The researchers of the Eucentre Foundation, Carlo Filippo Manzini and Paolo Morandi, recently participated as members of the research unit of the University of Pavia, in the activities of the working group involved in Task 10.3 “Validation/comparison of software tools for the application of verification methods by standard” of the DPC-ReLUIS 2022-2024 Project, the last phase of the projects promoted, starting in 2014, by the ReLUIS Inter-University Consortium (Network of University Laboratories of Earthquake Engineering) and financed by the Civil Protection Department.
This research activity, now in its tenth year, led to ReLUIS’s recent publication of the Guidelines ‘Use of calculation software in the seismic verification of masonry buildings v3.0‘.
The Eucentre researchers, under the supervision of Prof. Guido Magenes, scientific head and coordinator of the Project, as well as scientific advisor of the Foundation, have contributed to the activities of equivalent frame modelling and pushover analysis of case studies represented by ordinary load-bearing masonry structures of increasing complexity (from a single panel to multi-story buildings), as well as to the activity of critical comparison of the results obtained by the various research units involved, also contributing to in-depth studies on some specific topics.
In addition to collaborating on the droughting and revision of the Guidelines document and the attached Fact Sheets, the Eucentre researchers contributed to the publication of several articles included in a special issue of the “Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering” published by SPRINGER, entitled “URM nonlinear modelling – Benchmark project” in which some of the case studies analysed within the Project are presented and discussed in depth.
The research, in which Eucentre researchers have participated since its inception, represents a significant contribution to raising the awareness of professionals and researchers on the importance of acquiring adequate knowledge of the calculation tools used for the seismic verification of masonry constructions and the validation of their results.