Structures

Within this field particular attention is dedicated to the design aspects, with reference also structures subjected to seismic actions and to new technologies.

The research works in general regard several issues as:

the design approach, the advanced analysis tools, the use of innovative techniques and materials, the special structures, the protection of historical heritage, the diagnostic and experimental investigations.

Structural reliability

Computational mechanics

Experimental testing, diagnosis and monitoring of structures

Historical/monumental cultural heritage

New materials and special structures

Damage and fracture mechanics

Earthquake engineering

Forensic engineering

Structural reliability

1. Seismic reliability procedures and input ground-motions for nonlinear dynamic analyses
   Nicola Buratti, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Giada Gasparini, Luca Landi, Marco Savoia, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti
   

Computational mechanics

1. Multiphysics and coupled problems
   Giovanni Castellazzi, Camilla Colla, Stefano de Miranda, Luisa Molari, Francesco Ubertini
   
2. Numerical methods for structural analysis
   Giovanni Castellazzi, Stefano de Miranda, Elena Ferretti, Cristina Gentilini, Alessandro Marzani, Luisa Molari, Lucio Nobile, Francesco Tornabene, Francesco Ubertini, Erasmo Viola
3. Numerical simulations for the design of real structures
   Giovanni Castellazzi, Stefano de Miranda, Cristina Gentilini, Alessandro Marzani, Luisa Molari, Francesco Ubertini

Experimental testing, diagnosis and monitoring of structures

1. Materials characterization
   Camilla Colla, Elena Ferretti, Cristina Gentilini, Alessandro Marzani, Luisa Molari, Lucio Nobile, Giovanni Pascale
2. Dynamic identification and testing, modelling and design of shaking table test facilities
   Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Giada Gasparini, Luca Landi, Claudio Mazzotti, Marco Savoia, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti
   
3. Experimental testing and numerical analysis of the connections in timber structures
   Marco Savoia

Historical/monumental cultural heritage

1. Experimental techniques for the study of historical masonry structures
   Andrea Benedetti, Christian Carloni, Camilla Colla, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Giada Gasparini, Cristina Gentilini, Luca Landi, Claudio Mazzotti, Marco Savoia, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti, Francesco Ubertini
2. Numerical techniques for the study of historical masonry structures
   Giovanni Castellazzi, Camilla Colla, Alberto Custodi, Stefano de Miranda, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Elena Ferretti, Cristina Gentilini, Luca Landi, Claudio Mazzotti, Luisa Molari, Lucio Nobile, Francesco Ubertini
3. Structural diagnostics and monitoring of cultural heritage
   Roberto Carli, Camilla Colla, Giada Gasparini, Cristina Gentilini, Alessandro Marzani, Giovanni Pascale, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti, Francesco Ubertini

New materials and special structures

1. Experimental investigation and modeling of precast systems
   Andrea Benedetti, Nicola Buratti, Claudio Mazzotti, Marco Savoia
2. Numerical and experimental characterization of the instantaneous and long-term behaviour of innovative and sustanaible concretes
   Nicola Buratti, Claudio Mazzotti, Marco Savoia
3. Numerical modeling and experimental tests for the characterization of composite materials
   Andrea Benedetti, Christian Carloni, Claudio Mazzotti, Marco Savoia
4. Advanced materials and smart structures
   Giovanni Castellazzi, Stefano de Miranda, Elena Ferretti, Cristina Gentilini, Lucio Nobile, Giovanni Pascale, Francesco Tornabene, Francesco Ubertini, Erasmo Viola.

Damage and fracture mechanics

1. Damage and fracture mechanics
   Christian Carloni, Elena Ferretti, Cristina Gentilini, Lucio Nobile, Francesco Tornabene, Erasmo Viola
2. Monitoring and modelling of propagation paths in cracked solids
   Camilla Colla, Elena Ferretti, Giovanni Pascale, Erasmo Viola

Earthquake engineering

1. Energy dissipation and base isolation
   Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Giada Gasparini, Luca Landi, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti
2. Experimental research upon large lightly-reinforced concrete walls
   Giada Gasparini, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti
3. Non linear analysis of rc structures, performance based seismic design and displacement based design approaches
   Andrea Benedetti, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Giada Gasparini, Luca Landi, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti, Marco Savoia
4. Analysis of the torsional effects induced by the seismic action in plan asymmetric structures
   Giada Gasparini, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti
5. Seismic vulnerability and design of silos and tanks
   Nicola Buratti, Giada Gasparini, Marco Savoia, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti

Forensic engineering

1. Analysis of building defects and strutural failures in civil law-suites
   Tomaso Trombetti

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