Experimental and numerical investigation of nonlinearity in soils using advanced laboratory-scaled models: an application to the Rome historical centre.

The SERIES TA project "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Nonlinearity in soils using Advanced Laboratory Scaled Models" (ENINALS) was focused on the centrifuge modelling of seismically induced strains vs. stratigraphic features referred to the Tiber river deposits in Rome. Dynamic actions were reporodiced on four different soil columns. Findings show a main role of the soils heterogeneitites in the shear strain distribution.