Given the significant influence that masonry infill typologies constructed in full contact with adjacent structural elements may have on the seismic response of RC struct [...]

Nonlinear dynamic analysis is widely recognized as the most accurate analysis technique for the design and assessment of structures. However, its use is still not common [...]

An accurate seismic assessment of existing masonry buildings requires consideration of the sources of uncertainty and their effect on the seismic response. Among them, un [...]

For the prevention of local effects that may occur on the load-bearing elements of newly designed masonry infilled RC frames, additional measures are foreseen in modern s [...]

A very complete and homogeneous database of post-earthquake building inspections, carried out after the main Italian events of the last 30 years, has been processed to de [...]

A new analytical procedure for the derivation of fragility curves for masonry buildings, based on nonlinear static and dynamic stochastic analyses of the whole structure, [...]

The application of parametric linear and nonlinear analyses on regular structural configurations of masonry buildings has showed how the procedures of seismic safety chec [...]

Response of unreinforced masonry (URM) to out-of-plane excitation is a complex, yet inadequately addressed theme in seismic analysis. Seismic input expected on a face-loa [...]

A coordinated research, sponsored under the European ESECMaSE project, gave the occasion to gain additional useful information on the cyclic behaviour of masonry structur [...]