An approach to dynamic control design for 3D masonry structures

In the paper one proposes the formulation of an approach aimed at effectively designing dynamic control systems for spatial masonry structures. Managing 3D masonry structures for protection purposes with regards to dynamic events is usually handled through drastic simplifications of the original structure or of the nonlinear material behaviour. The proposed approach is aimed at controlling the dynamic vibrations of the spatial structure on the basis of its proper modelling, in such a way to embed in the design process its nonlinearity. The presented algorithm, which is outlined together with some numerical results, is shown to be able to produce significant beneficial effects in terms of response mitigation.