Hazard scenarios regarding exceptional actions often include the possibility of a vehicle impact against a building. Here the impact against columns is of particular inte [...]

The European project “INDUSE-2-SAFETY” aims at the development of a quantitative risk assessment methodology for seismic loss prevention of “special risk” petroch [...]

Within the EU funded project INNOSEIS different seismic devices developed in earlier projects are worked up with the aim to provide information sheets and design guidelin [...]

An approach to investigate the true behaviour of dissipative elements utilising numerical simulations is presented. By way of example dissipative members in terms of beam [...]

“Special risk” industrial plants can be highly vulnerable when subjected to natural phenomena such as earthquakes, flooding and explosions. Very often in these cases, [...]

Design codes for seismic constructions allow the realization of structures able to dissipate energy through cyclic plastic deformations localized in specific zones, selec [...]

Industrial structures are characterised by high masses which have to be considered in the determination of seismic forces; these masses usually result from processing equ [...]

Spherical storage tanks are widely used for various types of liquids, including hazardous contents; consequently these storage tanks must be adequately designed for seism [...]