Building damage assessment after the Riviera del Brenta tornado, northeast Italy

Mariano Angelo Zanini, Lorenzo Hofer, Flora Faleschini () and Carlo Pellegrino
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Mariano Angelo Zanini: University of Padova
Lorenzo Hofer: University of Padova
Flora Faleschini: University of Padova
Carlo Pellegrino: University of Padova

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2017, vol. 86, issue 3, No 13, 1247-1273

Abstract: Abstract A tornado with severe intensity hit the municipalities of Pianiga, Dolo and Mira close to Venice, northeast Italy, causing damages on a wide number of residential and industrial buildings and destroying some historical villas. In this study, the authors show the results of the damage assessment survey performed in the first days after the occurrence of the extreme event. Limited literature deals with damage assessment of European building types due to wind actions, and the available one does not consider building vulnerability as key factor in the structural response of existing structures subject to tornado hazard. In this paper, structural damages surveyed in reinforced concrete frame structures and masonry buildings, representative of common Italian building types, are critically discussed. Additionally, this work provides a database of past tornado events in northeast Italy, evidencing how the analyzed area has been found to be quite prone to tornado hazard.

Keywords: Building vulnerability; Damage assessment; Hazard; Structural response; Tornado (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2741-6

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