A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-7526
Urban areas increasingly suffer from subsurface heat islands: an underground climate change responsible for environmental, public health, and transportation issues. Soils, rocks, and construction materials deform under the influence of temperature variations and excessive deformations can affect the performance of civil infrastructure. Here I explore if ground deformations caused by subsurface heat islands might affect civil infrastructure. The Chicago Loop district is used as a case study. A 3-D computer model informed by data collected via a network of temperature sensors is used to characterize the ground temperature variations, deformations, and displacements caused by underground climate change. These deformations and displacements are significant and, on a case-by-case basis, may be incompatible with the operational requirements of civil structures. Therefore, the impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure should be considered in future urban planning strategies to avoid possible structural damage and malfunction. Overall, this work suggests that underground climate change can represent a silent hazard for civil infrastructure in the Chicago Loop and other urban areas worldwide, but also an opportunity to reutilize or minimize waste heat in the ground.
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria explores the impact of subsurface urban heat islands on ground deformations as well as civil infrastructure performance. The results provide a meaningful reference to take account of rising ground temperatures for future civil construction design.
The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-7526
Urban areas increasingly suffer from subsurface heat islands: an underground climate change responsible for environmental, public health, and transportation issues. Soils, rocks, and construction materials deform under the influence of temperature variations and excessive deformations can affect the performance of civil infrastructure. Here I explore if ground deformations caused by subsurface heat islands might affect civil infrastructure. The Chicago Loop district is used as a case study. A 3-D computer model informed by data collected via a network of temperature sensors is used to characterize the ground temperature variations, deformations, and displacements caused by underground climate change. These deformations and displacements are significant and, on a case-by-case basis, may be incompatible with the operational requirements of civil structures. Therefore, the impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure should be considered in future urban planning strategies to avoid possible structural damage and malfunction. Overall, this work suggests that underground climate change can represent a silent hazard for civil infrastructure in the Chicago Loop and other urban areas worldwide, but also an opportunity to reutilize or minimize waste heat in the ground.
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria explores the impact of subsurface urban heat islands on ground deformations as well as civil infrastructure performance. The results provide a meaningful reference to take account of rising ground temperatures for future civil construction design.
The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-7526
Urban areas increasingly suffer from subsurface heat islands: an underground climate change responsible for environmental, public health, and transportation issues. Soils, rocks, and construction materials deform under the influence of temperature variations and excessive deformations can affect the performance of civil infrastructure. Here I explore if ground deformations caused by subsurface heat islands might affect civil infrastructure. The Chicago Loop district is used as a case study. A 3-D computer model informed by data collected via a network of temperature sensors is used to characterize the ground temperature variations, deformations, and displacements caused by underground climate change. These deformations and displacements are significant and, on a case-by-case basis, may be incompatible with the operational requirements of civil structures. Therefore, the impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure should be considered in future urban planning strategies to avoid possible structural damage and malfunction. Overall, this work suggests that underground climate change can represent a silent hazard for civil infrastructure in the Chicago Loop and other urban areas worldwide, but also an opportunity to reutilize or minimize waste heat in the ground.
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria explores the impact of subsurface urban heat islands on ground deformations as well as civil infrastructure performance. The results provide a meaningful reference to take account of rising ground temperatures for future civil construction design.
The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure
Commun Eng
Rotta Loria, Alessandro F. (author)
2023-07-11
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Climate change risks to civil infrastructure
| Online Contents | 2014
Climate change risks to civil infrastructure
| British Library Online Contents | 2014
Climate change risks to civil infrastructure
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2014
CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
| British Library Online Contents | 2010
The impact of climate change on water infrastructure
| Wiley | 2014