Seismic behavior and damage assessment of two historical fortified masonry palaces with corner towers

M Valente - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Recent earthquakes have highlighted that historical fortified masonry constructions may
suffer extensive damage, even under low-to-moderate seismic actions, and corner towers …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling of a majestic masonry structure: A comparison of advanced techniques

M Schiavoni, E Giordano, F Roscini… - Engineering Failure …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The present study aims to provide a comparative analysis between discontinuous models
(DM) and continuous models (CM) for the analysis of majestic masonry structures subjected …

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 …

Ambient vibration‐based finite element model updating of an earthquake‐damaged masonry tower

E Bassoli, L Vincenzi, AM D'Altri… - … Control and Health …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a vibration‐based model updating procedure for historical masonry
structures which have suffered severe damage due to seismic events. This allows gathering …

Earthquake-induced damage assessment and partial failure mechanisms of an Italian Medieval castle

M Valente, G Milani - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2019‏ - Elsevier
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 …

A systematic method for post-earthquake damage assessment: Case study of the Antep Castle, Türkiye

L Karataş, T Ateş, A Alptekin, M Dal… - Advanced Engineering …, 2023‏ - publish.mersin.edu.tr
Although there is no definite information about when and by whom Antep Castle was built,
its history dates back 6000 years. The walls of the Antep castle were built in the Byzantine …

Ambient vibrations-supported seismic assessment of the Saint Lawrence Cathedral's bell tower in Genoa, Italy

S Degli Abbati, D Sivori, S Cattari… - Journal of Civil Structural …, 2024‏ - Springer
Post-earthquake damage surveys systematically highlight the seismic vulnerability of
monumental structures, calling for simple assessment procedures to address the design of …

Integrated approach for seismic vulnerability analysis of historic massive defensive structures

A Dall'Asta, G Leoni, A Meschini, E Petrucci… - Journal of Cultural …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This paper illustrates a multidisciplinary integrated approach for analysing the seismic
vulnerability of historical massive defensive structures. To this end, a fortress having …

Effect of bedrock stiffness and thickness on numerical simulation of seismic site response. Italian case studies

G Falcone, G Romagnoli, G Naso, F Mori… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of bedrock stiffness and thickness effect on ground motion modification
represent a key-issue in the perspective of seismic risk reduction policy, since the maximum …

Collapse investigation of the Arquata del Tronto medieval fortress after the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence

AM D'Altri, G Castellazzi, S de Miranda - Journal of Building Engineering, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, an investigation is presented of the Arquata del Tronto medieval fortress local
collapses that occurred due to the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence. Both historical …