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The FP6 EC PROHITECH research project “Earthquake PROtection of HIstorical Buildings by Reversible Mixed TECHnologies” (2004–2009) developed a wide experimental and numerical activity on structures, sub-structures, elements and devices, involving 16 academic institutions of 12 Countries, mostly belonging to the South European and Mediterranean area (AL, B, EG, GR, I, P, RO, SL, TR, ISR, M, MK). The final results were presented at the International PROHITECH Conference held in Rome on 21–24 June 2009. The main objective of this project was to develop sustainable methodologies for the use of reversible mixed technologies in the seismic protection of existing constructions, with particular emphasis to buildings of historical interest. Reversible mixed technologies exploit the peculiarities of innovative materials and special devices, allowing ease of removal if necessary. At the same time, the combined use of different materials and techniques yields an optimisation of the global behaviour under seismic actions. A challenging activity within the project was devoted to large scale models of monumental buildings, which were tested on shaking table for producing damage and then for evaluating the effectiveness of the proposed consolidation systems. In particular, the following monumental models were tested: the Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Skopje, the Gothic Cathedral in Fossanova, the St. Nikola Byzantine Church in Psacha and the Parthenon temple in Athens. Beside the experimental activity, appropriate numerical models were developed in order to both predict and interpret the testing results.
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The author, in his quality of chairman of the Prohitech project, is very pleased to express his sincere thanks to Kiril Gramatikov, leader of WP7 “Experimental activity” and to Raffaele Landolfo, leader of WP8 “Numerical activity” for their effective work, which this paper is referred to and some parts of which are directly taken from the original papers. The details of the whole Prohitech activity are shown in 6 volumes, now in press, which contain the results of the research work of 150 experts from 16 international institutions involved in this project.
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Mazzolani, F.M. (2015). Protection of Historical Buildings According to Prohitech. In: Psycharis, I., Pantazopoulou, S., Papadrakakis, M. (eds) Seismic Assessment, Behavior and Retrofit of Heritage Buildings and Monuments. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16130-3_1
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