by Applied Element Method | Apr 3, 2017 | Conferences
The Margherita Palace is a heritage masonry structure constructed two centuries ago in L’Aquila (Italy) and extensively damaged by the strong 2009 earthquake. The palace was considered unstable and therefore temporarily supported to avoid its collapse. A structural...
by Applied Element Method | Feb 3, 2017 | Conferences
During the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake, the tower of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, the town’s iconic symbol, collapsed to the ground. The tower was believed to have been rendered vulnerable to collapse because of 20th-century renovations to the tower’s observation platform,...
by Applied Element Method | Feb 29, 2016 | Other Publications, Thesis
Unreinforced masonry (URM) structures have shown to be susceptible to significant damage during strong earthquakes. Vulnerability assessment of URM buildings is needed so that appropriate mitigation strategies can be implemented. The existing Canadian practice consists of rapid seismic screening of buildings to assign priorities for further and more refined assessments, followed by refined analysis of individual critical buildings.
by Applied Element Method | Dec 28, 2015 | Conferences
The paper investigates the role of beam-to-column connections in mitigation the progressive collapse of multi-story steel frame buildings in case of column loss. On this purpose, a set of moment frames with different beam-to-column connections is designed following...
by Applied Element Method | Dec 14, 2015 | Conferences
Capacity of multi-storey steel frame buildings to resist extreme loading may depend on the performance of beam-to-column connections. If catenary action forms, this results in large axial force demands in beams and therefore it is necessary to take into account the...
