This paper reports on the results of soil-foundation numerical modelling and the seismic
response of a cooling tower founded on piles of a petrochemical facility located in the city of …

Abstract The city of Catania (Italy) in the South-Eastern Sicily has been affected in past times
by several destroying earthquakes with high values of estimated magnitude. The …

Pseudostatic approaches for the seismic analysis of pile foundations are attractive for
practicing engineers because they are simple when compared to difficult and more complex …

The analysis of the historical reports and previous research projects allowed us to describe
high-level seismic risk scenarios for the city of Catania, located on the eastern coast of Sicily …

The assessment of the likely performance of an earth dam during earthquakes is important
because its failure can result in significant human and financial losses and severe …

Thematic maps, such as seismic risk maps, are a useful tool that researchers use for
representing the adverse outcomes that a natural catastrophic event can have over the …

Eastern Sicily is very rich of historical buildings, but at the same time is one of the most
seismically active areas of Italy. In particular, the city of Augusta was damaged by the …

One of the most important problems of geotechnical engineering is the design of pile
foundations. Piles are generally designed for vertical and horizontal static loads. However, it …

Piles may be subjected to significant kinematic loading from ground movement under
earthquakes. Pseudostatic analysis, which is based on the Winker beam model, traditionally …

The comprehension of the real behaviour of pile foundations under earthquake loading is
very important, since it can significantly affect the performance of the superstructure. As a …