Safety assessment of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy Online publication date: Thu, 27-Nov-2014
by Takayoshi Aoki, Noboru Yuasa, Hitoshi Hamasaki, Yoshiaki Nakano, Noriyuki Takahashi, Yasuo Tanigawa, Tatsuhito Komiyama, Tomoyuki Ina, Donato Sabia, Giacomo Vincenzo Demarie
International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity (IJMSI), Vol. 5, No. 2/3, 2011
Abstract: In order to evaluate safety assessment of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy, a series of non-destructive tests were carried out for diagnostic inspection of its deterioration. Delamination of stone finishing and fresco painting were detected. Dynamic ambient vibration test was carried out and the relevant modes of vibration were identified resorting to the stochastic subspace identification method. The first two natural frequencies of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte were estimated to be about 1.93 Hz and 2.07 Hz in East-West and North-South directions, respectively. Therefore, the dome seems to be vulnerable to severe earthquakes characteristic of the local seismicity such as we experienced in recent years.
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