Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures

<p><span style=color: rgba(23 43 77 1)>The safety of engineering structures against natural hazards (e.g. earthquakes winds fires and tsunamis) is a subject of great interest to researchers and is important for protecting human life and reducing economic losses. In the last few decades with advancing knowledge and technological development in relation to understanding and interpreting the mechanisms of natural hazards new components connections devices and structural systems have been proposed for mitigating the damage caused to engineering structures. New testing and computational methods are being developed to analyze and design this damage.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(23 43 77 1)>This Special Issue is dedicated to current research on experimental theoretical computational and relevant studies on advanced methods in the disaster mitigation of engineering structures including the following: analyzing and simulating natural hazards; damage assessment of engineering structures under natural hazards; modeling and applications of new construction materials for structural engineering; design methodologies of newly developed structural components and systems; advanced testing and modeling technologies; maintenance repair and retrofit of existing structures; vulnerability risk and reliability assessment of engineering structures under earthquakes winds fires and tsunamis; and advanced methods for the evaluation and design of the resistance and resilience of structural systems.</span></p>