Understanding and enhancing the seismic resilience of structures—especially under realistic earthquake sequences that include foreshocks, mainshocks, and aftershocks—is a pressing challenge in contemporary structural engineering. Traditional design approaches often overlook the cumulative impacts and evolving vulnerabilities posed by multi-event seismic sequences, underscoring the need for innovative research that bridges theoretical progress with practical applications.
This Research Topic aims to foster interdisciplinary advancements by inviting high-quality original research, reviews, and case studies addressing the seismic response, design, and mitigation of buildings and infrastructure under complex earthquake loading. We especially seek contributions that explore:
• The dynamic response and progressive damage of structures subjected to foreshock–mainshock–aftershock (FMA) sequences
• Advanced modeling, including numerical simulations (FEA, GDQM), machine learning–based predictive analytics, and AI-driven approaches
• Performance-based and reliability-centered seismic design methodologies for tall buildings, low-ductility frames, and irregular structures
• Innovations in energy dissipation systems, smart materials, and retrofitting strategies
• The role of soil–structure interaction (SSI) and foundation dynamics in seismic resilience
• Development of refined damage indices, fragility curves, and probabilistic risk assessment frameworks
• Validation of analytical models through laboratory tests, shake table experiments, and real-world case studies
By encouraging diverse methodologies—numerical, experimental, analytical, and data-driven—this Topic seeks to close knowledge gaps, inform updated standards, and guide the development of next-generation earthquake-resistant structures. We invite engineers, researchers, and policymakers to contribute innovative work that advances seismic safety, resilience, and risk mitigation in the built environment.
Article types and fees
This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:
- Editorial
- FAIR² Data
- Hypothesis and Theory
- Methods
- Mini Review
- Opinion
- Original Research
- Perspective
- Review
Articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to Authors, institutions, or funders.
Keywords: earthquake-resistant design
Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
