On May 20th and 29th 2012, two earthquakes of 5.9Mw and 5.8Mw have struck the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The epicentres were [...]

Over the last decade the amount of population injured by accident furniture overturning is increased and this trend is expected to continue. Non anchored body motion can [...]

Nowadays infrastructure networks are the basis of life and economy of every community, large or small. These infrastructures have always a certain degree of interdependen [...]

The intensities f ground motions and structural responses at two sites are correlated. The magnitude of the correlation depends on the distance between the sites and the [...]

Over the past years, the concept of resilience has gained attention recognizing the fact that not all threats or disasters can be averted. In fact, communities around the [...]

Resilience is defined as the ability to mitigate hazards disposing a prompt strategy for recovering activities. Many papers are available in literature describing communi [...]

The shape of a uniform hazard spectrum has been criticized to be a) unrealistic for a site where the spectral ordinates of the UHS at different periods govern by differen [...]

A methodology is presented for calculating the seismic performance of structural/nonstructural systems in a health care facility and developing rational strategies for in [...]

Traditionally, the structure and the controller have been designed separately in buildings. The structure is typically optimized to minimize weight subject to stress and [...]

The use of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement in buildings is gaining acceptance in the construction industry due to their superior corrosion resistance, durabi [...]