The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of soil-structure interaction in modeling the dynamic behavior of masonry towers. The study, conducted on the bell tower of the Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca (Italy), is based on both experimental and numerical results. The former were collected during an experimental campaign carried out on the tower using seismometric stations, while the latter have been obtained via the modal analysis and model updating procedures implemented in the finite element code NOSA-ITACA. Combining experimental and numerical outcomes made it possible to assess the influence of the soil, modeled as a system of elastic springs, on the natural frequencies of the tower. Finite element models of the tower have been calibrated by taking the presence of the adjacent church into account and choosing different unknown parameters, including the soil stiffness.

FE model updating of masonry towers: Modeling and numerical issues

Pellegrini D.;Robol L.
2020-01-01

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of soil-structure interaction in modeling the dynamic behavior of masonry towers. The study, conducted on the bell tower of the Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca (Italy), is based on both experimental and numerical results. The former were collected during an experimental campaign carried out on the tower using seismometric stations, while the latter have been obtained via the modal analysis and model updating procedures implemented in the finite element code NOSA-ITACA. Combining experimental and numerical outcomes made it possible to assess the influence of the soil, modeled as a system of elastic springs, on the natural frequencies of the tower. Finite element models of the tower have been calibrated by taking the presence of the adjacent church into account and choosing different unknown parameters, including the soil stiffness.
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