Special issue on experimental and numerical simulation of civil infrastructure’s behaviour under natural hazards

Natural hazards, e.g., extreme earthquakes, strong winds, fires, landslides and floods, are closely related to modern human life. In previous decades, natural hazards have caused many casualties and huge economic losses. For example, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Tohoku, Japan, killed or disappeared more than 20,000 people, while Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in the US in 2005, caused 188 casualties and more than $200 billion in losses. Potential natural hazards threaten civil infrastructures, e.g., buildings, bridges, tunnels, roads and power systems.

Recent research has greatly advanced our understanding  of natural disasters and the ways in which we can mitigate and prevent their impact on civil infrastructures. Advanced computational theories and experimental methods have been adopted to evaluate the vulnerability of civil infrastructures to natural hazards. This special issue aims to summarise recent results of experimental and numerical simulations of civil infrastructure’s behaviour under natural hazards.

Topics covered:

Themes will include, but won’t be limited to:

• The experimental and numerical simulation methods used in the analysis of natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, winds, fires, landslides and floods
• The experimental and numerical simulation methods used to highlight the vulnerabilities of buildings, bridges, tunnels, roads, power systems and other civil infrastructures to natural hazards
• R&D on the test technologies and equipment used in natural hazards analysis
• Mitigation and prevention measures for civil infrastructure in relation to natural hazards
• Probability-based vulnerability and risk analysis on civil infrastructure
• Repair and retrofit technologies and resilience assessment
• The emergency response, emergency rescue and engineering control of natural hazards
• Damages observed in laboratories and sites for performance-based design

Important deadlines:

• Submission deadline: 30 April 2022

Submission instructions:

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online; please select “VSI: Experimental and numerical simulation of civil infrastructure’s behaviour under natural hazards” on submission.

Guest editors:

• Professor Wei Guo, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, China. Email: guowei@csu.edu.cn
• Professor Zhiwu Yu, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, China. Email: zhwyu@csu.edu.cn
• Professor Lizhong Jiang, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, China. Email: lzhjiang@csu.edu.cn
• Professor Tao Wang, institute of engineering mechanics, CEA, China. Email: wangtao@iem.ac.
• Professor Tong Guo, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, China. Email: guotong@seu.edu.cn
• Professor Quan Gu, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, China. Email: quangu@xmu.edu.cn
• Professor Zhen Guo, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, China. Email: nehzoug@163.com
• Professor Haitao Yu, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China. Email: yuhaitao@tongji.edu.cn
• Professor Guohua Xing, College of Civil Engineering, Changan University, China, Email: ghxing@chd.edu.cn
• Associate Professor Liqiang Jiang, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, China. Email: jianglq2019@csu.edu.cn
• Assistant Professor Chang He, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, China. Email: hechang@csu.edu.cn