Numerical modelling of the seismic response of a tunnel–soil–aboveground building system in Catania (Italy)

G Abate, MR Massimino - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2017‏ - Springer
Seismic design of structures is commonly performed by using design spectra by national
technical codes or, in some “advanced” designs, by using design acceleration time-histories …

Effects of soil-foundation-interaction on the seismic response of a cooling tower by 3D-FEM analysis

F Castelli, S Grasso, V Lentini, MSV Sammito - Geosciences, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
This paper reports on the results of soil-foundation numerical modelling and the seismic
response of a cooling tower founded on piles of a petrochemical facility located in the city of …

The use of scenarios to evaluate the tsunami impact in southern Italy

S Tinti, A Armigliato - Marine Geology, 2003‏ - Elsevier
This paper outlines the main contributions to the definition and evaluation of tsunami hazard
and risk resulting from studies undertaken in Italy in recent years and emphasises that …

A study on damage scenarios for residential buildings in Catania city

E Faccioli, V Pessina, GM Calvi, B Borzi - Journal of seismology, 1999‏ - Springer
The main purpose of this study is to obtain the damage scenario for residential buildings in
the occurrence of a destructive earthquake (M= 7+) in the city area of Catania, Eastern Sicily …

Integrated use of ambient vibrations and geological methods for seismic microzonation

F Panzera, G Romagnoli, G Tortorici, S D'Amico… - Journal of Applied …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Ambient vibrations spectral ratios at forty-five sites and shear wave velocity profiles obtained
by inverting surface waves dispersion curves were used to assess seismic site response …

The seismic microzonation of the city of Catania (Italy) for the maximum expected scenario earthquake of January 11, 1693

S Grasso, M Maugeri - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Safety against earthquake hazards presents two aspects: structural safety against potentially
destructive dynamic forces and site safety related to geotechnical phenomena, such as …

Seismic microzoning from synthetic ground motion earthquake scenarios parameters: the case study of the City of Catania (Italy)

F Castelli, A Cavallaro, S Grasso, V Lentini - soil dynamics and earthquake …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The city of Catania (Italy) in the South-Eastern Sicily has been affected in past times
by several destroying earthquakes with high values of estimated magnitude. The …

Topographic effects on the Monte Po hill in Catania (Italy)

A Cavallaro, A Ferraro, S Grasso, M Maugeri - Soil Dynamics and …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The study regards an evaluation of site effects on and near the Monte Po hill, located in the
north-eastern part of the city of Catania (Italy), an area at high seismic risk. At the beginning …

Seismic microzonation studies for the city of Ragusa (Italy)

S Grasso, M Maugeri - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The seismic history of the city of Ragusa (Italy), the geotechnical characterisation of the
subsoil and the site response analysis should be correctly evaluated for the definition of the …

A lumped mass Chebyshev spectral element method and its application to structural dynamic problems

J Wang, H Li, H **ng - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2022‏ - Springer
A diagonal or lumped mass matrix is of great value for time-domain analysis of structural
dynamic and wave propagation problems, as the computational efforts can be greatly …