Conservation and restoration of historical structures are still a challenge to modem
practitioners even if significant research advances have occurred in the last decades …

Identifying the possible causes of existing damage in historical structures is a complex task.
Common difficulties are the limited information regarding the history of the construction, the …

The preservation and risk mitigation of built cultural heritage require the use of reliable tools
which enable to give a better insight into the complex behaviour of these structures, by …

The paper addresses the failure analysis under horizontal loads of the most ancient body of
the National Palace of Sintra, Portugal: the Bonet building. This is a URM construction built …

Historical structures are particularly difficult to analyze due to the lack of mechanical data.
Here, a case study is fully detailed, including the aspects of historical, damage and …

Most of cultural heritage was built using rules of art that frequently ensured durability and
structural safety. Nevertheless, several buildings underwent noteworthy modification over …

This paper includes the most important findings of a series of both linear elastic and non-
linear analyses focusing on the development of failure developing on the masonry structural …

The paper offers a contribution to the issue of modelling and analysis of architectural
heritage through the discussion of an illustrative case study: the Italian Medieval Castle of …

The paper reports the results of a research aimed at analyzing and interpreting the cracking
pattern on the Cappella dei Principi (Prince's Chapel, the Medici's mausoleum) in the …

This work presents a methodological approach to the study of historical structures in
particularly hazardous conditions. Preliminary knowledge, diagnostic methods and …