Project detail

Research into non-force effects and aggressive environment affecting the ageing of historical structures with special emphasis on Charles bridge in Prague

Duration: 01.03.2002 — 31.12.2004

Funding resources

Czech Science Foundation - Standardní projekty

- part funder (2002-03-01 - 2004-12-31)

On the project

Description in English
A long-term monitoring as well as laboratory and theoretical analyses show that a lot of defects appearing in the structure and individual stone blocks are mostly caused by the effects and influence of temperature and moisture (due to different humidity,temperature and different dilatometric features) which are putting the structure of Charles Bridge under variable intensity stress. This stress is due to mutual interaction of individual parts of the bridge with different primary volume changes. The rising intensity of physical, chemical and microbiological corrosion as well as degradation processes of the stone walls of bridge vaults, piers and supporting walls is very alarming. Reliability assessment of rehabilitation and reconstruction measures requires a detailed analysis of the interaction of the external environment and degradation processes in time, including and taking into account namely the specificities of repeated and cyclic temperature and moisture effects. Protection of buildings

Mark

GA103/02/0990

Default language

Czech

People responsible

Pospíšil Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. - principal person responsible

Units

Institute of Geotechnics
- co-beneficiary (2007-03-07 - not assigned)

Results

GREGEROVÁ, M.; POSPÍŠIL, P. Engineering geological investigation of historical stone bridge structures. In Erlangen, Germany: Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen, 2005. p. 433-438.
Detail

GREGEROVÁ, M.; POSPÍŠIL, P. Construction material interaction in historical stone bridge structures. In DIMENSION STONE 2004 (New perspectives for a traditional building material). Praha: A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2004. p. 257-262. ISBN: 90-5809-675-0.
Detail

WITZANY, J.; GREGEROVÁ, M.; POSPÍŠIL, P. Souhrnné hodnocení teoretického a experimentálního výzkumu Karlova mostu v letech 1994-2004, 1. část. Stavební obzor, 2005, roč. 14, č. 3, s. 65-82. ISSN: 1210-4027.
Detail

GREGEROVÁ, M.; POSPÍŠIL, P. Petrografické a mineralogické zhodnocení stavebních materiálů historických kamenných konstrukcí. Kámen, 2005, roč. 11, č. 1, s. 26-32. ISSN: 1210-9452.
Detail

POSPÍŠIL, P. Cretaceous Sandstones in Moravia and Silesia and their Application as Building and Ornamental Stones. Bulletin of Geosciences, 2004, vol. 79, no. 3, p. 183-193. ISSN: 1214-1119.
Detail

WASSERBAUER, R.; GREGEROVÁ, M.; POSPÍŠIL, P.; CIKRLE, P. Teoretický a experimentální výzkum Karlova mostu. 2004, roč. 13, č. 4, s. 97 ( s.)
Detail

Responsibility: Pospíšil Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D.