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SUMMARY:Seismic response of monumental masonry buildings
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Stefano Podestà\nThe recent Italian earthquakes (Abruzz
 o 2009 and Emilia 2012) highlighted once more the high seismic vulnerabili
 ty of existing masonry buildings\, also in the case of cultural heritage s
 tructures. The evaluation of the seismic response of historical monumental
  buildings calls for an interdisciplinary approach able to take into accou
 nt different type of input that characterize the fundamental phase of know
 ledge. Only if we are able to translate these data into a mechanical model
  it is possible to design reliable seismic improvement interventions.\nThe
  recent Italian Guide Lines for the evaluation and reduction of seismic vu
 lnerability of cultural heritage (Directive PCM\, February 2011) represent
  a useful tool to this aim.\nIt will be demonstrated during the presentati
 on that the current design specifications adopted by the Italian Technical
  Code\, if they were applied in a preventive way on churches damaged by th
 e Abruzzo 2009 or Emilia 2012 earthquakes\, they would have reduced the da
 mage level and avoided some structural collapses. It will be further shown
  that the economic costs of preventive retrofitting interventions\, in par
 ticular for monumental buildings\, are of a lower order of magnitude in co
 mparison with the costs that amount after a seismic event.\nShort Bio: Dr.
  Stefano Podestà is Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering of Depa
 rtment of Civil\, Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University
  of Genoa (Italy) and he is currently a visiting professor at the IMAC lab
 oratory of EPFL. His specific fields of research regard different topics: 
 the monitoring and diagnosis of existing buildings\; the definition of ret
 rofit intervention strategies\; the individuation of methodologies finaliz
 ed to the seismic risk analysis at territorial level. Recently he is provi
 ding support to the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities\,
  for the design of the Informative System for the evaluation of seismic ri
 sk of cultural heritage. He is author of more than 130 scientific publicat
 ions with national and international relevance. He is currently lecturer f
 or Timber Structure Design (CL5 – Bachelor degree in Civil and Environme
 ntal Engineering) and Building Retrofit (CL5 – Bachelor degree in Constr
 uction Engineering) courses.
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