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The paper presents the experimental setup for a masonry specimen, representing one bay of a church’s lateral nave. The specimen consists of a cross vault, its supporting elements (arches, piers, and wall), ties, and bolts. The aim of the test is to analyse the in-plane shear mechanism of the vault, which typically occurs in churches due to the longitudinal vibration of the nave. The experimental campaign, to be carried out at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra within the ERIES project “REVAULTs”, will use actuators at the top of the specimen’s walls to apply the seismic forces, by performing pseudo-dynamic (PsD) tests. The objective of this work is to present the experimental setup, with a focus on the boundary conditions, instrumentation, and loading. The results of two non-linear static analyses conducted on two finite element models, with different horizontal load distributions, are presented to provide a preliminary study of the seismic behaviour of the specimen.

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Numerical Modelling of a Masonry Cross-Vaulted Church Bay for Defining the Test Setup of ERIES Project “REVAULTs”

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    2026年

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  • Cirabisi Chiara,
  • Calderini Chiara,
  • Nuno Mendes

摘要

The paper presents the experimental setup for a masonry specimen, representing one bay of a church’s lateral nave. The specimen consists of a cross vault, its supporting elements (arches, piers, and wall), ties, and bolts. The aim of the test is to analyse the in-plane shear mechanism of the vault, which typically occurs in churches due to the longitudinal vibration of the nave. The experimental campaign, to be carried out at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra within the ERIES project “REVAULTs”, will use actuators at the top of the specimen’s walls to apply the seismic forces, by performing pseudo-dynamic (PsD) tests. The objective of this work is to present the experimental setup, with a focus on the boundary conditions, instrumentation, and loading. The results of two non-linear static analyses conducted on two finite element models, with different horizontal load distributions, are presented to provide a preliminary study of the seismic behaviour of the specimen.