Geotechnics and heritage / editors, Emilio Bilotta ...

• Contents: Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; Sponsor; Cultural heritage and geotechnical engineering: An introduction; Geotechnical issues of the Athenian Acropolis; The role of geotechnical conditions in the foundation, expansion and preservation of the ancient town of Orvieto (Italy); A paradise inhabited by devils? The geotechnical risks in the city of Napoli and their mitigation; The crossing of the historical centre of Rome by the new underground Line C: A study of soil structure-interaction for historical buildings; Protective compensation grouting operations beneath the Big Ben Clock Tower.
• Summary: Contributions of geotechnical engineering for the preservation of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Sagrario Church in Mexico CityThe Buen Pastor Cathedral in San Sebastián; Stability problems of leaning towers on weak soil; The Leaning Tower of Pisa; Strengthening of the San Marco bell tower foundation in Venice; Portus Julius: A complex of Roman infrastructures of late republican age.

Ämnesord

Geoteknik  (sao)

Markhållfasthet  (sao)

Historiska minnesmärken  (sao)

Monument  (sao)

Byggnadsvård  (sao)

Geotechnical engineering  -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Historic sites  -- Conservation and restoration -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Soil mechanics  (LCSH)

Memorials  (LCSH)

Engineering geology  (LCSH)

Monuments  (LCSH)

Architecture  -- Conservation and restoration (LCSH)

Klassifikation

624.151 (DDC)

Ppaa (kssb/8)

Bgk (kssb/8)