Structural vulnerability assessment of masonry churches supported by user-reported data

Giuseppina Uva, Sergio Ruggeri, Valentino Sangiorgio, Fabio Fatiguso
Abstract:
Ancient masonry churches represent a particularly vulnerable architectural typology, and the experience progressively acquired during post–earthquake surveys has pointed out that recurrent damage patterns and main failure mechanisms can be identified and studied by separately looking at the different architectural "macro–elements": façade, nave, aisle, transept, lateral chapel, dome, bell tower. In the last few years, the macro-element approach has been extensively and fruitfully applied to perform preliminary vulnerability assessments, by recognizing the correspondence between each structural macroelement and the most recurrent collapse mechanisms associated. This type of approach has been also incorporated in the Italian Guidelines for the seismic vulnerability analysis architectural heritage. In the paper, the above-mentioned method is applied by a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis approach designed for the support of decisions involving expert judgements and several alternatives. The peculiarity of the system is the retrieval of additional data by a User-reporting Application. In the specific case of masonry churches, the application involves the integration of these data in the vulnerability macroelement approach.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2017
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Lecce, ITALY
Time:
23 October 2017 - 25 October 2017