges

Dear Colleagues,

Major seismic events around the world, along with the aging and deterioration of infrastructures, keep increasing the need for strengthening and rehabilitation of existing buildings and bridges. Seismic repairing and strengthening is an area that has seen major developments due to the availability of robust numerical simulation frameworks, large experimental facilities, development of advanced materials and construction techniques along with seismic fragility assessment tools for retrofitted infrastructures, and sophisticated performance-based seismic design and assessment methodologies. Despite the progress, though, there are many challenges yet to be addressed.

This Special Issue invites papers presenting numerical and/or experimental research on seismic repairing and strengthening of buildings and bridges. We invite research and development on both conventional or advanced methods for seismic repairing and strengthening of buildings and bridges. The main goal is to generate a forum for the current state of knowledge and future research directions in the overall area of seismic strengthening of existing infrastructures.

The Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:

• Seismic strengthening techniques for buildings and bridges;
• Performance based seismic retrofitting of buildings and bridges;
• Seismic retrofitting of masonry structures;
• Seismic fragility assessment of retrofitted building and bridges;
• Seismic collapse safety assessment of retrofitted infrastructures;
• Seismic retrofitting using conventional techniques;
• Performance comparison of different retrofitting techniques;
• Seismic strengthening using energy dissipation devices;
• Seismic retrofitting of concrete and steel buildings using different bracing systems;
• Shape memory alloy in seismic retrofitting of structures;
• Fiber reinforced polymer in seismic retrofitting of structures;
• Seismic strengthening of steel frames with rate-dependent dampers;
• Seismic strengthening of steel frames with steel yielding devices;
• Novel seismic strengthening concepts in practice;
• Experimental evaluation of different retrofitting techniques;
• Design guidelines for seismic strengthening using smart materials.

Prof. Dr. Shahria Alam
Dr. Muntasir Billah
Guest Editors

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• seismic
• repairing
• retrofitting
• strengthening
• buildings
• bridges