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PUBLIC LECTURE: The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz: Geotechnical Aspects of Construction on a Creeping Landslide

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2011 UWA Gledden Visiting Senior Fellow, Alexander M. Puzrin, of the Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich will present a lecture on the famous Leaning Tower of St Moritz. St. Moritz, Switzerland is a famous ski resort built on an active creeping landslide and the tower is the most striking evidence of this. In 1983 and 2005 the inclination of the tower was corrected using an original geotechnical solution: the new foundation is floating with the landslide, while the reinforced tower is placed on three bearings allowing for its vertical adjustment. This lecture will focus on the historical, engineering, legal aspects of this interesting case of geo-technical engineering.

The lecture is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.
Speaker(s) **Professor Alexander M. Puzrin, Chair of Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich and 2011 UWA Gledden Visiting Senior Fellow**
Location Webb Lecture Theatre (G.21), Geography Building, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/puzrin
Start Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:00
End Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:00
Submitted by Audrey Barton <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:03
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