Safety assessment of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy

International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 215-240

  Aoki, Takayoshi ^a   Yuasa, Noboru ^b   Hamasaki, Hitoshi ^c   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^d   Takahashi, Noriyuki ^d   Tanigawa, Yasuo ^e   Komiyama, Tatsuhito ^f   Ina, Tomoyuki ^f   Sabia, Donato ^g   Demarie, Giacomo Vincenzo ^g  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e Mie Prefecture Testing Centre for Construction Materials   (Japan)

^f Constec Engineering Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^g POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brick; Compressive strength; Deterioration; Diagnostic inspection; Dynamic ambient vibration test; Elliptical masonry dome; Italy; Material tests; Mode shape; Natural frequency; Non destructive test; Safety assessment; Sanctuary of Vicoforte; Stochastic subspace identification; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BRICK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DOMES; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC MODULI; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT VIBRATION TEST; ITALY; MATERIAL TESTS; MODE SHAPES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SANCTUARY OF VICOFORTE; STOCHASTIC SUBSPACE IDENTIFICATION;

DETERIORATION;

EID: 80051746594     PISSN: 17450055     EISSN: 17450063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMSI.2011.041935     Document Type: Article

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