A review of methods applicable to the study of masonry historical construction,
encompassing both classical and advanced ones, is presented. Firstly, the paper offers a …

Recent earthquakes have highlighted that historical fortified masonry constructions may
suffer extensive damage, even under low-to-moderate seismic actions, and corner towers …

The relevant losses determined by recent earthquakes stressed the vulnerability of historical
masonry constructions towards horizontal seismic actions, therefore highlighting the need …

The evaluation of the nonlinear seismic response of masonry buildings represents a subject
of considerable importance whose resolution is nowadays a main research topic in …

In this paper, a new semi-automatic procedure to transform three-dimensional point clouds
of complex objects to three-dimensional finite element models is presented and validated …

This article presents a review of the research on Building Information Modeling (BIM) in
construction, with the aim of identifying areas in this domain where IS research can …

Ten existing masonry towers, located in the coastal Po Valley (Italy), are analysed in the
presence of seismic excitations. They show some affinities which justify a comparative …

Recent earthquakes have demonstrated the high vulnerability of cultural heritage buildings,
whose seismic assessment and rehabilitation constitute an important issue in seismic …

From the theoretical point of view, systems composed by masonry arches or vaults would
require, during construction, the simultaneous activation of all structural elements in order to …

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 …