San Pedro cliff (Figure 1) is a dihedral 65.5 m high, which has progressed to place itself at 23.8 m from the Alhambra wall-palace that is a heritage of the Humankind. Active normal faults surrounding the cliff have created an extension tectonic regime that loosens the ground and activates the slab falls. One of the faces of the dihedral is a major fault. The cliff’s factor of safety subject to the 1000 years return period earthquake is 0.73. The preservation solution proposed is a post-tensioned high elastic limit wire mesh and autochthonous vegetation. With this reinforcement, the factor of safety under that earthquake raises to a value around one. A computer simulation has permitted to analyse the environmental impact.
Project details
Title
Reference
BIA2004-01302
Funding Institution
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación]
Starting date
13/12/2004
Ending date
12/12/2008
Team
Main Researchers:
Researchers:
Carrasco Romero, Raúl
de Justo Moscardó, Enrique
Durand Neyra, Percy
Martín Martín, Antonio Jesús
Morales Esteban, Antonio
Muñoz Pérez, Bruno
Pérez Moreno, María Teresa
Salwa Gaglewicz, Cesary
Soriano Cuesta, Cristina
Vázquez Boza, Manuel
Vázquez Carretero, Narciso
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