F. Clementi et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 313-335; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.24 Focussed on Fracture and Damage Detection in Masonry Structures Crumbling of Amatrice clock tower during 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence: Advanced numerical insights Francesco Clementi Dep. of Civil and Building Engineering, and Architecture, Università Politecnica della Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
[email protected], http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9705-777X Gabriele Milani Dep. of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, P. Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
[email protected], http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5462-3420 Angela Ferrante Dep. of Civil and Building Engineering, and Architecture, Università Politecnica della Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
[email protected] Marco Valente Dep. of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
[email protected] Stefano Lenci Dep. of Civil and Building Engineering, and Architecture, Università Politecnica della Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
[email protected], http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3154-7896 ABSTRACT. The dynamic behaviour and the seismic vulnerability of the ancient civic clock tower of Amatrice, dramatically damaged by the last shocks sequence of 2016 that occurred in Central Italy, is studied in this paper by Citation: Clementi, F., Milani, G., Ferrante, means of advanced 3D numerical analyses with the Non-Smooth Contact A., Valente, M., Lenci, S., Crumbling of Amatrice clock tower during 2016 Central Dynamics Method (NSCD). Thus, a discontinuous approach was used to Italy seismic sequence: Advanced numerical assess the dynamic properties and the vulnerability of the masonry structure, insights, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 313-335.