A5067746886- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Hygrothermal properties of building materials
- Seismic Performance and Analysis
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
- Building materials and conservation
- Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
- Geophysics and Sensor Technology
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Wood Treatment and Properties
- Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
2014-2025
University of Reggio Calabria
2008-2011
There are many existing buildings for which seismic rehabilitation interventions required, especially in earthquake-prone areas like Italy. At the same time, huge energy cost increase Europe highlights need sustainable techniques that able to efficiency of buildings. These issues even more significant weak social groups living housing buildings, often poor and vulnerable conditions. In order address solution regarding building renovations from social, structural, perspectives, framework...
The framework for life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) developed within the project CALCAS (Co-ordination Action innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis Sustainability) is introducing a truly integrated approach studies. However, it needs to be further conceptually refined and made operational. In particular, one of gaps still hindering adoption analytic tools studies lack clear link between goal scope definition modeling phase. This paper presents an structure phase LCSA so as identify...
In recent years, innovative Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques, applicable for the assessment of existing civil structures, have become available in situ analysis on Reinforced Concrete (RC) and masonry but they are still not established regular inspections, especially after seismic events. The damage RC buildings events is a very relevant issue Italy, where most structures built last 50 years structures. Furthermore, there also growing interest being able to monitor structural health...
Abstract Recent studies have demonstrated that the use of natural materials represents one pathways to achieve energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in buildings. In framework Circular Economy policies aimed at reducing consumption raw materials, shives, as an agricultural by-product hemp cultivation, gained a renovated life construction sector. Among all building products made hemp, hempcrete blocks are most innovative, because they represent solution needs new traditional...
A simple graphic procedure for the optimum design of elastomeric seismic isolation devices is proposed. Starting from requirements concerning a base-isolated building, such as device's stiffness, maximum displacement, and vertical load, well code checks on device, allows defining values mechanical geometrical parameters, rubber shear modulus, diameter, thickness, number steel layers. In more detail, first identifying ranges characteristics through representation in terms rubber's diameter...
Intending to safeguard architectural heritage, the assessment of health timber structures is crucial, though challenging, due organic nature wood and uncertainties its preservation state. To this end, useful support provided by ICOMOS guidelines, which provide conservation strategies based on thorough diagnosis safety evaluations. In context, study summarized in paper focuses medieval Tower Montorio, suffered considerable damage strong earthquake that occurred those area September 2003. Its...
The aim of this work is to show that possible apply the Nonlinear Energy Sink (NES) concept protect seismically excited eccentric steel structures through Targeted Transfer (TET). We consider, as primary (linear) system, a small-scale four-storey unsymmetrical-plan building, modeled twelve-degree-of-freedom-system, with floors sufficiently rigid so frame can reasonably be considered shear-type and additional mass for each floor. To we connect two NESs, which are non-smooth precisely...
Experimental vibrational analysis is used in the knowledge process of a historic building, made confined masonry, construction system suggested reconstruction after 1915 earthquake at Avezzano, Italy. The building was primary subject usual experimental campaign to verify structural geometry, characteristics materials and permanent loads. Then, detailed vibration carried out. Data were analysed both frequency time domains. This combined approach allowed us point out importance floor...
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The aim is to compare plastic deformation capacities of flexure‐controlled reinforced concrete members, as predicted by the Italian Seismic Code, Eurocode 8 and FEMA356. For completeness, recent studies in literature are also referred to. comparison pursued context with a nonlinear static analysis run on 2D frame structures. This allows assess whether which extent may be affected variations those quantities, such shear span and/or axial load, depending generally given.