The main research topics considered
by Claudio Mazzotti can be summarized as follow:
1.
Safety and reliability of materials
and structures
1.1
Methods and
approaches of linear viscoelasticity
1.2
Damage mechanics of concrete
1.3
Coupling between
creep and damage due to long term deformation of RC
structures
1.4
Experimental
analysis, by means of interferometric technique (ESPI), on concrete
specimens under compression
1.5
Evaluation of
mechanical properties of existing masonry by using drilled
cores
2.
Structural rehabilitation with
innovative techniques (FRP)
2.1
RC structural
elements strengthened with CFRP plates: instantaneous and long term
cracking and deformability
2.2
FRP-concrete interface laws
2.3
Experimental
analysis of FRP-concrete debonding problem
2.4
Analysis of
parameters affecting bond between FRP and concrete
2.5
Strengthening of
RC beams by using FRP
2.6
Instantaneous behavior of FRP pultruded bars
2.7
Strenghening of
masonry walls by using FRP: the definition of bond
2.8 Analysis of bond between masonry and FRCM
2.9 Shear capacity of masonry panels strengthened by FRCM
2.10 Out-of-plane behaviour of masonry walls strenghened by FRCM
3.
Mechanical and structural behavior
of innovative concretes
3.1
Long term
behavior of self-compacting concretes (SCC)
3.2
Long term
behavior of structural elements made of self-compacting
concrete
3.3
Structural
behavior of fibre reinforced concrete (FRC)
3.4
Mechanical
properties and long term behavior of recycled aggregate concrete
(RAC)
3.5 Mechanical properties and long term behavior of geopolimer concrete
4.
Mechanical and structural
characterization of precast RC systems
4.1
Ultimate
strength and service behavior of precast beams
4.2
Ultimate
strength of beam-column joints cast on-site
4.3
Bearing capacity
of precast column-foundation anchoring system
5.
Structural identification of
constructions by means of dynamic tests
5.1
Structural
identification techniques and applications
5.2
Monitoring of
dynamic properties of structures
6.
Seismic vulnerability of
constructions
6.1
Non-linear
seismic analysis of base-isolated RC framed structures
6.2
Design criteria
of base isolation of historical buildings
6.3
Simplified
methodologies for the evaluation of seismic vulnerability of
constructions
