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P. Sorrentino et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 44 (2023) 1648–1655 P. Sorrentino et al. / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2022) 000 – 000

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The underground floor houses the technical rooms; on the ground floor there are the tanks of the aquarium; the first floor houses the offices; the second-floor houses offices and archives, the third-floor laboratories, offices and the canteen. The part housing the Aquarium consists of tanks and a room for visitors.

(a)

T

L

L

(b) T

(c)

Figure 2. Central part: (a) Plan of first floor and (b) section LL and (c) section TT.

Table 1. Mechanical properties of masonry of part central part (A)

Masonry Elastic Modulus Shear Modulus Specific Weight

Compressive Strength

Shear Strength

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[kg/cm 2 ] 10,800

[kg/cm 2 ]

[kg/cm 3 ]

[kg/cm 2 ]

[kg/cm 2 ]

Tuff Brick

3,600 5,000

1,600 1,800

31.13 208.5

0.42 2.00

1,500

The connecting parts consist of two masonry buildings with the same dimensions in plan equal to 19x6m and are separated by a central courtyard with plan dimensions of 18x10m (Figure 3c). As it can be observed from the sections in Figures 3a and 3b, they consist in four levels and an underground one, with an overall height of 16m. The underground floor houses the technical rooms on the Northern side and on the Southern side the tanks with the function of water filter for the public aquarium. On the ground floor there is a central internal courtyard with a vaulted portico on two sides which represents the access element to the station. The first floor houses the offices on the Northern side and laboratory and office on the Southern side.