TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Silva, N. A1 - Klinge, Andrea A1 - Cederqvist, Ch. A1 - Kreft, Oliver A1 - Qvaeschning, Dirk A1 - Sjöström, Christer T1 - Composite UHPC-AAC/CLC façade elements with modified interior plaster for new buildings and refurbishment T2 - VII International Congress on Architectural Envelopes (ICAE 2015) T2 - VII International Congress on Architectural Envelopes (ICAE 2015) CY - Donostia - San Sebastián (Spanien) DA - 2015-05-27 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33537 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo T1 - Earthen building materials. Hydraulic lime based grout for retrofitting and CEBs stabilised with geopolimer T2 - 1st Symposium Knowledge Exchange for Young Scientists (KEYS) T2 - 1st Symposium Knowledge Exchange for Young Scientists (KEYS) CY - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania DA - 2015-06-08 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33482 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo T1 - NIKER | New integrated knowledge based approaches to the protection of cultural heritage from earthquake induced risk T2 - Meeting at Joint Research Centre of Ispra 2015 T2 - Meeting at Joint Research Centre of Ispra 2015 CY - Ispra, Italy DA - 2015-11-30 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-35063 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo T1 - H HOUSE | Healthier life with eco-innovative components for housing constructions T2 - Meeting at Joint Research Centre of Ispra 2015 T2 - Meeting at Joint Research Centre of Ispra 2015 CY - Ispra, Italy DA - 2015-11-30 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-35064 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Ferraioli, M A1 - Abruzzese, D. A1 - Mandara, A T1 - Dynamic identification and seismic safety of two masonry bell towers T2 - Georisks in the Mediterranean and their mitigation T2 - Georisks in the Mediterranean and their mitigation CY - Valletta, Malta DA - 2015-07-20 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-34655 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Kreft, O. A1 - Pietruszka, B. A1 - Lukaszewska, A. A1 - Klinge, A. T1 - Design of UHPC-AAC light-weight composite facade elements for refurbishment N2 - The aim of this study was to develop a lightweight composite façade element for refurbishment of existing façades. It was crucial to minimize the thermal bridges and to undercut the thermal requirement of the system existing façade new element. The awareness of the environmental impact of the building sector is increasing. In this context, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) materials are shown to be promising alternatives with advantages such as lower embodied energy and reduced environmental impact. Predictions suggest that UHPC composite elements for building envelopes could have other benefits such as an increased service life, optimized use of building area due to thinner elements and minimized maintenance due to the absence of reinforcement or use of non-corrosive reinforcing materials such as carbon fibers. In this framework, composite elements have been developed combining an autoclaved aerated concrete insulation layer with an external UHPC supporting layer. The results show that the lightweight composite element has a good performance in term of thermal transmittance and minimization of thermal bridges. T2 - XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components CY - Gent, Belgium DA - 29.05.2017 KW - Building Materials KW - UHPC KW - AAC KW - Facade panels PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-40496 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Silva, R. A. A1 - Garofano, A. A1 - Oliveira, D. V. T1 - In-plane behaviour of earthen materials: a numerical comparison between adobe masonry, rammed earth and cob N2 - The paper presents a comparison between different numerical modelling ap-proaches aiming to simulate the in-plain behaviour of three types of earthen materials, name-ly adobe masonry, rammed earth and cob. For this purpose, uniaxial and diagonal compression tests were carried out, which allowed determining important mechanical param-eters, such as compressive strength, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, shear strength and shear modulus. Furthermore, the tests allowed assessing the level of non-linear behaviour of the respective stress–strain relationships as well as the failure modes. The experimental results were then used for the calibration of numerical models (based on the finite element method) for simulating the non-linear behaviour of the earth materials under in-plane shear loading. Both macro- and micro-modelling approaches were considered for this purpose. The procedures adopted for model calibration established the reliability of various modelling strategies for the different loading conditions. The simplified approach based on macro-modelling shows a satisfactory accuracy and low computational costs. The results reproduc-ing the uniaxial compression are in good correspondence with the post-elastic behaviour ob-served in the experimental campaign. The micro-modelling approach adopted to reproduce the shear behaviour, even with higher computational cost, represents a suitable tool to pre-dict the adobe masonry and rammed earth collapse mechanisms T2 - 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2017) CY - Rhodes Island, Greece DA - 15.06.2017 KW - Earthen Materials KW - Compression Behaviour KW - Shear Behaviour KW - Digital Image Correlation KW - Finite Element Method PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41280 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Müller, U. A1 - Fontana, Patrick T1 - Strengthening of rammed earth structural elements. Mechanical behaviour under shear and cyclic loading N2 - An experimental investigation was carried out to study the in-plane shear behaviour of rammed earth structural elements strengthened with polyester fabric strips. The original idea for the retrofitting with polyester fabric strips was to introduce a vertical element for walls in order to take up horizontal loads resulting in a shear response of the building element. It has to be considered that vertical slits into the walls for fixing the strips are points of weakness and have to be mitigated by the adhesive. In this case a base coat mortar was employed. Strengthened elements were tested to exploit the strength potential of earthen materials and to solve its lack of tensile strength, significantly improving not only strength but also ductility. As part of the study results of a testing campaign of unstrengthened structural elements were considered. Strengthened elements were tested in diagonal compression/shear and cyclic shear-compression. A unique reinforcement orientation was used. The results of these tests are presented in this paper and include the load-displacement behaviours, crack patterns, failure modes. The results showed that the reinforcement was the most effective under cyclic shear-compression tests, with increase in load and displacement capacity observed. Under diagonal compression the reinforcement did not likely contribute significantly to the shear resistance, due to a lack of embedment length of the strips. T2 - 3rd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions (PROHITECH 2017) CY - Lissabon, Portugal DA - 12.07.2017 KW - Earthen Materials KW - Shear Behaviour KW - Strengthening PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Ferraioli, M. A1 - Abruzzese, D. T1 - Seismic risk assessment of the Santa Maria a Vico bell tower. Ambient vibration measurements and numerical model tuning N2 - The paper investigates the dynamic characterisation along with the numerical model tuning and the seismic risk assessment of a monumental masonry tower in Italy namely the Santa Maria a Vico bell tower. Full-scale ambient vibration tests were performed under the impact of environmental loads. The technique of modal extraction in the frequency domain was applied. In-situ investigation survey was used in calibrating the refined 3D finite element model. The FEM tuning was carried out by varying the mechanical parameters and accounting for the restraint offered by the neighbouring buildings and the role of soil–structure interaction. The paper shows that the modal identification is a reliable technique that can be used in-situ for assessing the dynamic behaviour of monumental buildings. The tuned FEM model of the tower was usefully employed to determine the theoretical fundamental frequencies, which accurately fit the experiment data. Finally, the seismic performance of the bell tower was assessed using a non-linear static procedure based on the multi-modal pushover analysis and the capacity spectrum method. The results confirm that seismic events of moderate intensity can produce heavy damage to the masonry tower presented in this study. T2 - 3rd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions (PROHITECH 2017) CY - Lisbon, Portugal DA - 12.07.2017 KW - Masonry tower KW - Ambient vibration tests KW - Dynamic characterisation KW - Seismic assessment PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Silva, R. A. A1 - Garofano, A. A1 - Oliveira, D. V. T1 - In-plane behaviour of earthen materials: a numerical comparison between adobe masonry, rammed earth and cob N2 - The paper presents a comparison between different numerical modelling approaches aiming to simulate the in-plain behaviour of three types of earthen materials, namely adobe masonry, rammed earth and cob. For this purpose, uniaxial and diagonal compression tests were carried out, which allowed determining important mechanical parameters, such as compressive strength, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, shear strength and shear modulus. Furthermore, the tests allowed assessing the level of non-linear behaviour of the respective stress strain relationships as well as the failure modes. The experimental results were then used for the calibration of numerical models (based on the finite element method) for simulating the non-linear behaviour of the earth materials under in-plane shear loading. Both macro- and micro-modelling approaches were considered for this purpose. The procedures adopted for model calibration established the reliability of various modelling strategies for the different loading conditions. The simplified Approach based on macromodelling shows a satisfactory accuracy and low computational costs. The results reproducing the uniaxial compression are in good correspondence with the post-elastic behaviour observed in the experimental campaign. The micro-modelling approach adopted to reproduce the shear behaviour, even with higher computational cost, represents a suitable tool to predict the adobe masonry and rammed earth collapse mechanisms. T2 - COMPDYN 2017 - 6th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering CY - Rhodes Island, Greece DA - 15.06.2017 KW - Earthen materials KW - Compression behaviour KW - Shear behaviour KW - Digital image correlation KW - Finite element method PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41002 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -