On the vulnerability of an irregular reinforced concrete bell tower

• Autores: Mariella Diaferio, Dora Foti, Nicola Ivan Giannoccaro, Salvador Ivorra Chorro, Giovanni Notarangelo, Michele Vitti
• Localización: CMMoST 2019: 5th International Conference on Mechanical Models in Structural Engineering / coord. por F. Javier Baeza de los Santos, Yordhana Gómez Sánchez, 2019, ISBN 978-84-17924-58-4, págs. 591-602
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In the present paper the bell tower of the church of Santa Maria Assunta of Lamadacqua in Noci (Bari, Italy) realized by reinforced concrete septa is studied regarding its vulnerability. The bell tower has a total height of about 14m, and is characterized by an unusual cross section, which is composed by three slender septa, which are connected in correspondence of the cantered axis, realizing a kind of star shape. A Finite Element (FE) model validated by an experimental dynamical analysis has permitted to get considerations about the tower vulnerability, on the basis of the following retrofitting for making the structure safe.