ASSESSMENT AND REDUCTION OF THE VULNERABILITY OF EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS

Research Line 2 focuses on the assessment of the seismic performance of existing reinforced concrete buildings, covering a wide spectrum of problems, each one treated within a single Task. These aspects span from those related to the preliminary knowledge phase, to the use of nonlinear assessment methods, while placing emphasis on peculiar modeling problems, such as those related to the presence of stairs, infills, beam-column joints, and biaxial behavior of the elements. The Research Line is also devoted to the study of mixed-type (masonry/RC) buildings and of prefabricated industrial buildings. The following Task list collects and organizes the entire scientific activity: