In petroleum industries, especially in refineries installations, hundreds of miles of pipes are installed to transfer row and refined material (fluid and gas) from a poin [...]

The dynamic behaviour of civil engineering constructions is characterised by non-linear phenomena whose eflects may be non negligible even in the presence of minor exter [...]

This article investigates the performance of concrete and steel-concrete composite box-girder bridges. The first advantage of the box-girder typology lies in a high stiff [...]

Major earthquakes in urban areas have often been followed by significant conflagrations that have been difficult to control and have resulted in extensive damage to prope [...]