PSI - Issue 11

Massimiliano Lucchesi et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 11 (2018) 177–184 M. Lucchesi, B. Pintucchi, N. Zani/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2018) 000–000

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Fig. 4. Monte Pio cellars: (a) lower-level vaults; (b) upper-level vaults.

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Fig. 5. (a) Historic photo of Venezia Nuova damaged by WWII bombing; (b) the post-war structural works.

4. Data and model used in the analyses

In order to define the building’s geometry, a traditional paper survey made available by the owner Cassa di Risparmio has been used as the information source (see Fig. 6 for an example). As already stated, the overall building structure consists of an ensemble of thirty groin vaults per floor (Figs .3 and 6). Besides on the outer walls, all the vaults are set on pillars with cross-sections of about 118x148cm. Disregarding a few centimeters difference between one span and another, the average dimensions is about 412x492cm (excluding the pillars). The pillars’ free heights 182cm and 655cm, respectively for the lower and the upper levels.

Fig. 6. Longitudinal cross-section: Monte Pio ports on the left, via Borra on the right.