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This paper presents the first results of an ongoing research in partnership with Kimia S.p.A. company (Italy). In particular, experimental tests on masonry specimens reinforced with Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) have been recently conducted by Kimia according to the [...]Abstract
The current study presents several geotechnical structures which were built during the antiquity, aiming to illustrate the ancient technological achievements and to provide an insight into the geotechnical skills in the past. It is evident that ancient civilizations had awareness [...]Abstract
This paper investigates the mechanical behaviour of heritage structures subjected to seasonal temperature variations. To this end, the constitutive equation of masonry-like materials, which has been embedded in the finite element code NOSA-ITACA (www.nosaitaca.it), is used to model [...]Abstract
At the end of the 19th century, an architectural style called Neomudéjar became quite popular in some areas of Spain. Very much like other historicist European styles in the same years, the Neomudéjar sought to recreate the local medieval architecture. The use of faced brick façades [...]Abstract
The seismic protection of cultural heritage is an important topic that has been faced by several researchers in the last decades. Seismic events of the past have highlighted the need of achieving a proper knowledge of the vulnerability of cultural heritage, in particular of churches, [...]Abstract
The paper introduces a health monitoring system based on MEMS (micro electromechanical systems) accelerometers. The used MEMS accelerometers were recently developed by one of the authors. They excel in cost efficiency, calibration accuracy and robustness. The health monitoring system [...]Abstract
Historical masonry structures with a greater thickness can often be made as so called multi-leaf masonry with outer leaves lined with the application of some of the masonry bonding methods and with the inner leave of the so-called cast core formed by fragments of stones of different [...]