Structures are subject to various forms of stress, and not just from earthquakes. Vibrations caused by atmospheric agents, such as wind, can pose a significant threat to the stability of tall, slender buildings, such as towers and...
Seismic vulnerability analysis: what it consists of and how it is calculated The Italian building stock has a high degree of vulnerability to seismic phenomena. This fact is there for all to see and, as often happens in relation to...
ISAAC technology: how do active mass dampers work? All the structures, from the terraced houses of the city suburbs to the ever taller skyscrapers of the financial districts from the motorway viaducts to the longest suspension bridges in the world, are subject to ...
ISAAC technology: how does it protect the structure on which it is installed? To understand how ISAAC technology protects structures during an earthquake, it is first necessary to briefly describe the behavior of a building subjected to a seismic event. If...
ISAAC test bench: what does it consist of? The Test Bench is a system designed and developed by ISAAC to study the behavior of a building in scale, subjected to earthquakes of real intensity, on which Active control systems are installed ...
The seismic risk present within the Italian territory is well known and can be identified mainly in two respects: the first concerns the high seismicity of our country which in the previous centuries led to important earthquakes that affected above all ...
RECENT COMMENTS