Experimental metodology for verification of effectiveness of innovative seismic strengthening techniques of historical monuments

Presented in the paper are the experimental activities that should be performed for verification of the effectiveness of innovative techniques for seismic strengthening of historical monuments. On site testing of representative monuments for definition of the dynamic characteristics is one of the first steps to be performed within the experimental investigation. Then, shaking table testing in simulated seismic conditions should be performed on reduced scale models onwhich the proposed innovative strengthening solution is applied. Following this experimental methodology, several characteristic historical monuments have been investigated within the activities of the Sixth Framework Program PROHITECH - "Earthquake Protection of Historical Buildings by Reversible Mixed Technologies" and the main experimental results are presented herein