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 [...]

Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings designed according to obsolete seismic codes or for gravity loads only are widespread in Italian and Mediterranean building stock. In s [...]

Seismic risk reduction is a fundamental task in earthquake prone regions. It affects also historical structures, which are characterized by a high degree of uncertainty d [...]

The seismic performance of reinforced concrete buildings cannot be fully understood aside from the beam-column joints. The capacity design (and the subsequent strength hi [...]

This paper deals with the seismic performance of existing buildings and in particular on the moment resisting frame structures that could have their critical and weak poi [...]