Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites

Emilio Bilotta, Alessandro Flora, Stefania Lirer, Carlo Viggiani, Emilio Bilotta, Alessandro Flora, Stefania Lirer, Carlo Viggiani

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781315887494
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

All the traces of historic heritage are a fundamental part of our environment and reward us in the form of cultural enrichment, with the ability to have a positive effect both on our lifestyle and economy. Therefore, the preservation of ancient monuments, historic towns and sites has increasingly drawn the attention of public opinion, governmental

Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Preface
• Organization
• Opening address
• Cultural heritage and geotechnical engineering: An introduction
• Special lectures
• Influence of the subsoil on the urban development of Napoli
• Local site conditions and seismic risk assessment of historic buildings
• The role of monitoring and identification techniques on the preservation of historic towers
• Intervention techniques
• Papers
• New underground lines in historic centres: Experiences in Brescia
• Safeguarding the historic town of San Fratello, Sicily
• Stability analysis of the underground masonry tunnel of Ancient Nemea
• Foundation systems of some heritage buildings in Najaf/Iraq case study: Al Shelan Khan
• Seismic vulnerability reduction for historical buildings: The case study of house of mosaics
• New evidences on the Phlegraean bradyseism in the area of Puteolis harbour
• Important works in the town centre and preservation of existing heritage: The Grand Carré Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand (France)
• Drilled spiral piles in St. John's Church of Tartu, Estonia
• Settlement induced by TBM excavation under the Vittoria's Church in Napoli
• Ground improving injections underneath historical buildings: Five case histories as an overview of a technique
• Monitoring of the temperature-moisture regime of rock dwellings in Brhlovce village (Slovakia)
• Restoration projects and remedial works in the historical island of Ventotene
• 19th and 20th century coastal military installations affected by coastal erosion in the UK
• Interpretation and modelling of the subsidence at the archaeological site of Sybaris (Southern Italy)
• Geotechnical aspects in the preservation of the Domus Tiberiana in Rome
• New underground lines in historic centres: Experiences in Naples
• The Benedictine Basilica of S. Angelo in Formis (Southern Italy): A therapy without diagnosis?
• The vineyard of the monastery of S. Martino in Napoli
• Site characterization by in situ and laboratory tests for the structural & architectural restoration of Saint Nicholas Church, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Long-term mechanical behavior of wooden pile foundation in Venice
• Cultural Heritage and physical environment: A geo-archaeological approach to the analysis of interaction and risk factors
• Settlement response of masonry constructions
• Assessment of geological and geotechnical conditions for rebuilding Avala's television tower
• Afghanistan, Buddhas of Bamiyan: Emergency consolidation of the cliffs and niches
• Archaeology and geotechnical engineering
• Long-term stability of old cathedrals in St. Petersburg
• A study for the requalification and safety against natural hazards of the environmental and building heritage of Sant'Agata de' Goti (Italy)
• Study and monitoring for conservation of Sanctuary of Santa Maria Assunta at Monteortone (Abano Terme, Padova)
• Slope dynamics, monitoring and geological conservation of the Siq of Petra (Jordan)
• Historic and non-historic building impact assessment methodology for major tunnelling infrastructure projects
• Dynamic identification and seismic behaviour of the Ghirlandina tower in Modena (Italy)
• Performance evaluation of bending strength to predict durability of ornamental gneiss from Santo Antônio de Pádua, RJ, BR
• The role of the geotechnical engineer in archaeological work: The Greek experience
• Re-burial of the Arrephorion on the Athenian Acropolis: An in situ rescue intervention against degradation
• Egyptian experience in the preservation of monuments and historic structures. A case study: Hibis Temple, El-Kharga—Egypt
• Diagnostic of the colonial structure "Palacio del Segundo Cabo" in Havana, Cuba
• Softening and swelling mechanism affecting south slope of Civita di Bagnoregio (VT)
• Evaluation of the soil disturbance due to the installation of prefabricated vertical drains: An analytical approach applied to case histories
• Preservation and monitoring of the Frari bell tower in Venice
• Collapse of a backfilled wall at the Castle Wespenstein
• Geotechnical problems on historical buildings from Transylvania
• Research and advanced technology in the restoration of the monuments of the Athenian Acropolis
• Estimation of moisture condition with salinity in the ground behind the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes using the electrical resistivity method
• Dismantling for reconstitution of N1 Tower of Prasat Suor Prat, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
• A variegated embankment dam in a historical territory
• Safety and/or security of monuments? An apparent dilemma
• Strong motion record processing for the Athenian Acropolis seismic response assessment
• Settlements due to tail gap of shield tunnelling
• An innovative approach for reducing the seismic risk of existing buildings and historic sites
• Preservation of historic structures and monuments using minimally invasive Screw-Piles and Helical Anchors—two cases
• Seismic risk assessment of San Gimignano towers: Geotechnical aspects and soil-structure interaction
• Analytical modelling of the creep-rotation rate for leaning towers
• Geotechnical and geophysical characterization of Moai statues—Rapa Nui Easter Island (Chile)
• Landslide risk and monitoring system for conservation of Vardzia monastery, Georgia
• Strength and structure of the roofed mud-walls of Toji Temple
• Spatial-temporal analysis of the subsidence in the city of Bologna
• Repair works at Saint Claire Convent in Chinchón (Madrid, Spain)
• Groundwater management during excavations of S. Pasquale station in Naples
• Offshore soil investigations on the bottom of Ohrid Lake and authentic reconstruction of timber piles settlement
• Groundwater development and management in Siem Reap, Cambodia: Impacts of groundwater pumping on Angkor Wat
• Unsaturated sand in the stability of the cuesta of the Temple of Hera (Agrigento)
• Slope consolidation of Monteagudo de las Vicarías castle (Soria)
• Load transfer in micropile underpinning of old foundations
• Construction of the Line C San Giovanni station in Rome
• Permanence and preservation of the Metztitlán convent in Hidalgo, Mexico
• The Fontanelle Cemetery: Between legend and reality
• A class C prediction of the settlements induced in a historical masonry structure by the excavation of shallow twin tunnels
• Soil structure interaction on the dynamic behavior of two historic masonry structures
• New Lanark Walls: Examples of sustainable design for a World Heritage Site
• Evaluating the effects of tunnel construction on monuments: The example of the Basilica di Massenzio in Rome
• The preservation of the historical, archeological and artistic heritage of Orvieto: An interdisciplinary project
• Landslide risk assessment and management in the archaeological site of Machu Picchu (Peru)
• The rebuilding of San Piero a Grado bell tower
• Safeguard stories of living monuments (unstable towns of the region of Umbria)
• Geohazards and climate change issues for the preservation of the Saxon Shore in South Britain
• Preservation and reconstruction of historic monuments in Saint Petersburg with provisions for soil-structure interaction
• Localized settlements of an ancient hospital foundation: Analysis of the problem to assess a possible reinforcement intervention
• Geotechnical investigation and stabilization of the foundations of a World Heritage in Portugal, the Guimar©es Castle
• Safeguarding interventions for two historical sites in the Middle East
• Use of jet grouting technique to realize substructures of historic buildings: The example of an apartment building in Warsaw
• Geotechnical and structural investigations of historical monuments of Kazakhstan
• The safety of an industrial archaeological heritage: The underground quarries in Marsala (Sicily)