Vibration-based tests and results for the evaluation of infill masonry walls influence on the dynamic behaviour of buildings: a review

V Nicoletti, D Arezzo, S Carbonari, F Gara - Archives of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Tests on infill masonry walls have been widely performed by many researchers and for a
long time with the main purpose of characterising the infill performance under earthquake …

Numerical model upgrading of a historical masonry building damaged during the 2016 Italian earthquakes: the case study of the Podestà palace in Montelupone (Italy …

F Clementi, A Pierdicca, A Formisano, F Catinari… - Journal of Civil …, 2017 - Springer
In October 2016, two major earthquakes occurred in Marche region in the Centre of Italy,
causing widespread damage. The epicentre of the second one struck Norcia, Visso and …

Numerical model upgrading of a historical masonry palace monitored with a wireless sensor network

A Pierdicca, F Clementi, D Isidori… - … Journal of Masonry …, 2016 - inderscienceonline.com
Seismic protection and vulnerability reduction are very relevant issues in European regions,
such as Italy, characterised by the presence of a large stock of heritage structures. This …

Tracking modal parameters evolution of a school building during retrofitting works

A Pierdicca, F Clementi, A Fortunati, S Lenci - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2019 - Springer
During a seismic improvement intervention that lasted more than one year, a reinforced
concrete (RC) school building had been surveyed through dynamic monitoring, granting …

Seismic FDD modal identification and monitoring of building properties from real strong‐motion structural response signals

F Pioldi, R Ferrari, E Rizzi - Structural Control and Health …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, output‐only modal dynamic identification and monitoring of building
properties is attempted successfully by processing real earthquake‐induced structural …

Modal parameters identification with environmental tests and advanced numerical analyses for masonry bell towers: a meaningful case study

V Gazzani, M Poiani, F Clementi, G Milani… - Procedia Structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the first part, a dynamic monitoring for non-destructive evaluation of heritage structures is
discussed with reference to a case study, namely the Pomposa Abbey belfry, located in the …

Modified three‐dimensional seismic assessment method for buildings based on ambient vibration tests: extrapolation to higher shaking levels and measuring the …

F Mirshafiei, G McClure - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents applications of the modified 3D‐SAM approach, a three‐dimensional
seismic assessment methodology for buildings directly based on in situ experimental modal …

Study on Empirical Formulas and Distribution Ranges of Vibration Periods in High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Constructions

Z Tang, H Chen, B Sun, X Chen… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
China is now undergoing the largest and fastest urbanization process in the world,
developing various reinforced concrete high-rise buildings during this process. Most high …

A Full Dynamic Compound Inverse Method for output-only element-level system identification and input estimation from earthquake response signals

F Pioldi, E Rizzi - Computational Mechanics, 2016 - Springer
This paper proposes a new output-only element-level system identification and input
estimation technique, towards the simultaneous identification of modal parameters, input …

Seismic response assessment of man-made structures

F Mirshafiei, G Mcclure - US Patent 10,648,881, 2020 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is drawn to methods and systems for determining a seismic response
of a man-made structure to a given input earthquake. Sensors are used to obtain vibration …