%0 Journal Article
%T Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of a Historical Masonry Building
%A Francesca Ceroni
%A Marisa Pecce
%A Stefania Sica
%A Angelo Garofano
%J Buildings
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/buildings2030332
%X A multidisciplinary approach for assessing the seismic vulnerability of heritage masonry buildings is described throughout the paper. The procedure is applied to a specific case study that represents a very common typology of masonry building in Italy. The seismic vulnerability of the examined building was assessed after the following: (a) historical investigation about the building and the surrounding area, (b) detailed geometrical relieves, (c) identification of materials by means of surveys and literature indications, (d) dynamic in-situ tests, (e) foundation soil characterization, (f) dynamic identification of the structure by means of a refined Finite Element (FE) model. After these steps, the FE model was used to assess the safety level of the building by means of non-linear static analyses according to the provisions of Eurocode 8 and estimate of the q-factor. Some parametric studies were also carried out by means of both linear dynamic and non-linear static analyses.
%K masonry buildings
%K knowledge level
%K multidisciplinary in-situ inquiries
%K FE models
%K dynamic behavior
%K non-linear analyses
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/2/3/332