Pubblications.

Research and development

SafePlant’s staff has a long-standing experience in scientific and innovative research in the field of seismic risk of civil and industrial structures, including major accident plants. The list below comprises some of the most significant scientific publications by the SafePlant team.

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Seismic performance of a floating roof in an unanchored broad storage tank: Experimental tests and numerical simulations, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 105, August 2021, DOI: 0.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103341

Caprinozzi S., Paolacci S., Bursi O. S., Dolšek M., (2021)

A Screening Methodology for the Identification of Critical Units in Major-Hazard Facilities Under Seismic Loading, Frontiers in Built Environment, Volume 7, November 2021, DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.780719

Corritore D., Paolacci S., Caprinozzi S., (2021)

Computing Resilience Of Process Plants Under Na-Tech Events: Methodology And Application To Seismic Loading Scenarios, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 195, March 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2019.106685

Kalemi B., Caputo A., Corritore D., Paolacci F., (2020)

Seismic risk assessment of liquid overtopping in a steel storage tank equipped with a single deck floating roof, Journal of loss prevention in the process industries, DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2020.104269

Caprinozzi S., Paolacci F., Dolsek M., (2020)

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Unanchored Storage Tanks For Na-Tech Risk Based On Gaussian Process Modeling, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Vol 18, Issue 15. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-020-00960-7

Phan H.N., Paolacci F., Bursi O.S., Corritore C., Di Filippo R., (2020)

Problems and perspectives in seismic QRA of chemical process plants for decision making, submitted to Journal of Pressure Vessel and Technology. Volume 141 | Issue 1, DOI: 10.1115/1.4040804.

Caputo A. C., Paolacci F., Bursi O.S., Giannini. R., (2019)

Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Process Plants Under Seismic Loading Based on Monte Carlo Simulations, Journal of Loss Prevention in the process Industries, Vol 53 – pp. 136-148, DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2017.12.013

Alessandri A., Caputo A.C. ,Corritore D., Giannini R., Paolacci F., Phan H.N., (2018)

Seismic vulnerability mitigation of liquified gas tanks using concave sliding bearings, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering Volume 14, Issue 11, pp 3283–3299, DOI:10.1007/s10518-016-9939-y

Phan H.N., Paolacci F, Corritore D., Uckan E., Akbas B., Shen J.J, (2016)

A simplified analysis model for determining the seismic response of buried steel pipes at strike-slip fault crossings, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Volume 75, August 2015, Pages 55-65, DOI:10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.03.001

E. Uckan, B. Akbas, J. Shen, W. Rou, F. Paolacci, M. O’Rourke, (2015)

Performance-based Earthquake Evaluation of a Full-Scale Petrochemical Piping System, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 33 (2015) 10-22, DOI:10.1016/j.jlp.2014.11.004

Bursi O. S., Reza M.S., Abbiati G., Paolacci F., (2015)

On the Effectiveness of Two Isolation Systems for the Seismic Protection of Elevated Tanks, Journal of Pressure Vessels and Technology, 137:3, June, DOI: 10.1115/1.4029590

Paolacci F., (2015)

Hybrid Simulations of a Multi-span RC Viaduct with Plain Bars and Sliding Bearings,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2580

Abbiati G., Bursi O. S., Caperan P., Di Sarno L., Molina F.J, Paolacci F., Pegon P., (2015)

Seismic Retrofitting of a HV Circuit Breaker Through Base Isolation with Steel Cable Dampers. Part 1: Preliminary Tests and Analyses, Engineering Structures, Volume 98, 1 September 2015, Pages 251-262, DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.032

Alessandri S., Giannini R., Paolacci F., Malena M., (2015)

Seismic Retrofitting of a HV Circuit Breaker Through Base Isolation with Steel Cable Dampers.. Part 2: Shaking Table Tests Validation, Engineering Structures, Volume 98, 1 September 2015, Pages 263-274, DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.031

Alessandri S. Giannini R., Paolacci F., Amoretti M., Freddo A., (2015)

Seismic Retrofitting of a HV Circuit Breaker Through Base Isolation with Steel Cable Dampers.. Part 2: Shaking Table Tests Validation, Engineering Structures, Volume 98, 1 September 2015, Pages 263-274, DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.031

Alessandri S. Giannini R., Paolacci F., Amoretti M., Freddo A., (2015)

A Simplified Analysis Model for Determining the Seismic Response of Buried Steel Pipes at Strike-slip Fault Crossings, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Volume 75, August 2015, Pages 55-65, DOI:10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.03.001

E. Uckan, B. Akbas, J. Shen, W. Rou, F. Paolacci, M. O’Rourke, (2015)

A Rational Method for the Evaluation of the Concrete Strength Combining Direct Compression Test and Non-destructive Testing Results, Engineering Structures, Volume 64:1, 68-77, DOI 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.01.036

R. Giannini, L. Sguerri, F. Paolacci, S. Alessandri (2014)

Performance of Non-Standard Bolted Flange Joints in Industrial Piping Systems Subjected to Seismic Loading, Journal of Loss Prevention in Process Industry, Vol. 30 July, Pages 124–136, DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2014.05.011

Reza Md, O.S. Bursi, Paolacci F., Kumar A., (2014)

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