PREVENTION AND MAINTENANCE IN SEISMICAREAS: TESTING WALL TYPOLOGIES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEXES THE CASE OF VELIA

PREMISE

The Soprintendenza Generale stipulated a convention with CIBeC to investigate the behaviour of archae- ological wall structures in terms of seismic hazard

CLIENT

Soprintendenza Generale agli Interventi post-sismici. Campania and Basilicata Regions

OBJECTIVES: Material structures and realization techniques of archaeological walling: the case of Velia PHASES

• Wall typologies: functionality, durability, resistance. Proposal for a practical methodology
• Mechanical, physical and chemical tests, environmental and degeneration analysis
• Considerations on applicability of engineering norms to archaeological walling

PERIOD: July 1994 – December 1995