The Municipality of Pozzuoli[1] has entrusted the EDILTEST S.r.l. Laboratory[2] with the implementation of a “Pozzuoli Operational Model” for monitoring Sample Buildings to…
Structural dissipation by noninvasive external interventions is an advanced technique to improve the seismic performance of buildings without significantly altering their functionality. This…
Friction Pendulum System Principles The FPBs consists of a spherical sliding surface and an articulated slider which is faced with a high pressure…
The polar spectrum is a new tool describing the seismic spectra demand in each horizontal directions by means of graduated color maps. In…
In the last years “non conventional” seismic protection research strategies have reached remarkable improvements. Most of the proposed innovative approaches have the concept…