October 9, 1963: a huge mass of water passes the damming of the Vajont dam and devastates the valley below. To ensure the good stability of the dambarrier, the complex mathematical calculations had been entrusted to the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (INAC), a cutting-edge center founded in 1951 by the mathematician Mauro Picone. The dam held up very well to the stresses caused by the Monte Toc landslide and the disaster was certainly not due to incorrect calculations. The dam had remained intact, the unpredictably high wave had simply passed over it.
Stability of the Vajont Dam. The Precision Calculations of the Ferranti Mark I
Carla Petrocelli
2022-01-01
Abstract
October 9, 1963: a huge mass of water passes the damming of the Vajont dam and devastates the valley below. To ensure the good stability of the dambarrier, the complex mathematical calculations had been entrusted to the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (INAC), a cutting-edge center founded in 1951 by the mathematician Mauro Picone. The dam held up very well to the stresses caused by the Monte Toc landslide and the disaster was certainly not due to incorrect calculations. The dam had remained intact, the unpredictably high wave had simply passed over it.File in questo prodotto:
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