Structural Assessment and Proposed Intervention Works on a Historic Masonry Tower
Tomme: LXI (LXV) Fascicle: 1 | 2015
Pages: 45-56
Abstract text:
Studies concerned with evaluation and rehabilitation of historical masonry towers consider in situ investigations and structural analysis in order to better understand the seismic behaviour of these buildings, to define the causes for present damage and to asses the safety level for a large variety of actions. These pages follows, in the case of a historic masonry bell-tower structure, a description of the on site and laboratory investigations correlated with finite element models. Also, a proper retrofitting solution is presented. Advantages and disavantages of different modelling techniques, calibration of finite element models with ambient vibrations tests and the applicability of these methods in the field of old masonry structures assessment are presented.
Key Words:
masonry bell-tower; ambient vibration tests; modelling methods and calibration; intervention works.
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