16th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact SUSI on June 22-24, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal

16th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact SUSI on June 22-24, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal

16th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact (SUSI) June 22, 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal

The increasing need to protect civilian infrastructure and industrial facilities against unintentional loads arising from accidental impact and explosion events as well as terrorist attacks is reflected in the sustained interest in the SUSI meetings over three decades. While advances have been made over this period, many challenges remain, such as to develop more effective and efficient blast and impact mitigation approaches than those that currently exist. The primary focus remains the survivability of physical facilities and the protection of people, as well as reducing economic losses and impact on the environment, with emphasis on innovative protective technologies to support the needs of an economically growing, modern society. The application of this technology ranges from the safe transportation of people and dangerous materials to defences against natural hazards such as floods, wind, storms, tsunamis and earthquakes.

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at the Conference. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the meeting are also welcome


    Impact and blast loading

    Energy absorbing issues

    Computational and experimental results

    Response of reinforced concrete under impact

    Response of buildings to blast

    Seismic behaviour

    Protection of existing structures

    Industrial accidents and explosions

    Hazard mitigation and assessment

    Security issues

    Response of composite structures to blast and impact Vehicle impact

    Ballistics analysis

    Dynamic material behaviour

    Structural design against multiple based activities

    Fluid-structure interaction (add in blast loads)

    Multiphysics coupled problems

    Case studies


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