Damage to churches in the 2016 central Italy earthquakes

Penna, Andrea; Calderini, Chiara; Sorrentino, Luigi; Carocci, Caterina; Cescatti, Elvis; Sisti, Romina; Borri, Antonio; Modena, Claudio; Prota, Andrea

doi:10.1007/s10518-019-00594-4

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“…After the recent seismic events, many efforts of the scientific community have been done in order to develop appropriate procedures for implementing seismic vulnerability analysis (Formisano, 2017;Formisano and Marzo, 2017;Laterza et al, 2017;Lopez et al, 2019) and specific retrofitting interventions (Faggiano et al, 2009;Terracciano et al, 2015;D'Amato et al, 2017;Milani et al, 2017bMilani et al, , 2018. In particular, as previously introduced, recurrent seismic damages were observed in historic masonry buildings characterized by local out-of-plane and in-plane response mechanisms regarding one or more isolated structure portions (Lagomarsino and Podestà, 2004;Formisano et al, 2010;Leite et al, 2013;Gattulli et al, 2014;Milani and Valente, 2015b;Stockdale, 2016;Valente et al, 2016;Betti et al, 2018;De Matteis et al, 2019;Fuentes et al, 2019b;Penna et al, 2019;Ramirez et al, 2019).…”

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Large-Scale Seismic Vulnerability and Risk of Masonry Churches in Seismic-Prone Areas: Two Territorial Case Studies

Fabbrocino

Vaiano

Formisano

et al. 2019

Front. Built Environ.

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In this paper, seismic vulnerability and risk assessment of two samples of churches, located in Teramo and Ischia island (Naples gulf), both affected by the most recent earthquakes that occurred in Italy, are presented. To this aim, we applied a simplified method particularly suitable for seismic evaluations at a territorial scale, providing a global resulting score to be compared among the cases analyzed. The data obtained allowed us to provide vulnerability maps and a seismic risk index for all the considered churches. In addition, the calculated indexes permit a preliminary health state evaluation of the inspected churches, for ranking the priorities and planning additional in-depth evaluations.

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Large-Scale Seismic Vulnerability and Risk of Masonry Churches in Seismic-Prone Areas: Two Territorial Case Studies

Fabbrocino

Vaiano

Formisano

et al. 2019

Front. Built Environ.

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“…In the past, the traditional architecture of Mediterranean countries extensively used stone, especially limestone, giving rise to one of the most important parts of the historical heritage, despite the serious damage inflicted by recurring earthquakes [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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Triplet Test on Rubble Stone Masonry: Numerical Assessment of the Shear Mechanical Parameters

Angiolilli

Gregori

2020

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Rubble stone masonry walls are widely diffused in most of the cultural and architectural heritage of historical cities. The mechanical response of such material is rather complicated to predict due to its composite nature. Vertical compression tests, diagonal compression tests, and shearcompression tests are usually adopted to investigate experimentally the mechanical properties of stone masonries. However, further tests are needed for the safety assessment of these ancient structures.Since the relation between normal and shear stresses plays a major role in the shear behavior of masonry joints, governing the failure mode, a triplet test configuration is herein investigated. First, the experimental tests carried out at the laboratory of the University of L'Aquila on stone masonry specimens are presented. Then, the triplet test is simulated by using the total strain crack model, which reflects all the ultimate states of quasi-brittle material such as cracking, crushing, and shear failure. The goal of the numerical investigation is to evaluate the shear mechanical parameters of the masonry sample, including strength, dilatancy, normal, and shear deformations. Furthermore, the effect of (i) confinement pressure and (ii) bond behavior at the sample-plate interfaces are investigated, showing that they can strongly influence the mechanical response of the walls.

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“…A post-earthquake emergency in historical city centres often requires the implementation of safety measures for unmovable artistic assets, i.e., those which are integral to damaged structural components. This is the case with the frescoes, decorated plasters, mural paintings, mosaics and stuccoes, which are supported by vaults, columns, ceilings, or walls of a historical building [3,4]. This phase involves both structural engineers and experts on the preservation of CH assets, who usually can make decisions based on the compliance with safety conditions according to their specific knowledge (i.e., on the artistic asset or the structure) and suggest appropriate actions if necessary.…”

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Correlation of Vulnerability and Damage between Artistic Assets and Structural Elements: The DataBAES Archive for the Conservation Planning of CH Masonry Buildings in Seismic Areas

Valluzzi

Calò²,

Giacometti

2020

Sustainability

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Historical buildings in seismic hazard-prone regions need specific measures in safety protection, largely due to the presence of artistic assets and/or decorations, both movable (e.g., statues, pinnacles, etc.) and unmovable (e.g., frescoes, valuable plasters or wall paintings, mosaics, and stuccoes). A correlation of damage between structural systems and artworks is fundamental for defining limit states, which can identify the proper conditions for interventions. Nevertheless, several vulnerability aspects can be identified before a seismic event occurs, the study of which can provide the basic dataset for setting up preventive measures in conservation programs. In this paper, the vulnerability and damage conditions related to structural elements (SE) and unmovable artistic assets (AA) belonging to historical masonry buildings are analysed. Optimized survey forms for the onsite detection of either intrinsic (e.g., compositional) defects or deterioration phenomena for both materials and structure are proposed, and results are provided in a web data system (called DataBAES). This enables us to compare the current levels of vulnerability and damage of AA and SE on a scale of five increasing grades. This procedure has been validated on a series of buildings struck by earthquakes in Italy and can be used for correlations of the seismic behaviour of SE and AA in predictive analyses.

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Damage to churches in the 2016 central Italy earthquakes

Cited by 92 publications

References 26 publications

Large-Scale Seismic Vulnerability and Risk of Masonry Churches in Seismic-Prone Areas: Two Territorial Case Studies

Large-Scale Seismic Vulnerability and Risk of Masonry Churches in Seismic-Prone Areas: Two Territorial Case Studies

Triplet Test on Rubble Stone Masonry: Numerical Assessment of the Shear Mechanical Parameters

Correlation of Vulnerability and Damage between Artistic Assets and Structural Elements: The DataBAES Archive for the Conservation Planning of CH Masonry Buildings in Seismic Areas

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