This paper presents the results of the application of a holistic procedure for a seismic vulnerab... more This paper presents the results of the application of a holistic procedure for a seismic vulnerability analysis of complex masonry aggregates which are ascribable as cultural heritage buildings. The methodological framework allowed us to properly identify the structural units comprising a historical palace through a hierarchical approach combining integrated geometrical and structural surveys with non-destructive (ND) and minor destructive (MD) techniques. The investigations were conducted on a significant palace located in the historical center of Florence, the Palagio di Parte Guelfa. The building covers an entire urban block, as it is constituted by many structural units developed over the centuries since the Roman period. The palace incorporates pre-existing structures, such as the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Porta and medieval terraced houses. Over the decades, different restorations and renovations have been carried out, including by Filippo Brunelleschi in the XV century and ...
The crustal setting of the northern Apennines is outlined by a key crustal section cutting across... more The crustal setting of the northern Apennines is outlined by a key crustal section cutting across the Apuan Alps metamorphic core complex, Tuscan and Ligurian nappes and the Padana buried belt, prepared using available geological and geophysical data, and made consistent with an extensional tectonic model. The key section was prepared keeping in mind that the northern Apennines resulted from the interaction of compression and extensional tectonics, which migrated from west to east as out-of-phase pulses. Data interpretation pointed out some problem areas that to be addressed to match the geological and geophysical data with the extensional tectonics models. The problem areas include: a) the geometry of the normal faults which fragment the compressive structures of the northern Apennines at depth in order to determine which extensional models relate the normal faults to the crustal extension; b) the seismic reflectivity or transparency of deep crustal shear-zones, and the role they p...
This paper presents the results of the application of a holistic procedure for a seismic vulnerab... more This paper presents the results of the application of a holistic procedure for a seismic vulnerability analysis of complex masonry aggregates which are ascribable as cultural heritage buildings. The methodological framework allowed us to properly identify the structural units comprising a historical palace through a hierarchical approach combining integrated geometrical and structural surveys with non-destructive (ND) and minor destructive (MD) techniques. The investigations were conducted on a significant palace located in the historical center of Florence, the Palagio di Parte Guelfa. The building covers an entire urban block, as it is constituted by many structural units developed over the centuries since the Roman period. The palace incorporates pre-existing structures, such as the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Porta and medieval terraced houses. Over the decades, different restorations and renovations have been carried out, including by Filippo Brunelleschi in the XV century and ...
The crustal setting of the northern Apennines is outlined by a key crustal section cutting across... more The crustal setting of the northern Apennines is outlined by a key crustal section cutting across the Apuan Alps metamorphic core complex, Tuscan and Ligurian nappes and the Padana buried belt, prepared using available geological and geophysical data, and made consistent with an extensional tectonic model. The key section was prepared keeping in mind that the northern Apennines resulted from the interaction of compression and extensional tectonics, which migrated from west to east as out-of-phase pulses. Data interpretation pointed out some problem areas that to be addressed to match the geological and geophysical data with the extensional tectonics models. The problem areas include: a) the geometry of the normal faults which fragment the compressive structures of the northern Apennines at depth in order to determine which extensional models relate the normal faults to the crustal extension; b) the seismic reflectivity or transparency of deep crustal shear-zones, and the role they p...
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