Seismic behavior and damage assessment of two historical fortified masonry palaces with corner towers

M Valente - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent earthquakes have highlighted that historical fortified masonry constructions may
suffer extensive damage, even under low-to-moderate seismic actions, and corner towers …

Earthquake-induced damage assessment and partial failure mechanisms of an Italian Medieval castle

M Valente, G Milani - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the seismic response and partial failure mechanisms of the Castle of
St. George, one of the most renowned monumental constructions of the invaluable cultural …

Full-scale structural evaluations of İskenderpaşa minaret

A Aymelek, Y Yanik, B Demirtaş, Ö Yildirim, İ Çalik… - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, innovative methods have been used for observing and structural evaluating of
historical structures. In this paper, it is presented the full-scale structural assessments of a …

Evaluation of soil structure interaction effects on structural performance of historical masonry buildings considering earthquake input models

AF Genç, EE Atmaca, M Günaydin, AC Altunişik… - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Consideration of the soil domain is significant in the evaluation of seismic response. Since,
the wave propagation, soil amplifications, and deformability of subsoil significantly affect the …

Structural condition assessment of a historical masonry school building using experimental and numerical methods

M Günaydin, AF Genç, AC Altunışık… - Journal of Civil …, 2022 - Springer
Structural assessment of a historical building requires many different applications, such as in-
situ observations, in-situ measurements such as minor destructive or non-destructive tests …

Integrated approach for seismic vulnerability analysis of historic massive defensive structures

A Dall'Asta, G Leoni, A Meschini, E Petrucci… - Journal of Cultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper illustrates a multidisciplinary integrated approach for analysing the seismic
vulnerability of historical massive defensive structures. To this end, a fortress having …

Dynamic model identification of the medieval bell tower of Casertavecchia (Italy)

C Chisari, M Zizi, G De Matteis - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2025 - Elsevier
The structural safeguard of tangible cultural heritage, monuments in particular, needs a multi-
disciplinary approach involving historical–critical analysis, survey, in-situ and laboratory …

Non-destructive modal parameter identification of historical timber bridges using ambient vibration tests after restoration

AC Altunisik, E Kalkan, FY Okur, K Ozgan… - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
Historical structures are important cultural relics which illustrate the progress of engineering
development. They are a valuable source of information on construction techniques and …

Soil–Structure Interaction and Earthquake Input Models Effect on the Structural Response of the Santa Maria Church and Guesthouse Building

AC Altunişik, AF Genç, E Ertürk… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The fragility and capacity of historical structures can be evaluated under seismic loads with
the help of a rigid-base assumption by neglecting soil–structure interaction effects. However …

Automatic estimation of post-fire compressive strength reduction of masonry structures using deep convolutional neural network

K Hacıefendioğlu, AF Genc, S Nayır, S Ayas… - Fire Technology, 2022 - Springer
A deep learning-based image processing study was carried out to predict the post-fire safety
of historical masonry structures. For this purpose, andesite stone and lime-based mortar …