Geotechnical Problems of Cultural Heritage due to Floods
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24, Issue 5
Abstract
Flood events demonstrate devastating effects not only on materials and structures in contact with flowing surface water. Equally important is the behavior of foundations in interaction with subsoil. This contribution gives an overview of different phenomena which arise in subsoil and at the foundation level during the groundwater rise accompanied by several case histories related to cultural heritage. Possible geotechnical measures are discussed as well.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the E.U. Project UNSPECIFIEDFP-2005-SSP-5A Cultural Heritage Protection against Flood (CHEF).
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24 • Issue 5 • October 2010
Pages: 446 - 451
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Received: May 16, 2009
Accepted: Oct 5, 2009
Published online: Nov 21, 2009
Published in print: Oct 2010
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