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Changes in codes following structural failures: an Italian perspective on mitigation of structural vulnerability

 Changes in codes following structural failures: an Italian perspective on mitigation of structural vulnerability
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Presented at IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015, published in , pp. 801-806
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357971
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In the last twenty years, forensic investigations of failures occurred in Italy have clearly highlighted that the increasing demand in society for economic growth has favoured the blooming of less ...
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Author(s): (Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy)
(Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015
Published in:
Page(s): 801-806 Total no. of pages: 6
Page(s): 801-806
Total no. of pages: 6
Year: 2015
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357971
Abstract:

In the last twenty years, forensic investigations of failures occurred in Italy have clearly highlighted that the increasing demand in society for economic growth has favoured the blooming of less conservative and even hazardous design and construction works.

After a short review of the Italian codes of practice dealing with structural vulnerability, some examples of structural vulnerability assessment in Italy is given in the article, with reference to both the large scale (i.e. the scale of the building) and the small (territorial/regional) scale.

Keywords:
failure collapse forensic structural engineering structural vulnerability assessment