Performance-Based Design is now widely recognized as the pre-eminent seismic design methodology for structures. The question thus naturally arises: Are Force-Based Design [...]

In the European seismic countries, the seismic assessment of existing structures is a priority, since the majority of the building heritage was designed according to out- [...]

In the literature concerning the characteristic hypothesis, one basic question is widely discussed: is it possible to justify (by statistical tests) favouring the charact [...]

Fibre beam-column elements thus far proved to be very accurate in the simulation of flexure dominated behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. However, when the shea [...]

In the paper the results of the dynamic analyses performed on landslides and buildings are presented. The aim of the project is the comparison of the influence due to the [...]

The paper investigates the applicability of current direct displacement based seismic design (DDBD) procedure, developed by Priestley and his coworkers, for straight long [...]