Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
15 Aug 2008, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Abstract
The paper deals with the permanent protection of piers No. 8 and 9 of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. The bridge was built in the 14th century to the order of Emperor Charles IV. The bridge has damaged several times during the past 650 years, mainly by flood. Deeply founded and adequately resistant envelope around the foundations of both piers was designed. The envelope consists of the steel micropiles in combination with jet-grouted columns, which were both retracted into the bedrock. Another type of envelope made of Larssen sheet piles was designed for both upstream and downstream pier shank toes.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Masopust, Jan, "Reconstruction of Pier Foundations of the Charles Bridge in Prague" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session05/22
Reconstruction of Pier Foundations of the Charles Bridge in Prague
Arlington, Virginia
The paper deals with the permanent protection of piers No. 8 and 9 of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. The bridge was built in the 14th century to the order of Emperor Charles IV. The bridge has damaged several times during the past 650 years, mainly by flood. Deeply founded and adequately resistant envelope around the foundations of both piers was designed. The envelope consists of the steel micropiles in combination with jet-grouted columns, which were both retracted into the bedrock. Another type of envelope made of Larssen sheet piles was designed for both upstream and downstream pier shank toes.
