Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
Being located in the central Balkan region, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has a significant historical heritage. The clock tower in city of Prilep, central Macedonia, dates back to the 19th century. With its total height of almost 30 m, it is one of the most remarkable monuments. During its serviceability period, the clock tower has suffered some moderate inclination. The presented study has been focused on geotechnical issues as part of a structural consolidation project for this important historical structure. In the last decade, in the period between 1998 – 2009, an inclination of 39mm was observed on the top of the clock tower. The measurements and monitoring of the Clock Tower have proved a tendency for further inclination. The paper presents the geotechnical aspects of the consolidation project, which mainly consisted of an extensive site investigation involving bore-holing and geophysical measurements, characterization of the foundation structure, site response analysis of the representative geotechnical soil models and investigation of the soil-structure interaction effects through a 3d numerical analysis of the existing and strengthened models of the clock tower. The results have revealed important issues that should be taken into consideration in preservation of historical monuments.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 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
Sesov, Vlatko; Cvetanovska, Julijana; and Edip, Kemal, "Geotechnical Issues in Structural Stabilization of Historical Monument — Clock Tower" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session03/22
Geotechnical Issues in Structural Stabilization of Historical Monument — Clock Tower
Chicago, Illinois
Being located in the central Balkan region, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has a significant historical heritage. The clock tower in city of Prilep, central Macedonia, dates back to the 19th century. With its total height of almost 30 m, it is one of the most remarkable monuments. During its serviceability period, the clock tower has suffered some moderate inclination. The presented study has been focused on geotechnical issues as part of a structural consolidation project for this important historical structure. In the last decade, in the period between 1998 – 2009, an inclination of 39mm was observed on the top of the clock tower. The measurements and monitoring of the Clock Tower have proved a tendency for further inclination. The paper presents the geotechnical aspects of the consolidation project, which mainly consisted of an extensive site investigation involving bore-holing and geophysical measurements, characterization of the foundation structure, site response analysis of the representative geotechnical soil models and investigation of the soil-structure interaction effects through a 3d numerical analysis of the existing and strengthened models of the clock tower. The results have revealed important issues that should be taken into consideration in preservation of historical monuments.
