Bridge structures have attracted the interest of Engineers throughout the history because they represent the attempt of men to overcome obstacles. Bridges allow easier co [...]

In civil engineering, Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) dynamic tests are powerful aids to the seismic design of new structures, and useful tools for the structural ident [...]

In the present paper, a simple predictive approach for the seismic vulnerability of existing masonry towers is proposed evaluating it on a series of “idealized” bench [...]

This paper presents presents an effective numerical approach to the nonlinear dynamics of columns of tensegrity prisms subject to impulsive compressive loading. The equat [...]

It is well known that pre-existing buildings are often inadequate to resist strong ground motions, and that their seismic rehabilitation is not an easy task. Several stud [...]

This work deals with the experimental testing and the numerical simulation of the impulsive dynamics of a tensegrity lattice. The analyzed system is a column made of ten [...]

Recent studies have investigated the use of tensegrity structures for the construction of active solar façades of Energy Efficient Buildings (EEBs). The present work mov [...]

Pentamode lattices are particular metamaterials belonging to the class of extremal materials, which feature a primitive unit cell equipped with four rods meeting at a poi [...]