Modeling strategies for the computational analysis of unreinforced masonry structures: review and classification

AM D'altri, V Sarhosis, G Milani, J Rots… - … methods in engineering, 2020 - Springer
Masonry structures, although classically suitable to withstand gravitational loads, are
sensibly vulnerable if subjected to extraordinary actions such as earthquakes, exhibiting …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art of simplified analytical methods for seismic vulnerability assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings

A Shabani, M Kioumarsi, M Zucconi - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities in the develo** world are facing outstanding economic and human losses caused
by natural hazards such as earthquakes, and the amount of losses is affected by the quality …

The heuristic vulnerability model: fragility curves for masonry buildings

S Lagomarsino, S Cattari, D Ottonelli - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Springer
In the framework of seismic risk analyses at large scale, among the available methods for
the vulnerability assessment the empirical and expert elicitation based ones still represent …

An innovative numerical modeling strategy for the structural analysis of historical monumental buildings

G Castellazzi, AM D'Altri, S de Miranda, F Ubertini - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, an innovative numerical modeling strategy for the structural analysis of
historical monumental buildings is presented. The strategy is based on a procedure that …

Numerical simulation of the seismic response and soil–structure interaction for a monitored masonry school building damaged by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake

A Brunelli, F De Silva, A Piro, F Parisi, S Sica… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Despite significant research advances on the seismic response analysis, there is still an
urgent need for validation of numerical simulation methods for prediction of earthquake …

Uses and limits of the Equivalent Frame Model on existing unreinforced masonry buildings for assessing their seismic risk: A review

E Quagliarini, G Maracchini, F Clementi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the late 1970s, nonlinear static analysis have had an increasing use in the seismic
assessment of existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Different modelling …

Nonlinear modeling of the seismic response of masonry structures: critical review and open issues towards engineering practice

S Cattari, B Calderoni, I Caliò, G Camata… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
This paper provides a comphrensive review of the critical aspects of nonlinear modeling for
evaluating the seismic response of masonry structures, emphasizing the issues relevant to …

Seismic assessment of rocking masonry structures

S Lagomarsino - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2015 - Springer
The seismic assessment of rocking masonry structures is a complex task, due to the high
sensitivity of the behavior to the characteristics of the input motion. The paper compares the …

Evolutionary numerical model for cultural heritage structures via genetic algorithms: a case study in central Italy

GP Salachoris, G Standoli, M Betti, G Milani… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper the actual dynamic behavior of the civic Clock tower of Rotella, a little village in
central Italy heavily damaged by the recent 2016 seismic sequence, is thoroughly …

Seismic assessment of interacting structural units in complex historic masonry constructions by nonlinear static analyses

S Degli Abbati, AM D'Altri, D Ottonelli… - Computers & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The damage occurred due to past earthquakes highlighted that the seismic behavior of
historic masonry structures characterized by an aggregation of units with an own seismic …