During seismic sequences, repeated shocks of varying intensity hit previously damaged and unrepaired building stock. The cumulative damage from repeated shocks affects th [...]

The current approach of the Italian and European building codes to account for knowledge-based uncertainties in the seismic assessment of masonry buildings consists in se [...]

The assessment of the out-of-plane response of masonry has been largely investigated in literature assuming walls responding as rigid blocks or assemblies of rigid bodies [...]

This paper deals with the computation of the collapse risk of new masonry buildings designed according to the Italian Building Code. Companion papers describe the overall [...]

An earthquake with a moment magnitude reported as 6.0 from INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia); occurred at 03:36 AM (local time) on 24 August 2016 in t [...]

In the numerical modelling of flexural behaviour of masonry buildings by means of macroelement models, it is important to account for the limited compressive strength and [...]

A method for comparing probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) results with historical macroseismic observations is proposed, with specific application to the South- [...]

Since the number of victims and the amount of economic losses are closely related to the seismic performance of structures, in the last decades significant relevance has [...]

The dynamic behaviour of cantilever retaining walls under earthquake action is explored by means of 1-g shaking table testing, carried out on scaled models at the Bristol [...]