2016
Conference article  Open Access

Safety assessment of masonry constructions via numerical tools: the NOSA-ITACA code

Binante V., Girardi M., Lucchesi M., Padovani C., Pellegrini D., Margherita P.

Masonry buildings  Nonlinear elasticity  Numerical methods  Safety assessment 

This paper describes the main features of the NOSA-ITACA code, software for the structural analysis of masonry buildings of historical interest resulting from integration of the finite element code NOSA and the open-source platform SALOME. After a short description of the constitutive equation used to model the mechanical behaviour of masonry constructions, some details are given concerning the code's implementation. Then, the result of a static analysis of the "Voltone" in Livorno, performed via the NOSAITACA code, is presented with the aim of highlighting the important role of mathematical models and numerical tools in assessing the safety of historical masonry buildings.

Source: 18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Symposium: "Heritage and Landscape as Human Values", pp. 418–424, Florence, Italy, 9-14 November 2014

Publisher: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, ITA



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BibTeX entry
@inproceedings{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:367415,
	title = {Safety assessment of masonry constructions via numerical tools: the NOSA-ITACA code},
	author = {Binante V. and Girardi M. and Lucchesi M. and Padovani C. and Pellegrini D. and Margherita P.},
	publisher = {Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, ITA},
	booktitle = {18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Symposium: "Heritage and Landscape as Human Values", pp. 418–424, Florence, Italy, 9-14 November 2014},
	year = {2016}
}