A knowledge-based approach for the structural assessment of cultural heritage, a case study: La Sapienza Palace in Pisa

作者：Caprili Silvia^*; Mangini Federico; Paci Sandro; Salvatore Walter; Bevilacqua Marco Giorgio; Karwacka Ewa; Squeglia Nunziante; Barsotti Riccardo; Bennati Stefano; Scarpelli Giuseppe; Iannelli Paolo

来源：Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 15(11): 4851-4886.

DOI：10.1007/s10518-017-0158-y

• Existing building
• Cultural heritage
• Masonry structure
• In situ survey
• Multidisciplinary approach
• Static assessment
• Vulnerability analysis

The full knowledge of the morphological evolution of an historical masonry building, defined more as 'structural aggregate' than as 'single construction', together with the analysis of the architectural, structural, geological and geotechnical aspects, allow the assessment of the static safety and seismic vulnerability of the complex and the design of retrofit interventions. In the present paper, a Knowledge-Based-Approach is applied to the historical building 'Palazzo La Sapienza' in Pisa, allowing to provide reliable results concerning the actual structural condition of the building avoiding the strong computational effort usually associated to the execution of refined numerical analyses. In case of complex buildings, characterized by a high heterogeneity of materials, structural typologies, geometries and so on, the adoption of a global model is not always useful to represent the effective structural behaviour. The proposed approach shows how a deep multidisciplinary knowledge of the construction can limit the use of cumbersome numerical modelling and analysis, however reaching reliable and accurate results usable also in the current practice.

• 出版日期2017-11