Description
Book SynopsisPapers on monument preservation, reflecting a broad spectrum of issues in three different fields: Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geology. The topics discussed cover the entire process of preservation.
Table of ContentsPreface
Organization
Session 1
Keynote lecture
- Bulk and surface properties in stone conservation
Technical papers
- Influence of measuring conditions on roughness parameters of ornamental rocks
- Natural and artificial micro-cracking in limestone: A model of response to freezing-thawing
- Digital image processing techniques as a tool for evaluating and mapping patinas
on granite monuments
- Water-rock interaction and its effect on the weathering of Yungang grottoes
- Latvian dolomite – stone in art and architecture
- Weathering and consolidation of grottoes along the Silk Road of China
- Bowing of marble slabs: An integrated measurement system to monitor and predict
the façade weathering
- Monitoring of water absorption in sedimentary rocks by X-ray computer tomography
- Characteristics and morphology of weathering crusts on porous limestone, the role of
climate and air pollution
- Some aspects of degradability of argillaceous rocks
- Analysis of weathering and internal texture on the engineering properties of granites
- Geological environment and engineering characteristics of Jiaohe
Session 2
Keynote lecture
- Interventions in foundations, applicable techniques and pathology
Technical papers
- Characterisation and conservation of vesicular basalt materials of bronze age Nuraghi (Sardinia)
- Volcanic rocks (middle and early Miocene) in Sardinian bronze age constructions.
- The ignimbrites of Su Monte temple in Sorradile
- Application of different techniques for the construction of basement levels in singular buildings
- Reinforcement of the Puente de Toledo and Puente de Segovia bridges during the works
on the M-30 motorway, Madrid
- The crossing of the Canal Imperial de Aragón with the Ronda de la Hispanidad in Zaragoza
- Reinforcement of the foundations of the west wing of the Barcelona Clinic Hospital
- The restoration of San Pedro cliff at the Alhambra, an example of the preservation of historic sites
- Mechanical analysis of weakness planes and durability of cladding stone used in monuments and singular buildings
- Rock mechanics tests in the church of the Serra do Pilar monastery
- Excavation of a building located in the historical old town of Valladolid
Geological patterns in the collapse of certain rock sanctuaries of Spain
- Consolidation treatment for the Roman Bridge in Cordoba
- Stabilization and consolidation of Mogao Grottoes in China
Author index
