Publications by Angelo Garofano

Validation and improvement of Risk-UE LM2 capacity curves for URM buildings with stiff floors and RC shear walls buildings

Pierino Lestuzzi, Stefano Podesta, Angelo Garofano

This paper addresses seismic vulnerability assessment at an urban scale and more specifically the capacity curves involved for building damage prediction. Standard capacity curves are a function of predefined building typology and are proposed in the Risk- ...

2017

Seismic assessment of a historical masonry building in Switzerland: the “Ancien Hôpital de Sion”

Pierino Lestuzzi, Angelo Garofano

The paper presents the results of the evaluation of the seismic safety of the Ancien Hôpital de Sion, an important Swiss architectural heritage building, sited in the Canton of Valais, the region with the highest seismic hazard in Switzerland. Three-dimens ...

Taylor & Francis Inc2016

Seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale for two typical Swiss cities using Risk-UE methodology

Pierino Lestuzzi, Patrick Bischof, Stefano Podesta, Angelo Garofano

This paper contains a seismic assessment at urban scale of the cities of Sion and Martigny in Switzerland. These two cities have been identified for the present research based on their importance regarding size and the characteristics of the building stock ...

Springer2016

Modelling of the in-plane behaviour of masonry walls strengthened with polymeric grids embedded in cementitious mortar layers

Angelo Garofano

The seismic reinforcement of masonry walls needs to be carried out through appropriate and effective techniques aiming at providing both adequate strength and displacement capacity. The present research concerns experimental results about the in-plane beha ...

Elsevier2016

Evaluation of the vulnerability of the “Ancien Hôpital de Sion” using Applied Element Modelling (AEM) and local mechanisms analysis

Pierino Lestuzzi, Angelo Garofano

2015

Evaluating seismic retrofitting efficiency through ambient vibration tests and analytical models

Ian Smith, Pierino Lestuzzi, Yves Sylvain Gilles Reuland, Angelo Garofano

Economic and environmental imperatives lead to an ever growing need to extend the service life of the existing building stock without putting the users at risk. In zones prone to moderate seismic hazard, many buildings were built without considering seismi ...

2015

In-plane cyclic behaviour of unfired clay and earth brick walls in both unstrengthened and strengthened conditions

Angelo Garofano

This article presents the outcome of a series of in-plane shear tests on non-traditional masonry walls under unstrengthened and strengthened conditions. The uniqueness of the experiments arises from the testing of unfired clay and earth (adobe) bricks, whi ...

Springer Verlag2015

Seismic assessment of a historical masonry building in Switzerland

Pierino Lestuzzi, Angelo Garofano

2015

Experimental testing and finite element modelling of earth block masonry

Urs Müller, Angelo Garofano

The current paper focuses on the determination of reliable numerical models of earth block masonry wallettes under different loading conditions. Uniaxial compression and diagonal compression tests were performed. Experimental behaviour was modelled with a ...

Elsevier2015