ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a different strategy for model calibration, which is realised on data acquired by a permanent static monitoring system. Structural health monitoring (SHM) represents a valuable tool for analyze structural health of the buildings, predict damage or drive reinforcement interventions. SHM assumes a fundamental role in predicting the most probable future response of monuments to extreme events, such as earthquakes and changes in boundary conditions. Monitoring activities are very useful to define the factors that affect the building behavior. Monitoring is a desirable practice also to assess the performance of strengthening interventions on historical buildings. The monitoring system was set up to measure strains and stresses in the structure and crack openings. The chapter discusses the results of a thermomechanical Finite Element Model updating conducted on the "Regina Montis Regalis" dome, in Vicoforte.
