In addition to the UA, the consortium, coordinated by the Polytechnic University of Bari, has been composed by experts from the universities of Edinburgh, Bolonia and Bristol since 2017. The vaults represent a very common typology of structural elements of roofs in monumental buildings and, in particular, in historic masonry churches.Īccording to the UA researcher, once this mechanism is known, patterns of reinforcement can be suggested in order to increase resistance to seismic movements, given that this type of structure is very sensitive to earthquakes, as could be seen in the Lorca earthquake and other more recent ones that have occurred in Italy. Professor of the University of Alicante (UA) Department of Civil Engineering Salvador Ivorra is part of the European project ‘ SEeismic BEhavior of Scaled MOdels of groin VAults made by 3D printers’ ( SEBESMOVA3D) whose goal is to learn the resistance mechanism of groin vaults in the event of an earthquake. A scale model with bricks printed in 3D has been designed within the framework of an H2020 European project, making it possible to study the patterns of cracking and damage in the structure from the beginning of the earthquake.
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