10th International Conference on Shock & Impact Loads on Structures

Abstract

The 10th International Conference on Shock & Impact Loads on Structures (SI13) was held in Singapore, November 25–26, 2013. It was my pleasure to attend this successful conference, to serve as coeditor of the proceedings, and to organize two special sessions on “Strategies to reduce the potential for disproportionate structural collapse resulting from local blast loading.” Forty-nine papers were presented on current research and practice topics related to blast protection. Twenty of the presenters have been invited to preparemanuscripts for a special issue of this journal. Guest editors will be Dr. ChengqingWu and Dr. Tat Seng Lok. The ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (JPCF) and the International Journal of Protective Structures (IJPS) were the designated support journals for the conference. Authors invited to contribute to this journal (JPCF) presented on topics related to blast protection against terrorism and/or accidental explosion, whereas those invited by the IJPS presented on design against impact load effects resulting from natural hazard events (extreme winds, tsunami, seismic events, etc.) Beginning with the 1995 truck bombing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building inOklahomaCity, this journal has maintained a commitment to serve as a forum for dissemination of practice-related information aimed at reducing the effects of intentional damage to facilities. The planned special issue will be a substantial contribution to that goal. The SI13 conference was organized by CI-Premier Conference Organization, Singapore. Nine previous Shock & Impact Loads conferences have been held on a 2-year cycle since 1996 inSingapore, Australia, China, and Japan. A special issue of this journal published in September/October 2011 (Vol. 25,No. 5) comprised paperswritten by presenters at the 2009 Adelaide, Australia, conference (SI09). The guest editor was Dr. Chengqing Wu.