RESEARCH ARTICLE
Seismic Vulnerability and Damage Speedy Estimation of an Urban Sector within the Municipality of San Potito Sannitico (Caserta, Italy)
Antonio Formisano1, *, Nicola Chieffo2, Marius Mosoarca2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
Issue: Suppl-5, M6
First Page: 1106
Last Page: 1121
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-11-1106
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501711011106
Article History:
Received Date: 20/11/2016Revision Received Date: 14/01/2017
Acceptance Date: 13/03/2017
Electronic publication date: 29/12/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
The preservation of masonry buildings typical of Italian historical centres represents a very pressing dilemma founded on recovery need of the urban fabric original character.
Methods:
In the paper, based on a speedy methodology developed by some of the authors on building aggregates, the seismic vulnerability quick estimation of some masonry compounds in the heart of the town of San Potito Sannitico (Caserta, Italy) is presented and compared to the results achieved from applying the basic literature method for isolated constructions.
Results and Conclusion:
Finally, the damage scenario of inspected buildings has been shown by highlighting clearly the influence of different positions of structural units on the damages that masonry aggregates should suffer under different grade earthquakes, leading to individuate the most vulnerable buildings.