The international conference on structural and mechanical engineering for security and prevention (ICSMESP 2017, 14 – 16 june, 2017, prague, czech republic) was a forum for researchers in all related engineering areas connected to the security, reliability and prevention of the various technogenic incidents. The topics of this collection include new materials for safety and security engineering; diagnosing and testing of materials; modelling and experiments; security technology of explosives; critical infrastructure protection; construction safety and security; risk analysis, assessment and management; emergency and crisis management; new standards on security engineering; rock and mining engineering; blast protection; seismity and geomechanics; fire engineering.
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