Experimental analysis of the "Saint Andrea" Masonry Bell Tower in Venice. A new method for the determination of "Tower Global Young's Modulus E"

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Russo, G ^a   Bergamo, O ^a   Damiani, L ^a   Lugato, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Bell tower; Experimental analysis; Masonry; Rayleigh's method; Structural identification; Venice

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BELL TOWERS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH'S METHOD; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION;

BELLS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOWERS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT NOISE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 72549106452     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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