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Seismic Risk Assessment of Historic Masonry Towers: Comparison of Four Case Studies
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Monitoring Systems on Historic Buildings: The Brunelleschi Dome
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A digitally controlled monitoring system has been installed to observe and control the propagation of cracks in the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Firenze, Italy. This system has been in operation since 1988. ...
Incremental Dynamic and Nonlinear Static Analyses for Seismic Assessment of Medieval Masonry Towers
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Semiempirical Formulations for Estimating the Main Frequency of Slender Masonry Towers
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The paper focuses on the analysis of the outcomes of some experimental tests carried out in San Gimignano (Siena, Italy), aimed at measuring the natural frequencies of the medieval masonry towers still present in the ...
Toward an Improvement in the Identification of Bridge Deck Flutter Derivatives
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents a short review of the state-of-the-art methods to identify bridge deck flutter derivatives and proposes a new algorithm to simultaneously extract the aeroelastic coefficients from free-vibration ...
Synergistic and Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Conservation of Monumental Heritage: Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study carried out on Brunelleschi’s Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, one of the most emblematic masonry domes in the world. The cupola has been ...
Epistemic Uncertainties in Structural Modeling: A Blind Benchmark for Seismic Assessment of Slender Masonry Towers
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers