1. Performance based design applied to seismic engineering.
2. Dynamic modeling (both analytical and experimental) of the seismic behavior of asymmetric in plan structures (torsional behaviors of asymmetric in plan structural systems).
3. Monitoring, structrural analysis and retrofitting of historical monumental building
structures.
4. Innovative techniques for mitigation of the seismic action
(visas dampers, base isolators, strong back).
5. Seismic behaviour of squat silos containing grain like material.
6. Seismic behaviour of squat reinforced concrete walls structures
7. Innovative ductile mortars for seismic masonry of improved seismic behavior.
8. Modeling and design of shaking table test facilities (Rice
University, Università di Firenze, Univesity of California San
Diego).
9. Us of 3d printed steel for civil engineering construction.
10. Probability methods applied to engineering (assessment of
seismic hazard, identification of appropriate Intensity Measures
and corresponding probability of occurrence - structural
reliability and seismic risk assessment...).
Civil building structrues, for their particular use, must be
capable of providing a high degree of seismic protection (with
respect to vertical static loads and to natural, such as the
seismic and wind, hazards), so that today's society expectations
can be met. The design of building structures capable of providing
given performances represents a difficult task due to the complex
characterization (a) of the actions, (b) of the characteristics of
the materials, (c) of the structural elements, and (d) of the
structural response. A viable solution to this task may be found in
the recently proposed methodologies that fall under the name of
Performance Based Design (PBD).
For these reasons, in the last years, the reasearch group has
dealt with variuos research issues:
1. Probability methods applied to engineering (assessment of
seismic hazard, identification of appropriate Intensity Measures
and corresponding probability of occurrence - structural
reliability and seismic risk assessment).
2. Dynamic modeling (both analytical and experimental) of the
seismic behavior of asymmetric in plan structures (torsional
behaviors of asymmetric in plan structural systems).
3. Innovative techniques for mitigation of the seismic action
(identification of optimal insertion of viscous dampers in building
structures.
4. Modeling and design of shaking table test facilities (Rice
University, Università di Firenze, Univesity of California San
Diego).
5. Performance based design applied to seismic engineering.
6. Form and function in building structures.
