Analysis Of The Leaning Tower Of Pisa

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Weight: 14,500 tons.Cost: 18,523,123 € (euro) 1 Euro=122.05 PKROuter diameter of base: 15.484 meters (50 ft. 9.6 in)Inner diameter of base: 7.368 meters (24 ft. 2.1 in)Thickness of walls at the base: 2.44 metersAffiliation: Roman CatholicArchitect: Bonanno Pisano and Gherardo din Gherardo. Materials:Marble, Stone(Limestone).32,240 blocks ("ashlars") for facing the exterior and interior of the cylindrical wall structures.15 columns at the base.180 columns for base.12 columns for belfry. Architecture Style: The leaning Tower of Pisa is a medieval architecture, in Romanesque style. Construction time: The construction of Tower of Pisa began in 1173 and was completed in the 14th century, in 1399 Design: It is considered that the architects …show more content…

ORIENTATION:Three constructions are made over here,The Baptistery ,The Cathedral and Leaning tower. The Pisa Baptistery (in the foreground), the Pisa Cathedral (in the middle ground), and the Leaning Tower of Pisa (in the background). PLAN: Since outer diameter at base is 15.484 meters so area covered at base of tower should be 188.88 square meters. WHEN was the leaning Tower of Pisa built? The construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa began in August 1173.It was interrupted several times by wars, debt and while engineers worked on solutions to correct the lean. We know that without these interruptions which allowed the soil to compress under the tower, it would have certainly toppled over.Pisa Tower was eventually completed in the mid-1300s. WHY was the leaning Tower of Pisa …show more content…

Shifting soil had destabilized the tower’s foundations.Over the next 800 years, it became clear the 55-metre tower wasn’t just learning but was actually falling at arate of one to two millimeters per year.The tower kept shifting to one side over the years, around 1.2 millimeters from the vertical every year. Today, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is more than five meters off perpendicular.Its architect and engineer tried to correctthis by making the remaining stories shorter on the uphill side – but to no avail. It kept leaning more and more.The lean, first noted when threeof the tower’s eight stories had been built, resulted from the foundation stones being laid on soft ground consisting of clay, fine sand and shells.The next stories were built slightly taller on the short side of the tower in an attempt to compensate for the lean. However, the weight of the extra floors caused the edifice to sink further and lean

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