University of Seville

Structures and Geotechnics

University of Seville

Structures and Geotechnics

2004/2008 – The rehabilitation of the Tajo de San Pedro of the Alhambra in Granada as an exponent of the problem of cities

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
2004/2008 – The rehabilitation of the Tajo de San Pedro of the Alhambra in Granada as an exponent of the problem of cities
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