From Julius Caesar to Sustainable Composite Materials: A Passage through Port Caisson Technology
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Título: | From Julius Caesar to Sustainable Composite Materials: A Passage through Port Caisson Technology |
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Autor/es: | Cejuela, Eduardo | Negro, Vicente | Esteban Pérez, María Dolores | López-Gutiérrez, José Santos | Ortega, José Marcos |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Durabilidad de Materiales y Construcciones en Ingeniería y Arquitectura |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil |
Palabras clave: | Caisson | Ancient ports | Breakwater | Sustainability | Eco-friendly concrete | Composite materials | Supplementary cement-based materials | Marine environment |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Ingeniería de la Construcción |
Fecha de publicación: | 17-abr-2018 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Cejuela E, Negro V, Esteban MD, López-Gutiérrez JS, Ortega JM. From Julius Caesar to Sustainable Composite Materials: A Passage through Port Caisson Technology. Sustainability. 2018; 10(4):1225. doi:10.3390/su10041225 |
Resumen: | The breakwater construction technique using floating concrete caissons is well-known nowadays as a widespread system. Yet do we really know its origin? Since Julius Caesar used this technology in Brindisi (Italy) up to the Normandy landings in June 1944, not only has this technology been developed, but it has been a key item in several moments in history. Its development has almost always been driven by military requirements. The greatest changes have not been conceptual but point occurring, backed by the materials used. Parallelisms can be clearly seen in each new stage: timber, opus caementitium (Roman concrete), iron and concrete… However, nowadays, achieving a more sustainable world constitutes a major challenge, to which the construction of caissons breakwaters must contribute as a field of application of new eco-friendly materials. This research work provides a general overview from the origins of caissons until our time. It will make better known the changes that took place in the system and their adaptation to new materials, and will help in clarifying the future in developing technology towards composite sustainable materials and special concrete. If we understand the past, it will be easier to define the future. |
Patrocinador/es: | The research work included in the paper has been financially supported by the “Fundación Agustín de Betancourt” (Spain). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/74950 |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
DOI: | 10.3390/su10041225 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041225 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - DMCIA - Artículos de Revistas |
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