The paper presents the diagnostic procedure and the results of the investigation program performed on the bell- tower of the Church Santa Maria del Carrobiolo in Monza, Italy. Preliminary documentary research and systematic visual inspection on site highlighted a weak structural layout of the bell-tower; furthermore, the recent construction of an underground car park in the close vicinity of the church has triggered the movement of several cracks. During the visual inspection, a prompt dynamic test was also carried out using an industrially engineered microwave interferometer. Subsequently, ambient vibration tests were performed with the twofold objective of validating a FE model of the tower and implementing the installation of a continuous dynamic monitoring system.

Prompt structural assessment of historic towers

GENTILE, CARMELO;SAISI, ANTONELLA ELIDE
2016-01-01

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The paper presents the diagnostic procedure and the results of the investigation program performed on the bell- tower of the Church Santa Maria del Carrobiolo in Monza, Italy. Preliminary documentary research and systematic visual inspection on site highlighted a weak structural layout of the bell-tower; furthermore, the recent construction of an underground car park in the close vicinity of the church has triggered the movement of several cracks. During the visual inspection, a prompt dynamic test was also carried out using an industrially engineered microwave interferometer. Subsequently, ambient vibration tests were performed with the twofold objective of validating a FE model of the tower and implementing the installation of a continuous dynamic monitoring system.
2016
Brick and Block Masonry Conference – Trends, Innovations and Challenges
978-1-138-02999-6
tower, diagnosis, dynamic testing, historic structure, model calibration.
torre, diagnosi, prove dinamiche, strutture storiche, calibrazione modellazione numerica
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