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Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation (2024)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Rasheed, L. P. H. (2024). Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation. Procedia Structural Integrity, 54, 332-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2024.01.091

Urban areas worldwide grapple with ecological disruption due to overpopulation, exacerbated by impermeable concrete surfaces that hinder rainwater absorption, curb plant growth and foster urban heat islands. Innovative porous concrete applications we... Read More about Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation.

From point cloud data to structural modelling: the case study of the Tusk at Spynie Palace, Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Kumari, M. (2023). From point cloud data to structural modelling: the case study of the Tusk at Spynie Palace, Scotland. Procedia Structural Integrity, 47, 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2023.07.013

The development of digital technologies has already supported the production of accurate representations of structures, with applications in conservation, monitoring and Building Information Modelling projects. The exploitability of their outputs rem... Read More about From point cloud data to structural modelling: the case study of the Tusk at Spynie Palace, Scotland.

Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Marinelli, A., & Moir, Z. (2022, September). Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom. Presented at 44th International Conference of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), Guimaraes, Portugal

Formal assessments in instrumental music education are much more than a snapshot-like summary of an achievement, although rarely considered within the entirety of their professional, social, economic and institutional context. Given the size of the m... Read More about Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom.

Optimizing strengthening interventions on historic masonry walls: an experimental study (2019)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., Santa, S., Spiliopoulos, A., & Dasiou, M. E. (2019). Optimizing strengthening interventions on historic masonry walls: an experimental study. Procedia Structural Integrity, 18, 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2019.08.160

Scotland's historic environment is an essential part of the country's cultural background and its economy. T he country has a long history of building with stone and among the richest legacies of traditional and historic buildings in the United Kingd... Read More about Optimizing strengthening interventions on historic masonry walls: an experimental study.

Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone (2019)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Stewart, M. R. (2019). Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity), 13(50), 438-450. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.37

An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone is undertaken, aiming at enhancing understanding of the structural behaviour of these natural building stones commonly used in... Read More about Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone.

An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks (2019)
Journal Article
Dakanali, I., & Marinelli, A. (2019). An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity), 13(50), 370-382. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.31

The present work aims at investigating the mechanisms activated during the extraction of titanium bars from a marble volume (pull-out phenomenon), used for rejoining fragmented marble structural members at the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. Th... Read More about An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks.

Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Mcdougall, J., Barreto, D., Marinelli, A., Dimitriadi, V., Anbazhagan, P., & Miranda, M. (2019). Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels. In Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of Environment and Constructions (1403-1410)

The dynamic properties of shredded rubber-soil mixtures (ShRm), comprising a sub-rounded quartz sand combined with small rubber shreds at 0, 10, 20, 30% by mass, were investigated. Testing ranged from small strain, in resonant column apparatus, to la... Read More about Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels.

Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms (2019)
Journal Article
Fonseca, J., Riaz, A., Bernal-Sanchez, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., McDougall, J., Miranda Manzanares, M., …Dimitriadi, V. (2019). Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms. Géotechnique Letters, 9(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.18.00221

Sand-rubber mixture (SRm) behaviour is affected by rubber content (RC) whilst dissipation in sands is caused by inter-particle sliding. Dissipation in SRm is as, or more significant than in sands. However, the mechanisms of dissipation in SRm are not... Read More about Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms.

Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., Miranda, M., & Marinelli, A. (2018). Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures. In Proceedings of the 16th European Conference in Earthquake Engineering

Residential buildings in high population density areas are seismically vulnerable to the action of major seismic events. The high cost and technical difficulties related to the use of advanced seismic isolations systems precludes its installation to... Read More about Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures.

A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models. (2018)
Journal Article
Papanicolopulos, S., Gulib, F., & Marinelli, A. (2019). A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 117(8), 926-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5985

Various finite elements based on mixed formulations have been proposed for the solution of boundary value problems involving strain-gradient models. The relevant literature, however, does not provide details on some important theoretical aspects of t... Read More about A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models..

Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study (2018)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Stewart, M. (2018). Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study. Procedia Structural Integrity, 10, 104-111

An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of the ‘Grove Whitbed’ Portland limestone is undertaken with the aim to enhance understanding of the structural behavior of this natural building stone, commonly used in bot... Read More about Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study.

A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Kourkoulis, S. K., Marinelli, A., & Dakanali, I. (2016). A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. In The ECCOMAS Congress 2016 Proceedings (5207-5218)

The present study describes the first stage of an ongoing research project aiming to investigate the failure mechanisms activated when reinforcing bars are pulled-out from the body of the reinforced element. Attention is given to the progressive fail... Read More about A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks.

The Pull-Out Problem in Restoring Marble Fragments: A Design Criterion Based on Experimental Results (2009)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., Papanicolopulos, S., Kourkoulis, S., & Vayas, I. (2009). The Pull-Out Problem in Restoring Marble Fragments: A Design Criterion Based on Experimental Results. Strain, 45(5), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2008.00519.x

For the development of innovative connections for the restoration of the integrity of structural elements of ancient stone temples, it is imperative, among others, to understand the reasons of the ‘pull-out’ phenomenon. Pull-out can be defined as the... Read More about The Pull-Out Problem in Restoring Marble Fragments: A Design Criterion Based on Experimental Results.

Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor (2008)
Journal Article
Kourkoulis, S., Papanicolopulos, S., Marinelli, A., & Vayas, I. (2008). Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor. Bautechnik / Structural Engineering, 85(2), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.200810010

In restoration works of antique Greek temples individual marble blocks are connected together to form a single element, e.g. an architrave. Due to the demand of reversibility of the intervention, this is done in the Acropolis of Athens by means of ti... Read More about Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor.

Säulen griechischer Tempel unter Erdbebenbeanspruchung (2007)
Journal Article
Vayas, I., Dasiou, M., & Marinelli, A. (2007). Säulen griechischer Tempel unter Erdbebenbeanspruchung. Bautechnik / Structural Engineering, 84(6), 388-396. https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.200710034

olumns of Greek Temples under seismic loading: Columns of ancient Greek Temples consist of accurately dressed individual blocks in total absence on binding mortars. The seismic response of such multi-drum structures is completely different than th... Read More about Säulen griechischer Tempel unter Erdbebenbeanspruchung.