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Esposizione e vulnerabilità sismica dell'edilizia residenziale del centro storico di Caltabellotta

Aiming at evaluating the seismic vulnerability of the old town of Caltabellotta, first the main characteristics of the new survey cards CARTIS for the structural typology characterization recently developed, and the bases of the macroseismic method for seismic vulnerability and fragility curve estimation, are briefly summarized. Then, the main typological and structural characteristics of the house typology in the historic centre of Caltabellotta are described, providing a synthetic estimate of the vulnerability and highlighting the probability of reaching predetermined levels of damage in relation to the intensity of the expected earthquake (fragility curves). This information, combined wi…

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