It is now 48 years since Eastman theorized what would become known as BIM: Building Information Modelling. Despite this, we can observe that the methodolo- gy, together with its associated tools, is still considered an ...

The study on impact mechanisms of flow-like landslides against structures is still an open issue in the scientific literature. Many researchers have employed so far either experiments or numerical methods, but the evaluation of ...

Nowadays, the need to jointly achieve an ecological and a digital transition in different sectors is recognised; however, both can only be pursued if there is a behavioural transition of the people involved. Consequently, ...

The widespread popularity of digital photography and the ongoing implementation of equipment with an extremely high processing power are among the main reasons for the extensive and popular use of image-based surveying ...

The aim of the study proposed in this thesis was to analyse and implement data pro- cessing procedures and algorithms to try to overcome the criticalities present in the traditional identification and segmentation of ...

The Mediterranean is by definition a place of relations, where many and varied forms of thought, knowledge and civilization in the history of mankind have intersected, mixed and integrated; it is the place furrowed by paths ...

The current evolution of vehicles with the development of new on-board technologies, allow for increasingly more connected vehicles, which also enables the development of more intelligent and autonomous vehicles. The result ...

The scarcity of resources for the preservation of the historical-architectural heritage generates the search for alternative sources to public funding. Therefore, cultural sponsorship is among these sources. This work aims ...

Access to water has become one of the main challenges of modern society due to the growing imbalance between the demand and availability of water resources. Studies carried out so far on wastewater treatment have greatly ...

In recent years, the contamination of groundwater has become a growing threat at global scale. The improper release of chemicals from numerous and different sources (landfills, leaking storage tanks, etc.) in the subsurface ...