Andrea Penna

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Andrea Penna is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Penna has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 15 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Andrea Penna's work include Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (107 papers), Seismic Performance and Analysis (94 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (39 papers). Andrea Penna is often cited by papers focused on Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (107 papers), Seismic Performance and Analysis (94 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (39 papers). Andrea Penna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and United States. Andrea Penna's co-authors include Guido Magenes, Maria Rota, Alessandro Galasco, Sergio Lagomarsino, Serena Cattari, Francesco Graziotti, Francesca da Porto, Daniele Malomo, Claudio Strobbia and Ilaria Senaldi and has published in prestigious journals such as Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Sound and Vibration and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Penna

124 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

TREMURI program: An equivalent frame model for the nonlinear seismic analysis of masonry buildings

2013 496 citations Andrea Penna, Serena Cattari et al. profile →
Performance of masonry buildings during the Emilia 2012 earthquake

2013 271 citations Andrea Penna, Paolo Morandi et al. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering profile →

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Andrea Penna

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Guido Magenes Italy

Francesca da Porto Italy

Antonio Formisano Italy

Serena Cattari Italy

Vasilis Sarhosis United Kingdom

Flavia De Luca United Kingdom

Nelson Lam Australia

Angelo Masi Italy

Andreas J. Kappos Greece

Rita Bento Portugal

Guido Magenes Italy

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232 ×1.2

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Rota, Maria, et al.. (2025). Seismic Fragility Assessment of a Multi‐Span Masonry Arch Bridge Using a Discontinuum Modeling Approach. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 54(13). 3320–3340.

Smerzini, Chiara, et al.. (2025). Seismic fragility curves with unconventional ground motion intensity measures from physics-based simulations. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 23(5). 1885–1915. 1 indexed citations

Penna, Andrea, Matthew J. DeJong, Christoph Butenweg, et al.. (2025). BLIND PREDICTIONS OF SHAKE TABLE TESTING OF AGGREGATE MASONRY BUILDINGS. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

DeJong, Matthew J., et al.. (2023). Distinct element modeling of the in‐plane response of a steel‐framed retrofit solution for URM structures. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 52(10). 3030–3052. 15 indexed citations

Guerrini, Gabriele, Francesco Graziotti, Maria Rota, & Andrea Penna. (2023). SEISMIC PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE BUILDING CONTENTS BY KINEMATIC ISOLATION DEVICES. COMPDYN Proceedings. 1 indexed citations

Penna, Andrea, et al.. (2023). In-plane cyclic tests of strengthened rubble stone masonry. Materials and Structures. 56(2). 6 indexed citations

Malomo, Daniele, Rui Pinho, & Andrea Penna. (2020). Simulating the shake table response of unreinforced masonry cavity wall structures tested to collapse or near‐collapse conditions. Earthquake Spectra. 36(2). 554–578. 20 indexed citations

Tomassetti, Umberto, Francesco Graziotti, Luigi Sorrentino, & Andrea Penna. (2019). Modelling rocking response via equivalent viscous damping. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 48(11). 1277–1296. 16 indexed citations

Malomo, Daniele, Matthew J. DeJong, & Andrea Penna. (2019). Distinct element modelling of the in‐plane cyclic response of URM walls subjected to shear‐compression. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 48(12). 1322–1344. 54 indexed citations

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Guerrini, Gabriele, Ilaria Senaldi, Francesco Graziotti, et al.. (2019). Shake-Table Test of a Strengthened Stone Masonry Building Aggregate with Flexible Diaphragms. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 13(7). 1078–1097. 38 indexed citations

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Malomo, Daniele, Rui Pinho, & Andrea Penna. (2019). Applied Element Modelling of the Dynamic Response of a Full-Scale Clay Brick Masonry Building Specimen with Flexible Diaphragms. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 14(10). 1484–1501. 44 indexed citations

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Malomo, Daniele, Matthew J. DeJong, & Andrea Penna. (2019). Influence of Bond Pattern on the in-plane Behavior of URM Piers. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 15(10). 1492–1511. 42 indexed citations

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Mazzoni, Silvia, Giulio Castori, Carmine Galasso, et al.. (2018). 2016–2017 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence: Seismic Retrofit Policy and Effectiveness. Earthquake Spectra. 34(4). 1671–1691. 33 indexed citations

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Sorrentino, Luigi, Serena Cattari, Francesca da Porto, Guido Magenes, & Andrea Penna. (2018). Seismic behaviour of ordinary masonry buildings during the 2016 central Italy earthquakes. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 17(10). 5583–5607. 218 indexed citations

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Penna, Andrea, et al.. (2015). Experimental‐numerical research on the seismic performance of URM buildings made of lightweight AAC blocks / Experimentell‐numerische Untersuchung zum seismischen Verhalten von unbewehrten Mauerwerksgebäuden aus Porenbetonblöcken. Mauerwerk. 19(2). 130–143. 3 indexed citations

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Rota, Maria, et al.. (2014). Identification of Suitable Limit States from Nonlinear Dynamic Analyses of Masonry Structures. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 18(2). 231–263. 41 indexed citations

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Costa, Alexandre A., António Arêde, Alfredo Campos Costa, Andrea Penna, & Anı́bal Costa. (2013). Out‐of‐plane behaviour of a full scale stone masonry façade. Part 1: specimen and ground motion selection. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 42(14). 2081–2095. 25 indexed citations

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Costa, Alexandre A., António Arêde, Alfredo Campos Costa, Andrea Penna, & Anı́bal Costa. (2013). Out‐of‐plane behaviour of a full scale stone masonry façade. Part 2: shaking table tests. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 42(14). 2097–2111. 36 indexed citations

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Costa, Alexandre A., António Arêde, Andrea Penna, & Anı́bal Costa. (2013). Free rocking response of a regular stone masonry wall with equivalent block approach: experimental and analytical evaluation. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 42(15). 2297–2319. 31 indexed citations

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Rota, Maria, Andrea Penna, Claudio Strobbia, & Guido Magenes. (2011). Typological Seismic Risk Maps for Italy. Earthquake Spectra. 27(3). 907–926. 38 indexed citations

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