SEISMIC UPGRADING OF EXISTING RC BUILDINGS BY SLENDER STEEL SHEAR PANELS : A FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

1 PhD, Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy 2 Associate Professor, Department of Design, Rehabilitation and Control of Architectural Structures, University of Chieti/Pescara “G. d’Annunzio”, Pescara, Italy 3 PhD, Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy 4 Full Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy * (Corresponding author: E-mail: demattei@unina.it)