Seismicity level in North-European countries is obviously lower than in other well identified seismic countries like Greece or Italy. Significant earthquakes can however [...]

Static steel pallet racks are used for the storage of various types of goods in areas of retail warehouse stores and other facilities, possibly accessible to the public. [...]

When static steel storage racks are subjected to seismic action, a specific limit state must be considered additionally to classical resistance and stability criteria, i. [...]

This paper presents the results of shaking table tests performed on two full-scale masonry houses typical from North-European countries. The main objective of the study w [...]

It is generally stated that an accurate evaluation of the equivalent viscous damping is a crucial step in the Direct Displacement-Based Design (DDBD) methodology. A wrong [...]