Diapositiva 1 - Landolfo Raffaele

The main scope of the research is to develop a methodology forthe study of the durability and for the assessment of thevulnerability, with regard to historical and monumental metallicconstructions.The case study was the historic metal truss railway bridge onGesso river, near Foggia. The case studies was selected throughthe strong collaboration established between the research unitand the Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato.The research program has been articulated through a wideexperimental activity, in order to characterize both themechanical properties of historical material and the structuralbehavior of riveted connections.In order to analyze the structural vulnerability and the seismiccapacity of the bridge, three-dimensional finite element modelshave been implemented.