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Modeling of the strongly interacting system of railway bridge, track and subsoil crossed by high-speed train considering the environmental effect of freezing aims at the realistic reliability analysis of this system based on advanced stochastic simulations.

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The research on cross-laminated wood elements (CLT) aims at a more realistic prediction of their dynamic response, since especially issues of acoustic behaviour are crucial for large volume applications.

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Beam theories are developed to predict the static and dynamic linear and nonlinear response of layered members where flexibility of the fasteners results in a relative displacement of the layers at the interfaces, taking into account initial curvatures or imperfections in the beam axis.

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Innovative concepts for controlling the dynamic response of earthquake excited structures are designed and validated by numerical simulations and experimental tests, for a passive hybrid control strategy for base-isolated structures with Tuned Liquid Column Dampers or Tuned Mass Damper Inerter.

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For the development and validation of continuous compaction control methods, models for the interaction system of oscillation roller and inelastic subsoil are developed.

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The results of our research show that the vertical peak floor amplification in seismic excited structures can be significant, an outcome in contradiction to the current state of knowledge.

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Application of genetic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, and physics-based machine learning techniques for the development of novel ground motion selection approaches, large-scale investigations on scaling of ground-motions, and rapid seismic response prediction.

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