Seismic assessment of a medieval masonry tower in Northern Italy by limit, nonlinear static, and full dynamic analyses

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 489-524

  Milani, Gabriele ^a   Casolo, Siro ^a   Naliato, Andrea ^b   Tralli, Antonio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dynamic analysis; limit analysis; Masonry tower; pushover; three dimensional (3D) finite elements; two dimensional (2D) rigid body and spring model (RBSM)

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TOWERS;

LIMIT ANALYSIS; MASONRY TOWERS; PUSHOVER; RIGID BODY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84860615423     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2011.588987     Document Type: Article

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