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      Geotechnics and Heritage: Historic Towers
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      Historic Towers

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      Geotechnics and Heritage: Historic Towers book

      Historic Towers
      ByRenato Lancellotta, Alessandro Flora, Carlo Viggiani
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 18 August 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315387468
      Pages 270
      eBook ISBN 9781315387468
      Subjects Built Environment, Engineering & Technology, Humanities
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      Lancellotta, R., Flora, A., & Viggiani, C. (2017). Geotechnics and Heritage: Historic Towers: Historic Towers (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315387468

      ABSTRACT

      Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for ntervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to set.

      The Technical Committee on the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites (named TC19) was established by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in 1981, is supported by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), and was renamed TC301 in 2010.

      This book assesses the role of historic towers as symbols of community identity and how to best preserve this special cultural heritage. Well-documented, exemplary case histories highlight concepts of preservation, integrity, cultural heritage, dynamic identification techniques and techniques for long-term monitoring of historic towers, as well as provide examples of appropriate intervention measures.

      The book will be of interest to professionals and academics in the wider fields of civil engineering, architecture and cultural resources management, and particularly those involved in art history, history of architecture, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, archaeology, restoration and cultural heritage management.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|3 pages

      On the importance of towers

      ByTomaso Montanari

      chapter 2|9 pages

      A first insight into towers’ behaviour: Geotechnical and structural mechanisms, leaning instability, long-term behaviour

      ByA. Flora, R. Lancellotta, D. Sabia, C. Viggiani

      chapter 3|23 pages

      Tower of Pisa: Lessons learned by observation and analysis

      ByM. Leoni, N. Squeglia, C. Viggiani

      chapter 4|20 pages

      The Ghirlandina Tower in Modena: An example of dynamic identification

      ByR. Lancellotta, D. Sabia

      chapter 5|14 pages

      The Big Ben Clock Tower: Protective compensation grouting operations

      ByD.I. Harris, R.J. Mair, J.B. Burland, J.R. Standing

      chapter 6|25 pages

      Preservation of historic towers in Venice: The instructive monitoring-driven intervention on the foundations of the Frari bell tower

      ByG. Gottardi, M. Marchi, A. Lionello, C. Rossi

      chapter 7|24 pages

      Carmine Bell Tower in Napoli: Prediction of soil–structure interaction under seismic actions

      ByF. de Silva, F. Ceroni, S. Sica, F. Silvestri

      chapter 8|21 pages

      The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz: A structure on a creeping landslide

      ByA.M. Puzrin

      chapter 9|26 pages

      The towers of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna

      ByH. Brandl

      chapter 10|20 pages

      The tower of the Admiralty in Saint Petersburg

      ByV. Ulitsky, A. Shashkin, C. Shashkin, M. Lisyuk

      chapter 11|37 pages

      Preservation of the main tower of Bayon temple, Angkor, Cambodia

      ByY. Iwasaki, M. Fukuda

      chapter 12|31 pages

      Safeguarding the leaning Minaret of Jam (Afghanistan) in a conflict scenario: State of the art and further needs

      ByA. Bruno, C. Margottini, L. Orlando, D. Spizzichino
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