Development of a Numerical Tool for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Vernacular Architecture

Aiming at protecting the vernacular heritage located in earthquake prone areas, the paper presents the development and validation of the numerical tool that constitutes the core of a novel seismic ...

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