The evaluation of the existing r/c buildings are often based only on a seismic vulnerability assessment and usually the seismic-resistant capacity is evaluated correspond [...]

Knowledge of base-isolation and energy-dissipation is broadly developed all over the world but the number of applications is everywhere limited. The extra-cost associated [...]

A new structural approach allows the use of stone also in seismic areas. It consists in avoiding the weak point of stone’s structural behaviour - the absence of a signi [...]

The performance of masonry walls reinforced using polymeric grid embedded into plaster layers as a tools for the seismic enhancement of brick masonry buildings has been i [...]

The paper explores in detail the peculiar technical, economical and social issues related to the use of base isolation in huge housing projects. The effectiveness of the [...]

A research project concerning the seismic protection of constructions has been included among the "relevant projects" of the scientific and technological protocol between [...]

This paper illustrate a public funded research project aimed at developing new professional skills for the economical assessment of building equipped with advanced seismi [...]