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Special Issue: "Reducing the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings:

Assessment and Retrofit"

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An Open Access Journal by MDPI
Reducing the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings:
Assessment and Retrofit
Guest Editors:
Dr. Tiago Miguel Ferreira
ISISE, Department of Civil
Engineering, School of
Engineering, University of Minho,
Campus de Azurém, 4800-058
Guimarães, Portugal
tmferreira@civil.uminho.pt
Dr. Nuno Mendes
ISISE, Department of Civil
Engineering, School of
Engineering, University of Minho,
Campus de Azurém, 4800-058
Guimarães, Portugal
nunomendes@civil.uminho.pt
Dr. Rui Silva
ISISE, Department of Civil
Engineering, School of
Engineering, University of Minho,
Campus de Azurém, 4800-058
Guimarães, Portugal
ruisilva@civil.uminho.pt
Deadline for
manuscript submissions:
31 December 2018
mdpi.com/si/14960
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Message from the Guest Editors
Devastating seismic events keep raising the awareness of
scientific, technical and political community to the need of
identifying assets at risk and developing more effective risk
mitigation strategies. The wide variety of construction and
structural systems, associated with their complex behavior,
greatly limit the application of current codes to the existing
buildings. It is fundamental to enhance the engagement
between different stakeholders towards the development
of more reliable methods of analysis and improved seismic
retrofitting techniques. This Special Issue aims at stimulating
the exchange of knowledge on the seismic vulnerability of
existing buildings. Original contributions on following topics
are welcome.
Seismic Vulnerability: Origin and evolution; conceptual
understanding, historic approaches and multi-disciplinary
perspectives; definition of vulnerability factors; monitoring,
surveying and diagnosis approaches/systems; smart digitized
inventories and frameworks.
Vulnerability Assessment Methods and Tools: Empirical-
based approaches; mechanical-based methods; advanced
numerical simulation; large-scale assessment methods;
remote sensing and GIS.
Seismic Retrofitting Techniques: Traditional and innovative
strategies; cost-benefit analysis; experimental testing;
development and validation; analytical and numerical
simulation; application cases; post-earthquake surveying.
Special
Issue