The NAFEMS Eastern European 2020 Virtual Conference took place on the 23rd and 24th of September 2020. The event gave participants access to high level presentations in the field of structural mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, electromagnetics and discrete element methods.

Resource Abstract

The problem of conservation for cultural heritage is continuously discussed in the field of restoration of damaged works of art and, ultimately, in the field of their digitalization. The conservation is then performed both in terms of concrete maintenance and in terms of digital transformation of data of interest: in this context, the recent dramatic event involving the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has raised the question of Architectural Masterpieces preservation. This presentation gives an overview of the standard structural modelling techniques (FEM) applied on the Notre-Dame cathedral, transforming the complex architectural BIM (Building Information Model) virtual copy of the Church into an open source model. The result is a reliable support in evaluating its structural integrity by the means of different possible approaches, applicable on ancient masonry buildings, from highly non-linear and non-homogeneous behaviour hypothesis, to uncertainty quantification related to this kind of construction material.