Collapse of the clock tower in Finale Emilia after the May 2012 Emilia Romagna earthquake sequence: Numerical insight

Engineering Structures

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-91

  Acito, Maurizio ^a   Bocciarelli, Massimiliano ^a   Chesi, Claudio ^a   Milani, Gabriele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D finite elements; Masonry tower; May 2012 Emilia earthquake; Non linear dynamic analysis; Pushover

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; CLOCKS; EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D FINITE ELEMENTS; ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; ISOTROPIC DAMAGE MODEL; MASONRY TOWERS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; PUSHOVER; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES;

TOWERS;

AFTERSHOCK; COLLAPSE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84899947857     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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