PSI - Issue 64

Francesco Bencardino et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 64 (2024) 932–943 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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2. Structural assessment of the RC structure 2.1. Description of the case study

The RC building shown in Figure 1 was used as a cinema/theater and was built in the 1950s in southern of Italy (Soriano Calabro). It is adjoined by a two-story office building (not open to the public) which provides access to the roof of the cinema/theater.

Figure 1. Plan view of the case study (dimensions in mm).

As reported in Figure 1, the RC structure consists of nine identical portal frames in terms of geometric dimensions, spans, quantity, and position of internal longitudinal reinforcements, arranged at a constant spacing along the longitudinal direction. The two outermost portal frames are supported by two strong brick masonry walls. The structural section of a representative portal frame, the main cross-sections (K-K and M-M) of the beam, and other details are shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Schematic representation of a representative portal frame and cross-section of the beams (dimensions in mm).