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Book Antike Erdbeben im alpinen und zirkumalpinen Raum

Download or read book Antike Erdbeben im alpinen und zirkumalpinen Raum written by Gerhard H. Waldherr and published by Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der vorliegende Band beinhaltet Beitrage des ersten archaoseismischen Workshops in Deutschland, zu dem im Jahre 2004 Vertreter unterschiedlicher geistes- und naturwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen zusammen kamen. Im Zentrum der Veranstaltung, an der Wissenschaftler aus sechs Nationen teilnahmen, standen antike Schadensbilder aus dem inner- und vorderalpinen Bereich, die in der Forschung bisher ublicherweise Erdbeben zugewiesen werden. Ausser Archaologen, Althistorikern, Seismologen hatten es sich auch Geologen, Materialkundler, Bauforscher und Erdbebeningenieure zur Aufgabe gemacht, die vorgestellten Befunde kritisch zu beleuchten und intensiv zu diskutieren. Der dabei immer wieder vollzogene Sprung von der engen Thematik zu Grundsatzlichem sowie der Blick sowohl uber die raumlichen wie auch zeitlichen Grenzen hinaus erwies sich genau so gewinnbringend wie auch die Einbeziehung materialkundlicher Aspekte und neuerer methodischer Ansatze. Aus dem Inhalt Gerhard Waldherr / Anselm Smolka: Einleitung Gerhard Waldherr: Antike Quellen zu Erdbeben und ihre Problematik Joachim Ganzert: Der Mars-Ultor-Tempel in Rom - ein Seismograph? Regula Schatzmann: Anmerkungen zur Annahme eines Erdbebens um die Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts in Augusta Raurica C. Sebastian Sommer: Vetustate conlapsum, enemy attack or earthquake? Fabrizio Galadini / Massimiliano Stucchi: La sismicita del settore atesino delle Alpi centrali (Italia settentrionale) Heimo Dolenz: Ein Erdbeben in der Stadt Alt-Virunum auf dem Magdalensberg? Manfred Kandler / Kurt Decker / Georg Gangl: Archaologische Befunde von Erdbebenschaden im Raum von Carnuntum und ihre seismotektonische Interpretation Monika Gisler: Erdbeben in der Schweiz im ersten Jahrtausend - Evidenzen und Grenzen Klaus-G. Hinzen: Archaoseismologische Untersuchungen im Rheinland Konstantin Meskouris / Christoph Butenweg / Ines Kalker / Michael Mistler: Numerical Simulation of Historic Masonry Buildings

Book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany written by Simon James and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.

Book An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome

Download or read book An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome written by Lukas Thommen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book's level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists.

Book Historical Seismology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julien Fréchet
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-08-22
  • ISBN : 1402082223
  • Pages : 445 pages

Download or read book Historical Seismology written by Julien Fréchet and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics. This volume is dedicated to the use of new approaches and presents a state-of-the-art in historical seismology. Selected historical and recent earthquakes are chosen to document and constrain related seismic parameters using updated methodologies in the macroseismic analysis, field observations of damage distribution and tectonic effects, and modelling of seismic waveforms.

Book Studia epigraphica et militaria

Download or read book Studia epigraphica et militaria written by Marietta Horster and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das Zusammenwirken und Nebeneinander von militärischen und zivilen Lebenswelten sind in den Provinzen in und nördlich der Alpen vor allem auch als Grenzgebiete des Imperium Romanum von großem Interesse. Das Buch bietet exemplarisch historische, epigraphische und archäologische Untersuchungen unter anderem zu Truppenbewegungen, zu militärischen Anlagen und deren baulicher Entwicklung, zu Performanz und Engagement von militärischem und administrativem Personal und deren Familien, zur Präsenz von Veteranen in Siedlungen und ihren möglichen Einfluss auf Stadtentwicklungen, zum Engagement der Zentrale in Rom in diesem Raum, aber auch zu Infrastrukturmaßnahmen vor Ort. Zudem werden einige bisher unedierte Inschriften vorgelegt und Neulesungen präsentiert. Der Band ist der CIL-Autorin Miroslava Mirković (1933-2020) gewidmet und würdigt deren Forschungsschwerpunkte. Er präsentiert aktuelle Arbeiten und gibt Impulse für zukünftige Forschungen zu Pannonien und dessen Nachbarregionen.

