Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of a Historical Masonry Building

Buildings

Francesca Ceroni¹  Marisa Pecce²  Stefania Sica² 

[1] Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Piazza Roma, 21-82100 Benevento, Italy;

关键词: masonry buildings;    knowledge level;    multidisciplinary in-situ inquiries;    FE models;    dynamic behavior;    non-linear analyses;   

DOI  :  10.3390/buildings2030332

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

A multidisciplinary approach for assessing the seismic vulnerability of heritage masonry buildings is described throughout the paper. The procedure is applied to a specific case study that represents a very common typology of masonry building in Italy. The seismic vulnerability of the examined building was assessed after the following: (a) historical investigation about the building and the surrounding area, (b) detailed geometrical relieves, (c) identification of materials by means of surveys and literature indications, (d) dynamic in-situ tests, (e) foundation soil characterization, (f) dynamic identification of the structure by means of a refined Finite Element (FE) model. After these steps, the FE model was used to assess the safety level of the building by means of non-linear static analyses according to the provisions of Eurocode 8 and estimate of the q-factor. Some parametric studies were also carried out by means of both linear dynamic and non-linear static analyses.

【 授权许可】

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