4th Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 4CroCEE

Organisers:
Nina Čeh, PhD, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, nina.ceh@uniri.hr
Maja Baniček, PhD, Croatian Centre for Earthquake Engineering, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering, maja.banicek@grad.unizg.hr

Description
This special session explores emerging and advanced applications of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) in civil and structural engineering, with a focus on addressing the challenges of resilient, sustainable, and next-generation infrastructure systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, masonry structures, concrete and composite materials, fracture and damage processes, contact and interface mechanics, seismic and dynamic response, soil–structure interaction, as well as coupled DEM-based computational approaches. Contributions combining numerical simulations with experimental validation, data-driven methods, or digital engineering workflows are particularly encouraged.
The session seeks to highlight how DEM and related computational methods can contribute to the future of performance-based engineering, hazard mitigation, and the development of safer and more adaptive civil infrastructure.