A mechanical-based seismic vulnerability assessment method with an application to masonry structures in Cosenza (Italy)

FS Liguori, S Fiore, FL Perelli, D De Gregorio… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023 - Springer
The paper presents a mechanical-based framework for the evaluation of local-scale seismic
fragility curves. The approach is oriented to a seismic vulnerability assessment of …

A review on membrane finite elements with drilling degree of freedom

D Boutagouga - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Membrane finite elements have gained increasing importance since the early years of the
finite elements method due to their convenience to a wide range of plane and 3D shell …

Determination of material properties for ANSYS progressive damage analysis of laminated composites

EJ Barbero, M Shahbazi - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
A method is presented to calculate the material parameters required by the progressive
damage analysis (PDA) material-model in ANSYS®. The proposed method is based on …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed inverse differential quadrature method for static analysis of constant-and variable-stiffness laminated beams based on Hellinger-Reissner mixed …

LC Trinh, SO Ojo, RMJ Groh, PM Weaver - International Journal of Solids …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing applications of laminated composite structures necessitate the development of
equivalent single layer (ESL) models that can achieve similar accuracy but are more …

An overview of mixed finite elements for the analysis of inelastic bidimensional structures

NA Nodargi - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2019 - Springer
As inelastic structures are ubiquitous in many engineering fields, a central task in
computational mechanics is to develop accurate, robust and efficient tools for their analysis …

[HTML][HTML] A stabilization-free hybrid virtual element formulation for the accurate analysis of 2D elasto-plastic problems

FS Liguori, A Madeo, S Marfia, G Garcea… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
A plasticity formulation for the Hybrid Virtual Element Method (HVEM) is presented. The
main features include the use of an energy norm for the VE projection, a high-order …

TLS for dynamic measurement of the elastic line of bridges

S Artese, R Zinno - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The evaluation of the structural health of a bridge and the monitoring of its bearing capacity
are performed by measuring different parameters. The most important ones are the …

Monitoring of bridges by a laser pointer: Dynamic measurement of support rotations and elastic line displacements: Methodology and first test

S Artese, V Achilli, R Zinno - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Deck inclination and vertical displacements are among the most important technical
parameters to evaluate the health status of a bridge and to verify its bearing capacity …

Structural health monitoring (SHM)

R Zinno, S Artese, G Clausi, F Magarò, S Meduri… - The internet of things for …, 2019 - Springer
This work tries to fit structural health monitoring into the Internet of Things (IoT), the main
topic of the research carried out in the context of the PON-DOMUS project [1]. The structural …

A mixed finite element for the nonlinear analysis of in‐plane loaded masonry walls

NA Nodargi, P Bisegna - International Journal for Numerical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A mixed membrane eight‐node quadrilateral finite element for the analysis of masonry walls
is presented. Assuming that a nonlinear and history‐dependent 2D stress‐strain constitutive …