Rescuing the Leaning Tower of Pisa -the inside story-, talked by Prof. Burland

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  • KUWANO Reiko
    東京大学生産技術研究所　都市基盤安全工学国際研究センター

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  • ピサの斜塔　救済までの道のり
  • ピサ ノ シャトウ キュウサイ マデ ノ ミチノリ

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The leaning tower of Pisa has started to tilt even at the very beginning of its construction in 11th century. Since then, the tower has kept leaning for 800 years. Professor Burland has notably been involved in the rescuing the Leaning Tower of Pisa for which he was a member of the Italian Prime Minister's Commission for stabilising the tower. Thanks to their considerable effort, the tower has regained its stability and now it is open to people. Prof. Burland talked about 10-year struggle of engineers and researchers to rescue the tower, in his lecture at IIS, the University of Tokyo on June 17, 2009.[This abstract is not included in the PDF]

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  • SEISAN KENKYU

    SEISAN KENKYU 62 (6), 575-578, 2010

    Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo

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