The Restoration of Ghirlandina Tower in Modena and the Assessment of Soil-Structure Interaction by Means of Dynamic Identification Techniques

ISBN-13: 9780367187088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 144 str.

Rosella Cadignani; Renato Lancellotta; Sabia Donato

Opis

This first of a series on Built Heritage and Geotechnics outlines the history of the construction of the Ghirlandina Tower in Modena. It outlines the techniques involved the restoration works and how the interaction with the supporting soil may explain the reasons behind the corrections that masons implemented during construction.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Historical notes on the construction of the Cathedral and the Ghirlandina Tower. 3. Previous restoration works in the 1970s. 4. Planning the new investigation studies and the restoration works. 5. The soil as "material with memory": a key to explain the settlements of the tower and the cathedral and their interaction. 6. A primer on soil‐structure interaction and soil condition effects. 7. An advanced approach to assess the behaviour of structures under dynamic loads: dynamic identification analyses. Appendix: Introductory notes on problems related to the stability of historic towers.