Esecuzione e interpretazione di prove sperimentali su pareti realizzate con tecnologia "ISOSPAN".

In recent years, the resistance of reinforced concrete bearing panels structures has been the object of several research works, to assess the effective behavior of this kind of materials in static and seismic situations. Despite the wide use of this kind of concrete walls in Northern Europe the national regulations are not very detailed and specific. In fact, regarding the structural elements without reinforcement or partially reinforced employed in the industrial buildings, there are no common methods or approved procedures to calculate the strength of this kind walls, both Italian and European (Eurocodes) regulations. In order to partially fill this gap the Italian Ministry of Public Works issued some Guidelines in the July 2011 concerning the construction technique in object, where a series of laboratory tests should be carried on to investigate the mechanical properties (Young and shear moduli) and the panels behavior under different loads and with different geometries. This paper presents a summary of the experimental results of some tests conducted following the above Guidelines and the comparison of these with the analytical results of a proposed procedure