Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Urban Resilience and Earthquake Engineering
For a Special Issue on
Towards Enhanced Urban Resilience: Reliability analysis and model updating of dynamic systems
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Special Issue Editor(s)
Pei-Pei Li,
Department of Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
lipeipei626@gmail.com
Zhao Zhao,
Institute of Smart City and Intelligent Transportation, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
zhaozhao@swjtu.edu.cn
Lixiang Cheng,
Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
zz2479@ynufe.edu.cn
Marcos A. Valdebenito,
Chair for Reliability Engineering, TU Dortmund University 44227, Germany
marcos.valdebenito@tu-dortmund.de
Matthias G.R. Faes,
Chair for Reliability Engineering, TU Dortmund University 44227, Germany
matthias.faes@tu-dortmund.de
Towards Enhanced Urban Resilience: Reliability analysis and model updating of dynamic systems
Background
With the acceleration of urbanization and the continuous expansion of infrastructure, cities are increasingly vulnerable to the risks posed by natural disasters, particularly those arising from extreme dynamic loads such as earthquakes and winds. Traditional static structural analysis methods are insufficient to comprehensively assess the performance of these infrastructures under such extreme conditions. As a result, ensuring their stability and safety in complex dynamic environments has become a critical challenge in the field of engineering.
To address these challenges, the reliability analysis of dynamic systems has emerged as a vital tool in enhancing urban resilience to disasters. Dynamic systems not only involve the response of infrastructure to external dynamic loads but also encompass the complex interactions of multi-physical field coupling and time-varying dynamic behaviors. During extreme events such as earthquakes, the ability to accurately simulate dynamic system behavior, predict potential failure risks, and effectively update and optimize models is crucial for ensuring urban safety and resilience.
Scope
This special issue welcomes submissions addressing the following areas of research, with particular focus on reduced-order modelling, reliability analysis, model updating, and design optimization, and addressing aleatory and epistemic uncertainty in dynamic systems. Topics are not limited to the following:
Indicative Topics:
1. Reduced-order modelling of dynamic systems
2. Techniques for model updating of dynamic systems
3. Reliability analysis of dynamic systems under extreme conditions
4. Reliability-based design optimization in dynamic systems
5. Application of artificial intelligence, machine learning methods, and algorithms in dynamic systems
6. Consideration of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties affecting dynamic systems
Submission Instructions
All manuscripts submitted to this Special Issue will undergo a full peer-review; the Guest Advisor for this Collection will not be handling the manuscripts (unless they are an Editorial Board member).
The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 31 May 2026.
Please be sure to select "Special Issue: Towards Enhanced Urban Resilience: Reliability analysis and model updating of dynamic systems" from the drop-down menu in the submission system.