
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Back-analysis of the collapse of a metal truss structure
C. Crosti & F. Bontempi
School of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering,
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
ABSTRACT: This paper is organized in two parts. The first one describes a case history of few collapses
of metal truss structures designed to be used as entertainment structures for which the structural safety gains
therefore much more importance due to the people that can be involv