Abstract: Tuff buildings are a significant part of the Mediterranean area and are to be preserved from a structural viewpoint especially in seismic areas. Over the past few decades, the interest in strengthening of historical tuff ...

Abstract: Column jacketing with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials has been extensively investigated in the last decade to address the issue of seismic upgrade and retrofit of existing reinforced concrete (RC) columns. ...

Abstract: Every year, several prestressed concrete (PC) bridge girders are accidentally damaged by overheight vehicles or construction equipment impact. Although complete replacement is sometimes deemed necessary, repair and ...

Abstract: A full-scale unreinforced masonry (URM) wall with an opening was tested under in-plane lateral loading. The wall was first subjected to monotonically increasing displacements until a moderate damage level was reached. The ...

Abstract: This paper studies the seismic behavior of old-style reinforced concrete beam-column joints and the effectiveness of an innovative application of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) as a seismic strengthening solution. Two ...

Abstract: Capacity models to assess structural safety are primarily based on experimental outcomes typical of new constructions. In order to analyze deformation and strength mechanisms of members that do not comply to current seismic ...

Abstract: In the framework of the seismic performance assessment and rehabilitation research project, a series of bidirectional pseudodynamic tests were performed on a full-scale torsionally unbalanced three-story reinforced concrete ...

Abstract: Past experimental tests on a full-scale masonry wall with an opening evidenced the key role of the spandrel panel in the in-plane nonlinear response of the system. Recent seismic codes do not provide specific criteria to ...