Book Focus on Fortifications

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rune Frederiksen
  • Publisher : Oxbow Books
  • Release : 2016-05-31
  • ISBN : 1785701320
  • Pages : 975 pages

Download or read book Focus on Fortifications written by Rune Frederiksen and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a collection of 57 articles in English, French and German, presenting the most recent research on ancient fortifications, this book is the most substantial publication ever to have issued on the topic for many years. While fortifications of the ancient cultures of the middle east and ancient Greek and Roman worlds were noticed by travelers and scholars from the very beginning of research on antiquity from the late 18th century onwards, the architectural, economic, logistical, political, urban and other social aspects of fortifications have been somewhat overlooked and underestimated by scholarship in the 20th century. The book presents the research of a new generation of scholars who have been analyzing those aspects of fortifications, many of them with years of experience in fieldwork on city walls. Much new evidence and a fresh look at this important category of built structure is now made available, and the publication will be of interest not only to the field of ancient architecture, but also to other sub-disciplines of archaeology and ancient history. The papers were presented at a conference in Athens in December 2012, and they all present material and discuss topics under seven headings that represent the most central themes in the study of fortification in antiquity: the origins of fortification, physical surroundings and building technique, function and semantics, historical context, the fortification of regions and regionally confined phenomena, the fortifications of Athens and new field research. The book is Volume 2 in the new series Fokus Fortifikation Studies, created by the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation. The topics included have been identified by the network over many previous conferences and workshops as being the most important and as needing research and discussion beyond the network members. Volume 1 in the series, Ancient Fortifications: a compendium of theory and practice (Oxbow Books) will also appear in 2015 and together the two volumes bring the field of fortification studies up-to-date and will be an essential resource for many years to come.

Book Roman urban landscape

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mateja Belak
  • Publisher : Založba ZRC
  • Release : 2024
  • ISBN : 9610508278
  • Pages : 521 pages

Download or read book Roman urban landscape written by Mateja Belak and published by Založba ZRC. This book was released on 2024 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knjiga predstavlja nove elemente urbanističnih vidikov rimskih mest in manjših naselij na območju Caput Adriae, Norika in Panonije. V 26 prispevkih 54 avtorjev iz osmih držav (Italije, Slovenije, Avstrije, Madžarske, Hrvaške, Srbije, Črne gore in Severne Makedonije) poskuša razširiti védenje o razvoju mest in nekaterih drugih pomembnih naselij. Prva dva članka predstavljata širše, a različne poglede na urbanizacijo. V naslednjem delu je obravnavanih 22 naselij. Skrajni severovzhod X. regije predstavljajo štiri naselja (Aquileja, Tergeste, Emona in Nauport). V knjigo je vključena večina avtonomnih mest v Noriku ter nekatera druga naselbinska območja (Celeja, Flavia Solva, Virunum, Štalenska gora, Teurnija, Aguntum, Iuvavum, Ovilava, Lauriacum, Stein). Iz provinc Panonija Superior (Vindobona, Carnuntum, Strebersdorf, Savarija, Poetovio, Aquae Iasae) in Panonija Inferior (Mursa, Bassiane) so predstavljena izbrana mesta in manjša naselja. Območje se nahaja na stičišču med vzhodno in zahodno polovico cesarstva in zajema dele treh geografskih enot (tj. sredozemskega, alpskega in celinskega sveta), zaradi česar bi lahko bila knjiga zanimiva za širše razumevanje delovanja rimskega imperija.

Book Der Donaulimes in der Sp  tantike und im Fr  hmittelalter

Download or read book Der Donaulimes in der Sp tantike und im Fr hmittelalter written by Andreas Schwarcz and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2016 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deutsche Nationalbibliografie

Download or read book Deutsche Nationalbibliografie written by Die deutsche Nationalbibliothek and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences

Download or read book International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments

Download or read book The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments written by Thomas Glade and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the use of historical data in natural hazard assessments. Different types of data, such as historical data from written documents, are linked to technically measured data such as stream gauge height and consequently river discharge in order to archive new possibilities of probability determination of respective hazardous processes. In addition, this book strengthens this interdisciplinary approach through the application to different processes of earthquakes, floods, and landslides. Based on worldwide examples, the book introduces how various disciplines address the use of historical data in their respective analysis. These studies might give suggestions of new approaches in their own field derived from applications shown by other disciplines. Audience: This volume is of particular interest to professionals interested and involved in natural hazard assessments, working at research institutions and organisations, large and small scale enterprises, governmental agencies as well as private personnel. However, also advanced students might find the book helpful in addressing specific issues raised in natural hazard courses.

