A number of recent studies raised doubts on the effectiveness of conventional pushover methods, whereby a constant incremental force vector is applied to the structure, i [...]

The employment of Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSP) in the seismic assessment of existing structures (or design verification of new ones) has gained considerable populari [...]

The recent drive for the use of a single-degree-of-freedom representation in displacement-based design and assessment of 3D reinforced concrete (RC) structures has signif [...]

An earthquake damage scenario for the city of Messina, Italy, has been carried out with the aim of forecasting the distribution of different levels of structural damage w [...]

The employment of Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSP) in the seismic assessment of existing structures (or design verification of new ones) has gained considerable populari [...]

Earthquake loss modelling is a multidisciplinary activity which requires the collection of databases of earthquake activity, ground conditions, ground-motion prediction m [...]

The manner in which the horizontal slab in 3D buildings, or better the rigid diaphragm effect, is modeled may influence the response of the structure when subjected to se [...]

A blind analysis contest for a full-scale four-story building was announced in 2007 by the executive committee of the E-Defense steel building project, sponsored by the N [...]

Nonlinear response-history analyses are used by the engineering community as the most reliable technique to estimate structural behaviour. In such analyses, besides an ad [...]

A risk management framework has recently been developed to assign priorities for the rehabilitation of school buildings in Italy, and to give timescales within which retr [...]