Journal of Structural EngineeringSpecial Collection

Call for Papers

Extreme wind events are one of the costliest natural hazards affecting the United States. It is estimated that the losses caused by severe wind events in the United States exceeded $306.2 billion dollars in 2017. This situation has led to intense research over the past decade, which is generating transformative breakthroughs in the modeling of non-stationary winds, assessment of wind excited structures through performance-based design frameworks, vulnerability modeling of residential communities, as well as in the advanced computational modeling (e.g. computational fluid dynamics and numerical optimization) of special structures such as high-rise buildings and long-span bridges. Notwithstanding the significant progress of recent times, further advances are still required if the massive losses caused by extreme wind events are to be truly mitigated. This Special Collection will provide an opportunity for key researchers in these and related areas to present their current research efforts and future directions. Contributions addressing theoretical and computational developments, as well as practical applications from different sub-fields of wind engineering, are welcome.

Submission InformationAuthors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the ASCE Author Guide, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784479018. In addition, as part of the submission process, authors will be required to explain the novelty of the work described in the paper. Papers should be submitted to https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnsteng/

Please note that all accepted papers submitted under this solicitation will be published as special collections online. ASCE no longer produces Special issues/collections in issues. Instead, an online Special Collection will be created, where the Special Collection manuscripts will be grouped according to the particular thematic topic. The manuscripts will be published as they are accepted in a regular issue of the journal. For any questions regarding this solicitation, please contact the Chief Editor, Sherif El-Tawil, eltawil@umich.edu.

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Guest Editors: Seymour M.J. Spence, University of Michigan (smjs@umich.edu) Franklin Lombardo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (lombaf@illinois.edu) Jason P. McCormick, University of Michigan (jpmccorm@umich.edu)

Special Collection on Recent Advances in theModeling of Wind Hazards and the PerformanceAssessment of Wind-Excited Systems Submit manuscripts: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnsteng

Submission Deadline: December 31, 2018

2017 Impact Factor: 1.903

Journal of Structural EngineeringSpecial Collection

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191, USA | Phone: 1(800) 548.2723 (US)/1(703) 295.6300 (Int’l) | Web: ascelibrary.org | E-mail: ascelibrary@asce.org

Submission Deadline: December 31, 2018

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Guest Editors: Seymour M.J. Spence, University of Michigan (smjs@umich.edu) Franklin Lombardo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (lombaf@illinois.edu) Jason P. McCormick, University of Michigan (jpmccorm@umich.edu)

Call for PapersSpecial Collection on Recent Advances in theModeling of Wind Hazards and the PerformanceAssessment of Wind-Excited Systems Submit manuscripts: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnsteng

2017 Impact Factor: 1.903