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Masonry constructions are the great majority of the buildings in Europe’s historic centres and the most important monuments of its architectural heritage. Given the age of these constructions, the demand for safety assessments and restoration projects is pressing and constant; still within the broad studies in the subject it is not yet recognised, in particular within the seismic area, a unitary approach to deal with Masonry structures. This successful book contributes to clarify the issues with a rigorous approach offering a comprehensive new Statics of Masonry Constructions. This third edition has been driven by some recent developments of the research in the field, and it gives the fundamentals of Statics with an original and rigorous mathematical formulation, further in-depth inquired in this new version. With many refinements and improvements, the book investigates the static behaviour of many historic monuments, such as the Gothic Cathedrals, the Mycenaean Tholoi, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the domes of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and St Peter’s in Rome, as well as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The last chapter – the 11th - regarding the behaviour of masonry buildings under seismic actions, has been modified and integrated in order to take into account the numerous recent achievements of the research in the dynamic and seismic analysis. The focal point is that there’s no dissipation of energy during the deformation of masonry structures, even if accompanied by cracks. If properly reinforced, masonry constructions have the sole resource to escape the seismic action developing the rocking without failure, under alternate seismic action. In this context, the rocking of pier walls, the main resistant components of the masonry structure, has been here thoroughly examined. Furthermore, the out of plane and the in-plane seismic strengths of masonry walls with openings has been investigated within the framework of Limit Analysis. Through an interdisciplinary approach, involving Mathematics, Engineering and Architecture, this book highlights the tight connection existing between the Statics of Masonry constructions and the principles that ruled the history of constructions, since the beginnings as far as the Seventeenth century. .

Masonry. --- Historic buildings. --- Structural dynamics. --- Building dynamics --- Dynamics, Structural --- Structural vibration --- Historic houses, etc. --- Historical buildings --- Engineering. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Structural mechanics. --- Technology --- Structural Mechanics. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- History of Technology. --- History. --- Strains and stresses --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Building --- Foundations --- Walls --- Architecture --- Buildings --- Monuments --- Historic sites --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Technology-History. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Technology—History. --- Architectural engineering --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Construction industry --- Design and construction

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Historic buildings --- Historic districts --- Architecture --- City planning --- City planning. --- Conservation and restoration --- Conservation and restoration. --- Historic preservation --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Halls --- Buildings --- Buildings, Restoration of --- Conservation of buildings --- Restoration of buildings --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Historic neighborhoods --- Historic preservation districts --- Historical districts --- Madinahs --- Madinas --- Medinas --- Neighborhoods, Historic --- Preservation districts --- Registered historic districts --- Historic sites --- Historic houses, etc. --- Historical buildings --- Monuments --- Government policy --- Management --- Restoration --- Repair and reconstruction --- Design and construction --- built heritage --- heritage conservation --- architecture --- heritage management --- Architecture, Primitive

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This book applies a behavioral point of view to individuals’ fire safety in historic buildings. It outlines theoretical and operative issues, based on recent studies and international guidelines. Firstly, critical issues for Building Heritage fire safety are widely discussed, by including the modelling of human factor and man-environment-fire interference in these architectural spaces. A significant part of the book includes a discussion on emergency modeling and simulation. A source code for representing the fire evacuation process (including man-evacuation facilities interactions) is offered to the reader. Methods for effectiveness assessment of risk-reducing solutions are provided and tested in a case-study. Being a structured approach to occupants-related problems during a fire in heritage buildings, it offers an innovative methodology and practical examples that researchers and designers can use as a guide when proposing and testing solutions. Evaluation indexes for effectiveness assessment (also useful for future guidelines or handbooks) are included. Readers are encouraged to understand these indexes within the proposed approach, so as to extend their applications and possibilities of how to introduce human behaviors-based solutions in other fields. Lastly, attention is focused on the proposal and evaluation of low-impact and not-invasive strategies, such as ones based on wayfinding elements. From this point of view, the pros and cons of wayfinding systems are discussed: these are important today, especially for fire-safety designers, because of the ongoing innovations in this field. .

Historic buildings --- Fire prevention. --- Fires and fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Historic houses, etc. --- Historical buildings --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Engineering. --- Cultural heritage. --- Computer simulation. --- Computer-aided engineering. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Architecture --- Monuments --- Historic sites --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Computer aided design. --- System safety. --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- CAD (Computer-aided design) --- Computer-assisted design --- Computer-aided engineering --- Design --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- CAE --- Engineering --- Data processing