In the seismic performance assessment of existing Reinforced Concrete buildings, non-ductile failures related to beam-column joint regions can represent a critical issue. [...]

In the Mediterranean area, Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings are usually provided of Unreinforced Masonry (URM) infill wall panels. When subjected to seismic action, the [...]

The seismic performance of existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) frames is significantly affected by the behaviour of beam-column intersections involved in the collapse mecha [...]

Unreinforced Masonry (URM) infills are widely used in Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures in Mediterranean countries. URM infills are subjected to the seismic action in t [...]

There is a growing need for numerical models simulating the non-linear behavior of Reinforced Concrete (RC) elements under seismic loads into inelastic range, and for cap [...]

The need to quickly and accurately estimate the number of involved people, dead and the injured, missing people and homeless represent a topic issue in the emergency mana [...]

This paper reports on the results of an ongoing Research Project aimed at computing the risk of collapse in code-conforming new Italian buildings. A companion paper descr [...]

Current formulations proposed by Eurocode 8 part 3 for the inelastic deformations of existing reinforced concrete members are assessed aimed at finding out whether they a [...]

In economically advanced countries, particularly in Europe and Italy, most of existing bridges have been constructed prior to 1980, before the advancement in earthquake e [...]

A damage scenario based on observational data collected in L’Aquila Municipality after the 6th April 2009 earthquake is compared with a predicted damage scenario derive [...]