In the first phase of the emergency management after the April 6, 2009, L’Aquila earthquake, field inspections were carried out through the AeDES form, a first level su [...]

Recent seismic events confirmed the high vulnerability of existing buildings and highlighted the importance to quantify the attained losses and optimize the economic reso [...]

The reconstruction process of residential buildings damaged by L'Aquila 2009 earthquake initially involved buildings outside historical centres and then, starting from Au [...]

The evaluation of building reparability after damaging earthquakes is a complex issue, involving factors such as the damage state, residual capacity and post-earthquake s [...]

Masonry structures have been the primary building typology for millennia in many countries and also nowadays many masonry buildings are realized. Seismic events have show [...]

Reliable stress-strain behavior of concrete is necessary particularly when a member is subjected to combined bending and axial load and confinement effects should be acco [...]

Seismic assessment of historical buildings is a complex problem due to the wide variety of involved aspects, such as the quality of masonry, the structural systems, the l [...]

Over last years, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) wrapping effectiveness has been clearly confirmed especially with reference to concrete structures. Despite evident advant [...]

A base isolated system for the reaction mass of two 3x3m movable shaking tables was designed and built to perform experimental tests on large scale structures, especially [...]

Extreme loading conditions such as man-made malicious actions, fires or natural events could induce local failure mechanisms (e.g., a loss of a member) which may trigger [...]