STAND4HERITAGE

NEW STANDARDS FOR SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE

STAND4HERITAGE (New STANDards for seismic assessment of built cultural HERITAGE) ambitiously engages in introducing new standards for safeguarding built cultural heritage for the next generations, which is a major societal demand. Due to their large diversity, the accurate description of the structural behaviour of heritage buildings is still an open issue, particularly when subjected to earthquake ground motions.

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Latest News

May 29

The S4H Team just published a new research paper in the journal Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier). The paper provides...

May 22

New Journal Publication: The Potential of Region-Specific Machine-Learning-Based Ground Motion Models: Application to Turkey  Members of the S4H team have...

May 5

Dario Vecchio, from Italy, recently joined the S4H Team as a PhD student. He graduated in Building Engineering and Architecture...

March 30

The S4H Team has recently presented a conference paper at the second Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (2CroCEE), planned on...

March 13

A devastating earthquake with a magnitude of Mw=7.7 struck Pazarcık (Kahramanmaraş) on February 6, 2023, at 04:17 local time, as...

February 13

Earthquakes can have devastating impacts on communities, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. The recent earthquakes in Turkey and...

January 16

While the influence of the component strength on the structural behaviour of Historic Masonry Structures is relatively well studied, few...

Latest Publications

Experimental characterisation of dry-joint masonry structures: Interface stiffness and interface damping
G. Vlachakis, C. Colombo, A. I. Giouvanidis, N. Savalle, P. B. Lourenço
Journal Paper
2023
The potential of region-specific machine-learning-based ground motion models: Application to Turkey
Amirhossein Mohammadi, Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, Seyed Amir Banimahd, Volkan Ozsarac, Paulo B. Lourenço
Journal Paper
2023
Masonry patterns’ influence on the damage assessment of URM walls: Current and future trends
S. Szabó, M. F. Funari and P. B. Lourenço
Journal Paper
2023
Static and seismic design of Dry Stone Retaining Walls (DSRWs) following Eurocode standards
N. Savalle, C. Monchal, E. Vincens, S. Forcioli, P.B. Lourenço
Journal Paper
2023