Analytical-mechanical based framework for seismic overall fragility analysis of existing RC buildings in town compartments

S Ruggieri, M Calò, A Cardellicchio, G Uva - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
The paper presents an analytical-mechanical based procedure to estimate the seismic
overall fragility of existing reinforced concrete building portfolios in town compartments, as …

Two frugal options to assess class fragility and seismic safety for low-rise reinforced concrete school buildings in Southern Italy

S Ruggieri, F Porco, G Uva, D Vamvatsikos - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
A study is presented on the seismic fragility of a sample of 15 reinforced-concrete school
buildings built between 1960 and 1980s in the province of Foggia, Southern Italy, for which …

A prioritization RVS methodology for the seismic risk assessment of RC school buildings

S Ruggieri, D Perrone, M Leone, G Uva… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The seismic vulnerability assessment of critical facilities, such as hospital and school
buildings, is of paramount importance to avoid the collapse in ordinary conditions and to …

[PDF][PDF] State-of-the-art on steel exoskeletons for seismic retrofit of existing RC buildings

G Di Lorenzo, E Colacurcio, A Di Filippo, A Formisano… - Int. J, 2020 - iris.unina.it
Since '80s the use of external additive structures, commonly called exoskeletons, is
considered one of the possible alternatives for seismic retrofit of existing rc structures with …

Review of moment redistribution in statically indeterminate RC members

L Li, W Zheng, Y Wang - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Moment redistribution is a specific behaviour in statically indeterminate reinforced concrete
(RC) structures due to the structural redundancy and nonlinear characteristics of the …

A new approach to predict the fundamental period of vibration for newly-designed reinforced concrete buildings

S Ruggieri, A Fiore, G Uva - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fundamental period of vibration is one of the most critical parameters to evaluate in the
seismic design of new buildings, considering its role in the seismic forces estimation. The …

RPAS-based framework for simplified seismic risk assessment of Italian RC-bridges

A Nettis, M Saponaro, M Nanna - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Existing reinforced concrete (RC) bridges that were designed in the decades between 1950
and 1990 exhibit inadequate structural safety with reference to both traffic loads and hazard …

A machine learning framework to estimate a simple seismic vulnerability index from a photograph: The VULMA project

A Cardellicchio, S Ruggieri, V Leggieri… - Procedia Structural Integrity, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper presents the VULMA project as a machine learning framework for estimating a
simplified seismic vulnerability index for existing buildings by exploiting photographs. In …

Using transfer learning technique to define seismic vulnerability of existing buildings through mechanical models

S Ruggieri, A Cardellicchio, G Uva - Procedia Structural Integrity, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper presents a methodology to derive seismic vulnerability of existing reinforced
concrete buildings by using mechanical models derived from data obtained by transfer …

[PDF][PDF] A mechanical approach for estimating regional fragility curves of existing RC buildings stock in Puglia

G Uva, PL Ciampoli, V Leggieri, A Nettis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - 2019.compdyn.org
The study of the seismic vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings is a topic of
large interest for the scientific community and public institutions, who have the task of …