Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of an important historical building: the Saint James Theater in the city of Corfù (Greece) actually used as the Municipality House. The building, located in the center of the city, is made of carves stones and is characterized by a stocky shape and by the presence of wooden floors. The study deals with the structural identification of such structure through the analysis of its ambient vibrations recorded by means of accelerometers with high accuracy. A full dynamic testing was developed using ambient vibrations to identify the main modal parameters and to make a non-destructive characterization of this building. The results of these dynamic tests are compared with the modal analysis of a complex finite element (FE) simulation of the structure. This analysis may present several problems and uncertainties for this stocky building. Due to the presence of wooden floors, the local modes can be highly excited and, as a consequence, the evaluation of the structural modal parameters presents some difficulties.

Autore Pugliese

• Giannoccaro Nicola Ivan

Tutti gli autori

• DIAFERIO M , FOTI D , GIANNOCCARO NI , IVORRA S

Titolo volume/Rivista

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS

Anno di pubblicazione

2014

ISSN

1998-4448

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

12

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