Every year, natural hazards affect millions of people around the world, causing significant
economic and life losses. The rapid progress of technology and advances in understanding …

In view of the grave socioeconomic consequences of earthquake damage to bridge
structures, along with their critical role in modern and older road and rail networks, this …

The experimental analyses of response time and dissipative capability of two prototype
magnetorheological semi‐active dampers are presented herein. These activities have been …

The seismic events occurred in recent years have highlighted the extreme vulnerability of a
large part of existing Italian highway infrastructure. The principal skeleton of Italian highway …

The effectiveness of sloped rolling-type seismic isolators (SRI) in seismically protecting
critical equipment from malfunction and damage has already been extensively …

In this paper the possibility to manage data transferred by a Seismic Early Warning network
to protect from collapse Base Isolated strategic structural systems by using semiactive …

An innovative technique for seismic retrofit of a case study highway bridge is presented
herein. It is done by means of the friction pendulum isolators (FPS) combined with smart …

By means of installing sloped rolling-type seismic isolators (SRI), the horizontal acceleration
transmitted to the to-be-protected object above can be effectively and significantly reduced …

The seismic analysis and retrofit of prestressed reinforced concrete bridge is discussed by
considering a real case of a viaduct still in use. The unique features of this bridge make this …

The combined use of two emerging technologies in the field of seismic engineering is
investigated. The first is a semiactive control, to reduce smartly the effects induced by …