AEG: Stokowski talks busted bridges
The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists is having NOVA adjunct geology instructor Steve Stokowski talk at their meeting on Thursday. His topic blends petrology (the study of rocks) with applied science.
Sexy Pictures, Busted Bridges, Broken Buildings, and Messed-Up Monuments: A Petrographic Odyssey
Microscopic analyses and geologic understanding are essential for the correct diagnosis and corrective actions necessary when rock, brick, concrete and similar building materials deteriorate, as these four case histories illustrate. The first case history is of the deteriorated brownstone loggia at the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, North Easton, MA. The second case history is of a total replacement failure of a large memorial to WWII veterans in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter, RI. The third case history concerns the use of defective, cracked, and residually expansive brick to construct the Prospect Mountain High School, Alton, New Hampshire. The final case history concerns deterioration of the 1930's Fore River Bridge between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. It can be expensive to correct the effects of the deterioration of common building materials!
Pulcinella's Restaurant
6852 Old Dominion Drive
McLean, VA 22101
AEG members, guests $30.00
Students $10.00
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Social Hour and Section Business
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Presentation
9 p.m. Closing Statements
Sexy Pictures, Busted Bridges, Broken Buildings, and Messed-Up Monuments: A Petrographic Odyssey
Microscopic analyses and geologic understanding are essential for the correct diagnosis and corrective actions necessary when rock, brick, concrete and similar building materials deteriorate, as these four case histories illustrate. The first case history is of the deteriorated brownstone loggia at the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, North Easton, MA. The second case history is of a total replacement failure of a large memorial to WWII veterans in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter, RI. The third case history concerns the use of defective, cracked, and residually expansive brick to construct the Prospect Mountain High School, Alton, New Hampshire. The final case history concerns deterioration of the 1930's Fore River Bridge between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. It can be expensive to correct the effects of the deterioration of common building materials!
Pulcinella's Restaurant
6852 Old Dominion Drive
McLean, VA 22101
AEG members, guests $30.00
Students $10.00
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Social Hour and Section Business
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Presentation
9 p.m. Closing Statements
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