This paper describes the experimental tests and numerical analyses performed to characterize the dynamic behaviour of the principal tower of the San Felice sul Panaro Fortress (Modena, Italy). After the Emilia earthquake that occurred in 2012, the Fortress reported serious damage, such as severe cracks on the walls and collapses of several towers and the roof. As a part of a research that aims at evaluating the vulnerability of the Fortress and designing retrofitting interventions, full-scale ambient vibration tests were performed to evaluate the dynamic properties of the principal tower. Afterwards, a Finite Element (FE) model is calibrated to obtain a good match between the numerical and experimental modal properties. The optimization process is carried out through an improved surrogate-assisted evolutionary strategy. Due to the serious damage of the Fortress, the effective stiffness of the cracked masonry and the efficiency of connection at the interface between the principal tower and the rest of the Fortress are considered the main uncertain quantities to be calibrated. A multi-objective optimization is performed, considering the frequency and mode shape residuals. These are defined as the difference between experimental and numerical modal properties. The multi-objective optimization is reduced to a series of a single-objective optimization adopting the weighted sum method. The set of optimal solutions that form the Pareto front is obtained performing the optimization for different values of the weighting factors. Then, two criteria are used and compared in order to find the preferred solution among the Pareto front solutions. Finally, a comparison of the identified structural parameters obtained varying the weighting factors for natural frequencies and mode shapes in the optimization process is presented, highlighting the importance of a proper choice of the weighting factors.

Dynamic behaviour of the San Felice sul Panaro Fortress: Experimental tests and model updating / Forghieri, Marianna; Bassoli, Elisa; Vincenzi, Loris. - 1:(2017), pp. 2253-2267. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2017 tenutosi a grc nel 2017) [10.7712/120117.5564.17156].

Dynamic behaviour of the San Felice sul Panaro Fortress: Experimental tests and model updating

Forghieri, Marianna;Bassoli, Elisa;Vincenzi, Loris
2017

Abstract

This paper describes the experimental tests and numerical analyses performed to characterize the dynamic behaviour of the principal tower of the San Felice sul Panaro Fortress (Modena, Italy). After the Emilia earthquake that occurred in 2012, the Fortress reported serious damage, such as severe cracks on the walls and collapses of several towers and the roof. As a part of a research that aims at evaluating the vulnerability of the Fortress and designing retrofitting interventions, full-scale ambient vibration tests were performed to evaluate the dynamic properties of the principal tower. Afterwards, a Finite Element (FE) model is calibrated to obtain a good match between the numerical and experimental modal properties. The optimization process is carried out through an improved surrogate-assisted evolutionary strategy. Due to the serious damage of the Fortress, the effective stiffness of the cracked masonry and the efficiency of connection at the interface between the principal tower and the rest of the Fortress are considered the main uncertain quantities to be calibrated. A multi-objective optimization is performed, considering the frequency and mode shape residuals. These are defined as the difference between experimental and numerical modal properties. The multi-objective optimization is reduced to a series of a single-objective optimization adopting the weighted sum method. The set of optimal solutions that form the Pareto front is obtained performing the optimization for different values of the weighting factors. Then, two criteria are used and compared in order to find the preferred solution among the Pareto front solutions. Finally, a comparison of the identified structural parameters obtained varying the weighting factors for natural frequencies and mode shapes in the optimization process is presented, highlighting the importance of a proper choice of the weighting factors.
2017
6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2017
grc
2017
1
2253
2267
Forghieri, Marianna; Bassoli, Elisa; Vincenzi, Loris
Dynamic behaviour of the San Felice sul Panaro Fortress: Experimental tests and model updating / Forghieri, Marianna; Bassoli, Elisa; Vincenzi, Loris. - 1:(2017), pp. 2253-2267. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2017 tenutosi a grc nel 2017) [10.7712/120117.5564.17156].
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