Santa Maria a Vico, Caserta: renovation of bell tower
- Client Diocesi di Acerra
- Site Santa Maria a Vico - Caserta | Italy
- Date of service 2010
- Assignment Preliminary, definitive, detailed design phases. Health and safety coordination in the construction phases. Work Supervision
- Amount of work € 100.000,00
- Team Engr. Gustavo Arbellino, Arch. Mariano Nuzzo, Prof. Engr. Donato Abruzzese, Prof.. Massimiliano Ferraioli
- Data Sheet Press review - Il Mattino (1pp - 5.9 MB)
According to historical sources, the bell tower was constructed in the first half of the fifteenth century. The structure is in tufa stone.
The structure was badly affected by the earthquake of 29 November 1732 that caused deep cracks along the bell tower. Restoration and consolidation works continued until 1749.
The last renovation of the bell tower dates back to 1927.
The consulting services for the seismic retrofitting also included a series of dynamic tests, aimed at providing the dynamic characterisation of the building, divided into two main stages:
Stage 1 - Design and implementation of dynamic tests.
Stage 2 - Identification of natural frequencies and mode shapes.
The dynamic tests performed thus made it possible to improve the Finite Element Model implemented, as a result of the technical method named "Model Updating.