Territorial Resilience: Toward a Proactive Meaning for Spatial Planning

The international debate on resilience has grown around the ability of a community to prepare for and adapt to natural disasters, with a growing interest in holistically understanding complex systems. Although the concept of resilience has been investigated from different perspectives, the lack of understanding of its conceptual comprehensive aspects presents strong limitations for spatial planning and for the adoption of policies and programs for its measurement and achievement.

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Thermoelastic finite element model updating with application to monumental buildings

A reliable and predictive model of an existing structure entails the use of model updatingtechniq...ues,whichareusuallyperformedonthebasisofoperationalmodalanalysis campaigns. In this paper, a new model calibration strategy is proposed that adopts a multiphysics approach to exploit data collected by both static and dynamic monitoring systems. More specifically, mechanical and temperature data are assimilated into the model through a thermoelastic updating.

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Use of combinatorial optimisation strategies for model updating of monitored buildings

This paper investigates different optimisation methods for the finite element model
calibration ...of monitored masonry structures affected by earthquakes. The aim is to establish a
reference numerical model in support of the existing monitoring systems installed on the
structures. The Seismic Observatory of the Structures (OSS), is the Italian network for the

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The role of Structural Health Monitoring in the seismic protection of monumental structures: the virtual lab of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte

Novel approaches to the seismic protection of historical masonry domes need to be conceived, tail...ored and validated on virtual models that accurately reproduce their dynamic behaviour, this requiring numerous, detailed and reliable information about the structure under analysis. The wide range of structural investigations and monitoring activities, conducted over the last decades, makes the model of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte an ideal benchmark structure.

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Seismic Structural Health Monitoring of Cultural Heritage Structures

In the case of heritage buildings, non-invasive techniques are of paramount interest, especially ...those that can exploit the natural vibration of the structure. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) can play an important role in the preservation of architectural heritage, especially when it can support a rapid and reliable assessment of structural damage and degradation.

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