Laura Liberatore

TL;DR: In this paper, structural performance analysis of industrial buildings was carried out during field surveys, focusing on production plants, with two main events of local magnitude M L 5.9 and 5.8 occurring in the Emilia Region of Northern Italy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the evaluation of various parameters needed to define the monotonic and hysteretic response of infill walls modelled by equivalent struts is performed by means of the OpenSees computer program.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the damage suffered by churches during the 2012 Emilia seismic sequence in Italy, based on surveys and inspections carried out in the area and found that the damage is often concentrated at the top section of the facade, in the clerestory walls, in vaults and in the bell towers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of openings on the strength and stiffness of infilled frames is investigated by means of about 150 experimental and numerical tests, and a simple model to take into account the openings in the infills is developed and compared with other models proposed by different researchers.

TL;DR: In this article, a data set of 162 experimental tests available in the literature is initially employed to assess the reliability of different models based on the equivalent strut approach, and a novel model is thus developed, that duly takes into account these uncertainties.