Performance-based design plays a significant role in the structural and earthquake
engineering community to ensure both safety and economic feasibility. Its application to …

Multi-hazard risk assessment of building portfolios is of primary importance in natural-hazard-
prone regions, particularly for the prioritisation of disaster risk reduction and resilience …

In the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, Building Information Modeling
(BIM)-based procedures have become adopted more and more. In fact, the development of …

In civil and mechanical engineering, Bayesian inverse methods may serve to calibrate the
uncertain input parameters of a structural model given the measurements of the outputs …

This paper analyzes the influence of horizontal damped and undamped restraints in terms of
the amplification of the response of rocking masonry walls subjected to seismic excitations. It …

In consideration of the high vulnerability of the built environment, the assessment of seismic
behavior of existing masonry buildings is a key topic in view of their retrofitting and reuse …

Seismic assessment is a paramount issue and a valuable instrument towards the
conservation of vulnerable structures in seismic prone regions. The past seismic events …

This paper presents an innovative methodology to assess the economic and environmental
impact of integrated interventions, namely solutions that improve both structural and energy …

The state of materials and accordingly the properties of structures are changing over the
period of use, which may influence the reliability and quality of the structure during its life …

The evaluation of the shear behavior of masonry walls is a first fundamental step for the
assessment of existing masonry structures in seismic zones. However, due to the complexity …