Paolo Simonini (Italy University of Padova)

Geotechnics of Venice and Its Lagoon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This presents the complex phenomena occurring in the sensitive Venice silts and the geotechnical aspects of various environmental problems such as land subsidence and wetland surface reduction, and solutions such as the design of the tilting gate foundations against high tides and the restoration of the drainage system of Piazza San Marco.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781032049564
• ISBN-10: 1032049561
• Artikelnr.: 67514489

Autorenporträt

Paolo Simonini is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and former Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Padova, Padua, Italy and a full member of the Italian government's Council for Public Works.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The recurrent flooding of the lagoon city.  2. Geology of the lagoon. 
3. Subsidence of Venice.  4. Site and laboratory geotechnical
investigations.  5. Venetian soil constitutive modelling.  6. Geotechnical
behavior of defense structures.  7. Geotechnical monitoring of marshes and
wetlands.  8. Long-term behavior of historical building foundations.  9.
Safeguarding Piazza San Marco.  10. Concluding remarks.