It is well known that the axial load plays an important role in the evaluation of the structural capacity of RC columns. In existing buildings this problem can be even mo [...]

The seismic assessment of existing buildings is an essential issue of seismic engineering. This work is focused on the effects of a bi-directional analysis on the evaluat [...]

This work is aimed at investigating the variation of the seismic response of RC structures subjected to different ensembles of ground motions in the nonlinear dynamic ana [...]

Modern cities are complex organisms, very difficult to control and represent through comprehensive models. Their safety and their resilience cannot be tackled without a f [...]

The city of Florence, whose historic center has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982, is known all over the world for its historical and artistic heritag [...]

The seismic excitation to consider for buildings assessment requires the preliminary soil classification of the site, based on the uppermost 30 m shear-wave velocity, and [...]

In the work the effects of the soil on the seismic input have been studied on a real site, i.e. a Tuscan (Italian) seismic area, whose profile has been defined through di [...]

In this work the effects of the soil on the seismic response of existing RC structures have been checked, with reference to two Hospital buildings placed in Tuscany (Ital [...]

In this work the effects of partial-height infill panels on the seismic response of RC frames have been investigated with reference to two different analytical approaches [...]

This paper deals with the problem of evaluating seismic reliability of existing RC frame structures including short elements. In the first part of the work a study of eff [...]