The catastrophic scenario in explosive volcanic eruptions in urban areas

Down the century, the volcanic eruptions have produced many victims. Today, almost half billion people is at risk. Therefore, the protection of buildings situated in volcanic areas appear to be a matter of concern. For these reasons, the study presented below intends to give an engineered characterization of the actions produced by the eruptions, in order to make the structural analysis possible in view of a vulnerability assessment of constructions under eruptive scenarios. In particular, reference is made to the explosive eruptions, the most dangerous one, and to the generated phenomena.