Increasing terrorist attacks towards ordinary or strategic buildings and soft targets represent
one of the major impetus to improve existing methods of design for blast-resistant structures …

The increasing use of innovative materials in blast-and impact-resistant structures
underscores the demand for robust simulation and design methods. Concrete, especially …

Damage to building load-bearing members (especially columns) under explosions and
impact are critical issues for structures, given that they may cause a progressive collapse …

Rockfall disasters pose a significant threat to bridge structures in mountainous areas. Most
of the destroyed bridge structures in mountainous regions are impacted by rockfalls to …

Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks have widespread popularity in the construction
industry. In addition to lightness, these materials have other advantages, including fire …

Accidental or extreme events can induce abnormal loads on structures contributing to a local
damage of primary components or to the progressive collapse of the structure. Although …

In order to know the safety margins and the critical zone of an important infrastructure such
as a bridge, the response of the construction typology to extreme forces must be …

A parametric numerical analysis was conducted to investigate the response of steel wide-
flange sections (or I section) to combined axial and lateral far-field detonations upon their …

This research is aimed at investigating the dynamic behaviour of, and to analyse the
dynamic response and dynamic performance of steel frames strengthened with welded …

The progressive collapse of structures subjected to a truck collision with ground floor
columns is numerically investigated in this paper. For this purpose, a four-story steel building …