THE COLOSSEUM: SAFETY EV ALUATION AND PRELIMINARY …

G. CROCI I Thc Colosseum 159 Another zone where the model shows a criticai situation is in the first levei of piers in lhe inner elliplical wall, near lhe major axis. Particularly wilh seismic aClion in lhe x­ direction some piers' sections are partialised by lhe presence of tensile stresses and reach compression of about 50 KN/m2. ................
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