Masonry structures dominate cultural heritage sites worldwide. Public authorities ought to
preserve and safeguard such structures for future generations. However, precise evaluation …

The preservation and seismic risk mitigation of built cultural heritage is considered today as
a major priority in the international political agenda. Among the great variety of heritage …

Crack occurrence and propagation are among the critical factors that affect the performance
and lifespan of civil infrastructure such as bridges, buildings, etc. Therefore, numerous crack …

Severe damages of adjacent structures due to structural pounding during earthquakes have
emphasized the need to use some seismic retrofit strategy to enhance the structural …

Abstract Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) enables the rapid assessment of structural
integrity in the immediate aftermath of strong ground motions. Data-driven techniques, often …

This paper presents a novel method for rapidly addressing the earthquake-induced damage
identification task in historic masonry towers. The proposed method, termed DORI, combines …

The present research paper properly focuses on the dynamics and failure mechanisms of
the masonry “Apennine Church” of Santissimo Crocifisso in Pretare, municipality of Arquata …

This paper proposes a data-driven model for predicting the code-based seismic vulnerability
index calibrated on a dataset comprising almost 300 buildings. The vulnerability index …

Accurate post-earthquake damage evaluation of real-world structures is essential to ensure
the safe operation of buildings. To this end, we propose a damage evaluation method for …

Abstract Classical Finite-Element and Discrete-Element strategies are expensive to carry
when analysing masonry structures in the inelastic range, under a seismic excitation, and …