The observation of damage to structures, either buildings or bridges, due to earthquake induced pounding, dates back to early San Fernando (1971) and Mexico City (1985) p [...]

The Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)-confined concrete model contained in a wellknown Bulletin by the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) has been enhanc [...]

This paper presents a study of a reconstruction hypothesis of collapsed masonry vaults with archaeological value, by taking advantage of the features of frictional bearin [...]

Friction Pendulum Devices (FPDs) are strongly attracting the attention of both Academic and Technical Communities of Engineers concerned with the development of strategie [...]

Most of the existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings in Italy were built according to obsolete regulations that were not enough aware of issues related to seismic desi [...]

Passive strategies based on the introduction of energy dissipating devices into the structures have received considerable attention in recent years. Within this framework [...]

Confining wraps or jackets to rehabilitate and strengthen existing concrete columns has proven to be an efficient technique for seismic retrofit of structures. However, m [...]

When assessing the seismic performance of existing reinforced concrete buildings designed according to obsolete codes, one can identify potentially dangerous situations t [...]

The present paper reports on an Italian collaborative research study on the applicability of nonlinear methods of analysis to regular and irregular existing RC buildings [...]

Buildings with in-plan non symmetric mass and stiffness distributions are characterized by a seismic behavior that is commonly defined as irregular. The reason for such c [...]