On the form of the Musmeci's bridge over the Basento river

F Marmo, C Demartino, G Candela, C Sulpizio… - Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The bridge over the Basento river in Potenza, Italy, designed by Sergio Musmeci, is
supported by a continuous double-curvature RC shell optimized to reduce bending forces …

On the dependence of standard and gradient elastic material constants on a field of defects

Y Solyaev, S Lurie, E Barchiesi… - … and Mechanics of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In this work, we consider a strain gradient elasticity theory with an extended number of field
variables: the displacement vector and an additional scalar field defining the internal micro …

A review of the class of bouc-wen differential models for simulating mechanical hysteresis phenomena

D Pellecchia, M Paradiso - Mathematical Applications in Continuum and …, 2021 - Springer
One of the most popular hysteretic models used in many areas of engineering, especially
the civil one, is the Bouc-Wen model. Although this model is able to simulate several types of …

A computational strategy for eurocode 8-compliant analyses of reinforced concrete structures by seismic envelopes

S Sessa, F Marmo, N Vaiana… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A procedure is presented for performing Eurocode 8-compliant spectral
analyses of reinforced concrete structures by means of seismic response envelopes. To …

Probabilistic assessment of axial force–biaxial bending capacity domains of reinforced concrete sections

S Sessa, F Marmo, N Vaiana, L Rosati - Meccanica, 2019 - Springer
Capacity domains of reinforced concrete elements, computed according to Eurocode 2
provisions, have been investigated from a probabilistic perspective in order to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] A layer-wise plasticity-based approach for the analysis of reinforced concrete shell structures using a mixed finite element

FS Liguori, A Corrado, A Bilotta, A Madeo - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of reinforced concrete shell structures accounting for material nonlinearity is
addressed. The structural response is numerically evaluated using a mixed shell finite …

Fiber‐based shakedown analysis of three‐dimensional frames under multiple load combinations: Mixed finite elements and incremental‐iterative solution

D Magisano, G Garcea - International Journal for Numerical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents an efficient fiber analysis for evaluating the shakedown safety factor of
three‐dimensional frames under multiple load combinations. Mixed finite elements are …

A quasi-static nonlinear analysis for assessing the fire resistance of reinforced concrete 3D frames exploiting time-dependent yield surfaces

D Magisano, F Liguori, L Leonetti, D de Gregorio… - Computers & …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work an automatic procedure for evaluating the axial force-biaxial bending yield
surface of reinforced concrete sections in fire is proposed. It provides an accurate time …

[HTML][HTML] Strength hierarchy provisions for transverse confinement systems of shell structural elements

S Sessa, F Marmo, N Vaiana, D De Gregorio… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Through-the-thickness (TT) confinement of masonry and concrete panels by
composite or steel reinforcements, aiming at seismic retrofit of existing structures, has …

Caesar ii tool: Complementary analyses for emergency planning based on seismic risks impact evaluations

G Zuccaro, D De Gregorio, MF Leone, S Sessa… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Italy is a country with high seismic hazard, however since the delay in the seismic
classification of the national territory, most of the existing building heritage does not comply …