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 [...]

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 [...]

CFRP has a light weight, high tensile strength, and a high resistance to the corrosion and fatigue. These properties make CFRP attracted increasing interests in civil eng [...]

In recent years, FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer/plastic) has been widely used in retrofitting of R/C structures due to its high tensile property. Many research works and a [...]

Worldwide research has now reached a level of integration where an effort towards the harmonization of procedures is absolutely needed. Such harmonization may regard, for [...]