Experimental and analytical studies on Concave Sliding Surface devices have underlined that the hysteretic characteristics under bi-directional input motion are highly no [...]

A general seismic event can be considered as the superposition of two individual time histories of ground acceleration, acting simultaneously at the base of a structural [...]

The frictional response of Concave Surface Slider (CSS) devices has been more and more investigated both experimentally and numerically. These isolators have shown many a [...]

Nowadays, the use of seismic isolation within the Italian and European context is gaining more and more acknowledgement, thanks to the high level of protection which can [...]

The paper focuses on the study of reinforced concrete structures that follow construction practices typical of the fifties and the sixties in Southern Europe. Both experi [...]

This paper describe the shake table tests of a 3-storey building scaled to 1:2, with a structural system composed by a reinforced concrete frame and masonry infills as ex [...]

Elastomeric bearings are among the most used seismic isolators, and the considerably grown number of applications in recent years witnesses the confidence of the modern e [...]

Failure due to insufficient lap-splices of the longitudinal reinforcement across the critical region of bridge piers took place in several cases during past earthquakes a [...]

Most existent bridges do not reflect the recent earthquake design rules particularly for the aspects related to the definition of the seismic input, the energy dissipatio [...]

Dealing with seismic demands at life safety and collapse prevention limit states implies the necessity of explicitly considering the nonlinear behavior of structures. The [...]