A suitable piece of software is presented to connect Abaqus, a sophisticated finite element
package, with Matlab, the most comprehensive program for mathematical analysis. This …

The recent developments of micro-electro-mechanical systems and wireless sensor
networks allow today the use of low-cost and small-size sensors for continuous monitoring of …

The historical buildings of a nation are the tangible signs of its history and culture. Their
preservation deserves considerable attention, being of primary importance from a historical …

Finite element model updating of a structure made of linear elastic materials is based on the
solution of a minimization problem. The goal is to find some unknown parameters of the …

The mechanical behavior of masonry materials has a common feature: a nonlinear behavior
with high compressive strength and very low tensile strength. As a consequence, old …

This paper aims to explore the dynamic behavior of a segmental masonry arch subjected to
increasing horizontal displacements of one support. To this end, output-only dynamic …

The seismic analysis of historical masonry vaults is a challenging task for contemporary
engineers, as vault behavior depends on a large number of factors. Among them, the vault's …

Real structures mode shapes estimated by modal analysis techniques have a common
feature: in most cases they are complex, and their level of complexity can be soundly …

The paper reports the results of a blind benchmark developed as a part of the preliminary
activity of the research project RiSEM (Italian acronym for Seismic Risk on Monumental …

The constitutive equation of masonry-like materials has been generalized in order to
account for a limit to the tangential component of the stress, that is proportional to the normal …