7 research outputs found
Experimental assessment of the shear response of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) masonry with flat truss bed-joint reinforcement
Nonlinear macroelement modelling of experimental tests on masonry buildings with rigid diaphragms
Prestazioni sismiche della muratura in calcestruzzo aerato autoclavato con sola armatura orizzontale
The implicit risk of code-conforming structures in Italy: a joint Reluis-Eucentre project
This report collects the 2015-2017 deliverables of the RINTC project, which has been a joint
project of ReLUIS and EUCENTRE. The project intended to assess the seismic risk of codeconforming
structures in Italy. This report replaces the previous versions (2015 and 2016) thus
the results presented herein are, in some cases, different from those presented in the previous
years and from preliminary literature derived from this project. This is because, as discussed in
the body of text, hypotheses and choices have been continuously revised until consolidation; this
process might be continuing even after the end of the project. In general, all computed annual
structural failure rates closely reflect specific assumptions on design, modeling and analysis of the
considered structures, and this has to be always taken into account when discussing the results
of this project.
The working group of the project (listed below) consists of the following six sub-groups, each of
which explores (i) seismic risk assessment of code-conforming structures, designs, modelings,
and analyses of (ii) masonry buildings, (iii) precast reinforced concrete buildings, (iv) reinforced
concrete buildings, (v) steel buildings, and (vi) base-isolated reinforced concrete buildings. The
remainder of this report is structured such that each chapter presents the research results from
the corresponding sub-group: Chapter (i) introduces the objectives and framework of the project;
Chapters (ii) – (vi) develop code-conforming designs, modelings and analyses of buildings for
each structural type; Chapter (vii) concludes the study presenting the final results of the computed
failure rates for the structures examined in the preceding chapters. Moreover, readers can refer
to Appendices A to C for the details of the considerations on (a) usability-preventing limit state, (b)
soil-structure interaction, and (c) model-uncertainty, respectively