In this paper, masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames are analyzed through a
probabilistic approach. A macro-modeling technique, based on an equivalent diagonal pin …

This paper addresses numerical modeling and nonlinear analysis of unreinforced masonry
walls and vaults externally strengthened using fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). The aim of …

This study focuses on evaluating the performance of an aged heritage building made of
unreinforced brick masonry under seismic conditions, both with and without retrofitting. To …

Restoration and retrofitting of heritage buildings is a complex analysis. In actual practice,
building materials of heritage masonry buildings are anisotropic. However, in practice, these …

Masonry walls are amongst the oldest building systems. A large portion of the research on
these structures focuses on the load-bearing walls. Numerical methods have been generally …

The chapter deals with the assessment of the seismic vulnerability of the “San Francesco ad
Alto” historical masonry building, a former church located in Ancona (Italy), which is currently …

An efficient seismic fragility analysis (SFA) of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in the
Bayesian framework utilizing limited numbers of nonlinear time history analyses (NLTHA) …

The present PhD thesis deals with the use of the Probability Transformation Method (PTM)
and of some of its extensions for solving mechanical and structural systems for which the …