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The changes in the geometry of the structures are called irregularities and are divided into two types: plant and height irregularities, the latter being widely investigated. In this sense, the objective of the present work is to study in detail the influence of the plant irregularities [...]
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The San Benedetto church complex is an iconic architectural heritage asset of Ferrara, an attractive small city in the North of Italy. This paper investigates two separate parts from the complex, respectively the church, and the bell tower. The construction of the church dates back [...]Abstract
This work presents an application of a Building Information Model (BIM) to the National Palace of Sintra, Portugal, a large and complex building composed of different unreinforced masonry buildings that is included in the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, classified under the UNESCO [...]
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Despite seismic studies in Brazil not being common in the engineering practice as Brazil is a tectonically stable continental region, recent Brazilian regulations require seismic evaluation as supporting studies for decommission and decharacterization projects. Although there exist [...]