TY - BOOK ID - 145887025 TI - Buildings and Structures under Extreme Loads AU - Bedon, Chiara AU - Stochino, Flavio AU - Honfi, Daniel PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - History of engineering & technology KW - damping device KW - seismic design KW - design base shear KW - nonlinear response history analysis KW - liquid storage tank KW - earthquake KW - wind KW - dynamic response KW - fluid-solid interaction KW - composite shear wall KW - seismic behavior KW - quasi-static test KW - design strength model KW - bored-pile KW - global strain extensometer KW - pile friction resistance KW - real-time monitoring KW - snow-wind combined experiment facility KW - snowdrift KW - field observation KW - scale experiments KW - similarity criterion KW - underwater explosion KW - composite pressure hull KW - whipping KW - breathing KW - failure index KW - laminated glass (LG) KW - free vibrations KW - fundamental frequency KW - mechanical restraints KW - field experiments KW - analytical modelling KW - Finite Element (FE) numerical modelling KW - super large cooling tower KW - whole construction process KW - wind vibration coefficient KW - buckling stability KW - ultimate bearing capacity KW - snow load KW - complex roof KW - EOF analysis KW - characteristics decomposition KW - RABT fire curve KW - fire simulation KW - tunnel fire KW - high temperature KW - fire safety KW - fire accident KW - vertical earthquake motion KW - seismic response KW - atrium-style metro station KW - shaking table test KW - wind characteristics KW - boundary layer KW - typhoon KW - hurricane KW - field measurement KW - train derailment KW - derailment containment provisions KW - collision testing KW - post-derailment behavior KW - slurry pipe jacking KW - friction resistance KW - effective friction coefficient KW - pipe-soil-slurry interaction KW - lubrication efficiency KW - concrete KW - blast load KW - Monte Carlo analysis KW - seismic demand KW - pushover KW - suction caisson KW - suction penetration KW - soil plug KW - hydraulic gradient KW - visual tests KW - mountainous valley KW - bridge site KW - boundary transition section (BTS) KW - numerical simulation KW - wind tunnel test KW - small radius TBM interval KW - equivalent continuous model KW - Winkler elastic foundation beam theory KW - transfer matrix method KW - horizontal axis deviation KW - tall timber buildings KW - timber composites KW - seismic retrofitting KW - Eurocode 8 KW - structural assessment KW - masonry buildings KW - earthquakes KW - seismic loads KW - existing structures KW - reliability KW - rehabilitation KW - risk KW - blast loading KW - welded haunch connection KW - steel frame structures KW - non-linear dynamic analysis KW - ABAQUS KW - multiple degree of freedom (MDOF) KW - frame ductility ratio UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145887025 AB - Exceptional loads on buildings and structures may have different causes, including high-strain dynamic effects due to natural hazards, man-made attacks, and accidents, as well as extreme operational conditions (severe temperature variations, humidity, etc.). All of these aspects can be critical for specific structural typologies and/or materials that are particularly sensitive to external conditions. In this regard, dedicated and refined methods are required for their design, analysis, and maintenance under the expected lifetime. There are major challenges related to the structural typology and material properties with respect to the key features of the imposed design load. Further issues can be derived from the need for risk mitigation or retrofit of existing structures as well as from the optimal and safe design of innovative materials/systems. Finally, in some cases, no appropriate design recommendations are available and, thus, experimental investigations can have a key role within the overall process. In this Special Issue, original research studies, review papers, and experimental and/or numerical investigations are presented for the structural performance assessment of buildings and structures under various extreme conditions that are of interest for design. ER -