Abstract: This investigation concerns the structural stability of two medieval buildings, “Torre Sineo” and “Torre Astesiano,” rising in the center of Alba, a characteristic town in Piedmont, Italy. The geometrical and structural ...

Abstract: Masonry arch structures, and, more generally, vaulted structures, are traditionally assessed using a well-established approach, such as linear elasticity or limit analysis, whereby system behavior at the intermediate ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new precursor for monitoring coal–rock dynamic disasters based on a fiber bundle model (FBM), which has been validated in the study of material fracture and critical phenomena. First, the FBM was ...