Phd in STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

email: domenico.liberatore@uniroma1.it
phone: 0649919155

room: A05

Graduation date place Civil Engineering, summa cum laude, Rome, July 17, 1982.
Other academic titles PhD in “Structural Engineering”, Rome, 1987.

Academical Activities
Research Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata since 1992 till 1998.
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata since 1998 till 2001.
Director of the Course of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata since 2000 till 2003.
Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata since 2001 till 2008.
Head of the Department of Structures, Geotechnics, Applied Geology of the University of Basilicata since 2002 till 2007.
Coordinator of the PhD “Seismic Risk” of the University of Basilicata since 2007 till 2008.
Director of the Laboratory of Structures and Material Testing of the Department of Structures, Geotechnics, Applied Geology of the University of Basilicata since 2007 till 2008.
Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of “Sapienza” University of Rome since 2008.

Research Activities
The research activity is related to Structural and Earthquake Engineering, as well as to Structural Rehabilitation. It is based both on theoretical and numerical elaborations and on experimental tests.
The main research topics are:
1) Assessment and structural rehabilitation of masonry constructions;
2) Vulnerability of constructions, typological classification and seismic risk;
3) Design problems and vehicle-track-structure interaction in railway bridges.
Related to his scientific activities Prof. Liberatore was or is:
- Member of the Italian Seismic Code Committee (Masonry Constructions Sub-Committee) of the Ministry of Public Works since 2012;
- Member of the Steering Committe of ANIDIS (Italian National Association of Earthquake Engineering) since 2001;
- Member of the Scientific Committees of the ANIDIS Italian Congress on Earthquake Engineering since 2001.
- Invited specialist of the European Rail Research Institute Committee: “Permissible deflection of steel and composite bridges for velocities greater than 160 km/h”;
- Invited specialist of the European Rail Research Institute Committee: “Rail bridges for speed V greater than 220 km/h – Conditions of dynamic deformation”;
- Coordinator of the ReLUIS Project “Definition and development of databases for risk evaluation, emergency planning and management”;
- Reviewer of PRIN Projects for MIUR (Ministry of University and Research);
- Reviewer for international scientific journals (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Natural Hazards, International Journal of Architectural Heritage).

Bibliography
The bibliography consists of more than 100 papers on International and National journals and conferences, and chapters of books.
Recent papers:
D. Addessi, D. Liberatore, R. Masiani, A Force-Based Beam FE for the Pushover Analysis of Masonry Buildings, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, doi: 10.1080/15583058.2013.768309
L. Sorrentino, L. Liberatore, L.D. Decanini, D. Liberatore, The performance of churches in the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10518-013-9519-3
L. Sorrentino, L. Liberatore, D. Liberatore, R. Masiani, The Behaviour of Vernacular Buildings in the 2012 Emilia Earthquakes, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10518-013-9455-2
L. Liberatore, L. Sorrentino, D. Liberatore, L.D. Decanini, Failure of Industrial Structures Induced by the Emilia (Italy) 2012 Earthquakes, Engineering Failure Analysis, doi: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2013.02.009
S. Bracchi, F. da Porto, A. Galasco, F. Graziotti, D. Liberatore, L. Liberatore, G. Magenes, M. Mandirola, C. Manzini, R. Masiani, P. Morandi, M. Palmieri, A. Penna, A. Rosti, M. Rota, L. Sorrentino, Comportamento degli edifici in muratura nella sequenza sismica del 2012 in Emilia, Progettazione Sismica, vol. 4, 141-161
D. Liberatore, Adobe Buildings, In: L.D. Decanini, D. Liberatore, L. Liberatore, G. Magenes, A. Penna, L. Sorrentino, Report on the Maule (Chile) February 27th, 2010 Earthquake, IUSS Press, Pavia, 2012,115-134
D. Liberatore, L.D. Decanini, L. Liberatore, Bridges, In: L.D. Decanini, D. Liberatore, L. Liberatore, G. Magenes, A. Penna, L. Sorrentino, Report on the Maule (Chile) February 27th, 2010 Earthquake, IUSS Press, Pavia, 2012, 327-365
R. Caputo, K.-G. Hinzen, D. Liberatore, S. Schreiber, B. Helly, A. Tziafalias, Quantitative Archaeoseismological Investigation of the Great Theatre of Larissa, Greece, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2011, 9, 347-366, doi: 10.1007/s10518-010-9206-6
L. Nuzzo, A. Calia, D. Liberatore, N. Masini, E. Rizzo, Integration of Ground-Penetrating Radar, Ultrasonic Tests and Infrared Thermography for the Analysis of a Precious Medieval Rose Window, Advances in Geosciences, 24, 2010, 69-82, doi: 10.5194/adgeo-24-69-2010