Book Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sieglinde Hartmann
  • Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages written by Sieglinde Hartmann and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did humans and their behaviour affect and change the natural world during the Middle Ages? And what, in turn, was the impact of environmental changes on the minds and identities of humans? In this book historians of literature, art, mentalities, law and natural science suggest answers to these questions, focussing on the most vital elements of Europe's environment: animals, plants, and landscape. In their interdisciplinary approach, wide variety of source material and specific findings, these studies present a multifaceted picture of environmental history and reveal a broad range of attitudes towards the natural world current in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Moreover these case studies help us to understand various ways in which medieval developments shaped our modern world and minds.

Book Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities

Download or read book Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities written by Sven Klinkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities demands a deep knowledge on the seismic behaviour of the individual structural and non-structural components of the facility, possible interactions and last but not least the individual hazard potential of primary and secondary damages. From 26.-27. September 2013 the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities firstly addresses this broad field of work and research in one specialized conference. It brings together academics, researchers and professional engineers in order to discuss the challenges of seismic design for new and existing industrial facilities and to compile innovative current research. This volume contains 50 contributions to the SeDIF-Conference covering the following topics with respect to the specific conditions of plant design: · International building codes and guidelines on the seismic design of industrial facilities · Seismic design of non-structural components · Seismic design of silos and liquid-filled tanks - Soil-structure-interaction effects · Seismic safety evaluation, uncertainties and reliability analysis · Innovative seismic protection systems · Retrofitting The SeDIF-Conference is hosted by the Chair of Structural Statics and Dynamics of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in cooperation with the Institute for Earthquake Engineering of the Dalian University of Technology, China.

Book Best Practices in Physics based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations

Download or read book Best Practices in Physics based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations written by Luis A. Dalguer and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects several extended articles from the first workshop on Best Practices in Physics-based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations (BestPSHANI). Held in 2015, the workshop was organized by the IAEA to disseminate the use of physics-based fault-rupture models for ground motion prediction in seismic hazard assessments (SHA). The book also presents a number of new contributions on topics ranging from the seismological aspects of earthquake cycle simulations for source scaling evaluation, seismic source characterization, source inversion and physics-based ground motion modeling to engineering applications of simulated ground motion for the analysis of seismic response of structures. Further, it includes papers describing current practices for assessing seismic hazard in terms of nuclear safety in low seismicity areas, and proposals for physics-based hazard assessment for critical structures near large earthquakes. The papers validate and verify the models by comparing synthetic results with observed data and empirical models. The book is a valuable resource for scientists, engineers, students and practitioners involved in all aspects of SHA.

Book Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology

Download or read book Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology written by B. H. V. Topping and published by Civil Comp Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the extended abstracts of the contributed papers that were presented at the Sixth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 4-6 September 2002. The full length papers are available in electronic format on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Book Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering

Download or read book Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering written by Konstantin Meskouris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-27 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory of structural dynamics, highlighting practical issues and illustrating applications with a large number of worked out examples. In the spirit of “learning by doing” it encourages readers to apply immediately these methods by means of the software provided, allowing them to become familiar with the broad field of structural dynamics in the process. The book is primarily focused on practical applications. Earthquake resistant design is presented in a holistic manner, discussing both the underlying geophysical concepts and the latest engineering design methods and illustrated by fully worked out examples based on the newest structural codes. The spectral characteristics of turbulent wind processes and the main analysis methods in the field of structural oscillations due to wind gusts and vortex shedding are also discussed and applications illustrated by realistic examples of slender chimney structures. The user‐friendly software employed is downloadable and can be readily used by readers to tackle their own problems.