Browsing by Author "Caprili, Silvia"

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    • A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings 

      Del Carlo, Federica; Caprili, Silvia; Ferreira, Thiago Miguel; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Uzielli, Marco (National Technical University of Athens, 2023)
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      UnReinforced Masonry (URM) religious buildings have proven to require special attention in the context of natural hazards risk assessment due to their high vulnerability – connected to aging and types of construction — and ...

    • Accuracy of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in locating post-tensioned cables 

      Mazzatura, Isabella; Caprili, Silvia; Salvatore, Walter; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon (Elsevier, 2024)
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      The inspection and assessment of post-tensioned (PT) bridges is a complex issue, first involving the evaluation of the conservation status of the cables. One of the most crucial pieces of information to be confident with ...

    • Bayesian-updated POD of ultrasonic tomography in the inspection of PT bridges 

      Mazzatura, Isabella; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Caprili, Silvia; Salvatore, Walter (2024)
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      The present research aims to furnish a proper methodology for the reliability assessment of non-destructive tests in the particular field of inspection of post-tensioned (PT) structures. The focus is on the Ultrasonic ...

    • Cluster analysis for informing vulnerability assessment of masonry churches to natural hazards 

      Del Carlo, Federica; Caprili, Silvia; Ferreira, Thiago Miguel; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Uzielli, Marco (2025-03)
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      According to a census by the Catholic Church, Italy’s territory hosts more than sixty thousand buildings of worship. Most of these buildings were built between the first and the nineteenth century A.D., with a load-bearing ...

    • Deriving analytical fragility curves for masonry churches based on stochastic nonlinear analyses 

      Del Carlo, Federica; Caprili, Silvia; Ferreira, Thiago Miguel; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Uzielli, Marco (Springer, 2024)
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      This paper proposes an approach for deriving analytical fragility curves for religious masonry buildings based on stochastic static nonlinear analyses to support seismic vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation. A ...

    • Inspection and assessment of PT structures: results from application to an existing bridge 

      Mazzatura, Isabella; Caprili, Silvia; Salvatore, Walter; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Gammino, Massimo; Ferrari, Filippo; Piscini, Andrea (Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Pre-stressed concrete with post-tensioned (PT) cables historically represented an attractive alternative to ordinary reinforced concrete (RC). A wide portion of the world-wide existing concrete bridges was PT. As the nominal ...

    • Investigation on the seismic response of a large monumental complex 

      Caprili, Silvia; Puncello, Irene; Roca Fabregat, Pedro (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2021)
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      Historical masonry structures are characterised by a high level of seismic vulnerability, as demonstrated by recent and past seismic events. Monumental buildings, in particular, represent a very challenging topic. Their ...

    • Reliability of ultrasonic tomography in detecting grouting defects in post-tensioned structures by PoD curves 

      Mazzatura, Isabella; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Salvatore, Walter; Caprili, Silvia (Elsevier, 2024-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      The present research aims to assess the reliability of Ultrasonic Tomography (UT) of void detection in post-tensioning ducts due to inappropriate execution of grouting. The methodology is based on the construction of the ...

    • Reliability of UT for the grouting inspection in PT bridges: a case study 

      Mazzatura, Isabella; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Caprili, Silvia; Salvatore, Walter (2024)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The inspection of the condition of prestressing steel in post-tensioned structures is a challenging issue because of the potential presence of corrosion in the tendons not warned by any other visible degradation condition. ...

    • Simplified numerical approach for the structural analysis of monumental historical aggregates: the case study of Certosa di Calci 

      Puncello, Irene; Caprili, Silvia; Roca Fabregat, Pedro (2022-08)
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      Open Access
      Monumental historical buildings are worldwide recognized as a fundamental component of the World Cultural Heritage to be preserved for future generations. Their structural performance analysis needs to face challenging ...