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Structure and infrastructure engineering demands an accurate assessment of the soil properties for adequate modelling of soil-structure interaction and a trustworthy understanding of the soil response. The importance of this assessment is particularly relevant in seismic engineering and, in general, in all problems involving wave propagation. The estimate of the velocity of shear waves is generally considered the leading approach in seismic engineering for soil classification. This Special Issue aims to collect all recent advances in geotechnical engineering related to the characterization of the seismic response of soils. Many techniques have been developed in the last decades. Some of them, named indirect, exploit the dispersive nature of sois. Other methods lead to a direct estimate of wave propagation. AIMS Geosciences is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open-access journal treating all aspects of geosciences, from geophysics to geotechnics. This Special Issue highlights the importance of soil classification based on direct shear wave velocity estimates.

This Special Issue is dedicated to new advancements in dynamic soil characterization. Authors can contribute by presenting themes falling within the following topics:
• Case studies of dynamic soil characterization;
• Soil-structure interaction modelling;
• Experimental and theoretical studies on wave propagation in soils;
• Novel techniques and methods for dynamic soil tests;
• In situ investigations on the seismic response of soils.

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