Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
FE models for evaluating damages in churches hit by L’Aquila earthquake
G. Brando, E. Criber & G. De Matteis
Department of Engineering and Geology, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
ABSTRACT: The current paper deals with the interpretation of the vulnerabilities observed after the 2009
seismic event on a church belonging to the district of L’Aquila, the St. Gemma Church in Goriano Sicoli. In a
first step a careful analysis of the damage occurred on similar churches belonging to the same regional area is
provided.Then, a suitable FEM numerical model, able to reproduce the revealed ...