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Traditional Architecture: A Natural Disaster Resilient Alternative
Traditional building methods from around the globe have a long history of surviving natural disasters. However, the current trend indicates that...
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In-plane Behavior of Iron-Framed Masonry Panels: Numerical Analyses
The ‘baraccato’ system is a typical building technique for masonry structures with clever earthquake resilient features, used for the reconstruction...
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Seismic Reinforcement of Traditional Timber Structures
Every year earthquakes cause damage and destroy a sizeable portion of the building stock across the globe. Among traditional constructions, those...
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Thermographic investigations and dynamic identification tests for non-destructive structural assessment and enhanced FE modelling of a historical iron-strengthened masonry church
The paper deals with the description of detailed non-destructive in-situ tests and the analysis of the dynamic behaviour of the Santa Maria Maddalena...
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Reinforcement of Traditional Timber Frame Walls
Timber frame walls are common structural elements adopted in many countries for different purposes. They constitute an important cultural heritage of...
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Seismic Behavior of Timber-Laced Masonry Structures in the Himalayan Belt
In many areas of high seismicity, one can witness traditional construction systems in brick masonry with timber elements. These traditional...
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On the Dynamic Performance of the Santa Maria Maddalena Church, Ischia Island (Italy): Numerical and Experimental Comparative Analysis
After the seismic event of August 21st, 2017 that hit the Ischia Island (Italy), in-situ surveys were carried out on several masonry churches located...
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Seismic Assessment of Built Cultural Heritage: Case Studies in Lisbon and Outskirts
The seismic assessment of built cultural heritage requires an interdisciplinary approach for efficiently dealing with all the steps involved:...
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Possible Precursors of Pombalino Cage
Pre-Pombalino buildings in Lisbon nowadays represent a rare alive witness to a major historic European earthquake event: the 1755 Lisbon earthquake...
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Seismic Assessment of Pombalino Buildings
Portuguese Pombalino masonry buildings were built mainly in Lisbon after the 1755s Lisbon Earthquake. These buildings are characterized by a mixed...
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Local Seismic Cultures: The Use of Timber Frame Structures in the South of Portugal
The well-known timber frame Pombalino construction system was devised after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by the Portuguese government and its use was...
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Characterization of Timber Masonry Walls with Dynamic Tests
Most of the Lisbon 18th century timber-framed masonry “Pombalino” buildings currently need seismic rehabilitation due to: (i) natural degradation...
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Results of Two Earthquakes: Istanbul and Lisbon Earthquake in 18th Century
Earthquakes affect both urban texture and social structure of cities in history. It can be seen that in two scales such as urban scale and building...
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Reliability of Timber Framed Constructions in Seismic Prone Areas in the Practice Codes Issued from 18th to 19th Century
The analysis of a few significant events of the modern and contemporary history, carried out examining not only the characteristics of the...
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Seismic Vulnerability of Borbone Masonry Reinforced with Timber Frames
After the 1783 earthquake, under the Borbone kingdom, new building regulations were introduced in the Calabria region (Italy) with the main scope of...
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Urban Planning and Building Reconstruction of Southern Italy after the 1783 Earthquake: The Case of Mileto
The seismic period, that started in 1783 and lasted three years in the southern Calabria (South of Italy), caused massive damages: over 35,000...
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Numerical Approaches for the Analysis of Timber Frame Walls
Timber frame structures constitute an important cultural heritage of many countries, since they represent a typical anti-seismic construction adopted...
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Pombalino Constructions: Description and Seismic Assessment
This chapter describes the Pombalino building structures built in Lisbon downtown and other parts of Portugal during the reconstruction after the...
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Assessment of the Mechanical Behaviour of Tabique Walls Through Experimental Tests
The option for substituting timber structures by other materials when renovating old constructions often leads to more invasive solutions, less...
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Timber Frames and Solid Walls: Earthquake Resilient Construction from Roman Times to the Origins of the Modern Skyscraper
This paper explores what can be learned from the earthquake performance of simple, unsophisticated, non-engineered timber and masonry historical...