Modal-based FE model updating via genetic algorithms: Exploiting artificial intelligence to build realistic numerical models of historical structures

G Standoli, GP Salachoris, MG Masciotta… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Cultural Heritage preservation requires the combination of in situ investigations and
accurate Finite Elements models in order to correctly interpret the empirical evidence and …

Seismic analysis of slender monumental structures: Current strategies and challenges

MG Masciotta, PB Lourenço - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The preservation and seismic risk mitigation of built cultural heritage is considered today as
a major priority in the international political agenda. Among the great variety of heritage …

Model updating of historical belfries based on oma identification techniques

G Standoli, E Giordano, G Milani… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Central Italy Earthquakes occurred in 2016 pointed out once more the
vulnerability of Cultural Heritage (CH), especially for what concerns bell-towers since they …

Seismic vulnerability assessment for masonry churches: An overview on existing methodologies

M Zizi, J Rouhi, C Chisari, D Cacace, G De Matteis - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present manuscript deals with the seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry
churches, which is a fundamental process for risk and consequent prioritization analyses, as …

Evolutionary numerical model for cultural heritage structures via genetic algorithms: a case study in central Italy

GP Salachoris, G Standoli, M Betti, G Milani… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper the actual dynamic behavior of the civic Clock tower of Rotella, a little village in
central Italy heavily damaged by the recent 2016 seismic sequence, is thoroughly …

A new method for earthquake-induced damage identification in historic masonry towers combining OMA and IDA

A Kita, N Cavalagli, I Venanzi, F Ubertini - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a novel method for rapidly addressing the earthquake-induced damage
identification task in historic masonry towers. The proposed method, termed DORI, combines …

A finite element model updating method based on global optimization

M Girardi, C Padovani, D Pellegrini, L Robol - Mechanical Systems and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Finite element model updating of a structure made of linear elastic materials is based on the
solution of a minimization problem. The goal is to find some unknown parameters of the …

Rapid post-earthquake damage localization and quantification in masonry structures through multidimensional non-linear seismic IDA

A Kita, N Cavalagli, MG Masciotta, PB Lourenço… - Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a methodology aimed at addressing the rapid post-earthquake damage
localization and quantification tasks in heritage masonry structures, based on non-linear …

Advanced numerical analyses by the Non‐Smooth Contact Dynamics method of an ancient masonry bell tower

A Ferrante, F Clementi, G Milani - Mathematical Methods in the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced numerical analyses were carried out in order to assess the nonlinear dynamical
behaviour of the bell tower of Pomposa Abbey in Codigoro, in the province of Ferrara (Italy) …

Dynamic behavior of an inclined existing masonry tower in Italy

A Ferrante, F Clementi, G Milani - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The renaissance bell tower of San Benedetto in Ferrara (Italy) has been investigated to
understand its nonlinear dynamics correctly with the Non-Smooth Contact Dynamic (NSCD) …