Gianmario Benzoni

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of the vulnerability index as a measure of the health status of buildings is discussed on the basis of regional surveys of vulnerability index versus reported damage, carried out in various Italian areas such as Friuli and the city of Gubbio.

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation on the mechanical response of confined pentamode lattices in the elastic and post-yield regimes is presented, where an Electron Beam Melting facility is employed to additively manufacture pentamodes confined by terminal plates in a titanium alloy.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimentally validated model is proposed in order to take into account main sources of performance degradation that could be experienced by friction-based devices during a seismic event, and particular attention is dedicated to the degradation of friction characteristics due to repetition of cycles and consequent temperature rise.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical model based on a Winkler beam is used to represent the lateral force response of a reinforced concrete (RC) pile in cohesionless soil, and an inelastic finite-element analysis was performed on the structure, using as the pile constitutive model the section moment-curvature relationship based on confined stress-strain relationships for the concrete.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simplified phenomenological model is presented that accounts for the friction degradation due to the distance traveled via a macroscale cycling variable, based on the assumption of a uniform heat flux at the sliding interface.