Publications by Stefano Podesta

Improved urban seismic vulnerability assessment using typological curves and acurate displacement demand prediction

Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana, Stefano Podesta

2021

Seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings through BIM

Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana, Stefano Podesta, Elisa Ambrassa, Alice Comune

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering ( IABSE )2019

Seismic displacement-demand and urban damage distribution: the impact of different methods on vulnerability assessment

Pierino Lestuzzi, Yves Sylvain Gilles Reuland, Lorenzo Diana, Stefano Podesta

This paper addresses seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale. Particularly, it focuses on the differences in damage distribution obtained from the application of several simplified methods for displacement demand determination. The results obtained ...

Singapore, Research Publishing2018

Impact of displacement demand reliability for seismic vulnerability assessment at an urban scale

Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana, Stefano Podesta

2018

Validation and improvement of Risk-UE LM2 capacity curves for URM buildings with stiff floors and RC shear walls buildings

Pierino Lestuzzi, Angelo Garofano, Stefano Podesta

This paper addresses seismic vulnerability assessment at an urban scale and more specifically the capacity curves involved for building damage prediction. Standard capacity curves are a function of predefined building typology and are proposed in the Risk- ...

2017

Seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale for two typical Swiss cities using Risk-UE methodology

Pierino Lestuzzi, Angelo Garofano, Stefano Podesta, Patrick Bischof

This paper contains a seismic assessment at urban scale of the cities of Sion and Martigny in Switzerland. These two cities have been identified for the present research based on their importance regarding size and the characteristics of the building stock ...

Springer2016

Improvement of Risk-UE LM2 capacity curves for reliable seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale in Switzerland

Pierino Lestuzzi, Stefano Podesta

2016