Recent major earthquakes in the Italian territory have reaffirmed the seismic vulnerability of
precast industrial buildings typical of past Italian building practices, highlighting structural …

On 6 April 2009, an Mw 6.2 earthquake struck beneath the city of L'Aquila, central Italy. The
shock created significant damage and caused more than 300 deaths in the city and …

March–April 2015| PCI Journal 58 longitudinal and transversal reinforcement requirements.
In particular, because the minimum number of stirrups depends on the size of the column …

The seismic sequence which hit the Northern Italian territory in 2012 produced extensive
damage to reinforced concrete (RC) precast buildings typically adopted as industrial …

The assessment of seismic risk for critical and strategic structures like schools and hospitals
remains crucial, even in regions with low seismic activity. Presently, operational school …

The seismic vulnerability of precast reinforced concrete buildings is often governed by the
performance of mechanical connections between precast elements. This aspect was …

Shaking-table experiments of relatively large-scale specimens play a fundamental role in
deepening our understanding of seismic response of existing structures and verification of …

In May 2012, a series of medium–high intensity earthquakes struck a highly industrialized
area of central-northern Italy and in particular the Emilia-Romagna region. As a …

In seismic countries of Southern Europe, including Italy, a large stock of existing precast
structures for industrial buildings is characterized by beam-to-column dry friction joints …

Abstract The 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake, that mainly struck the homonymous Italian
region provoking 28 casualties and damage to thousands of structures and infrastructures, is …