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Modelling and Analysis of the Pisa Tower Based on ANSYS
- 1 International Curriculum Centre, High School Affiliated to Renmin University, Beijing 100080, China
- 2 St Stephen’s College, Hongkong 999077, China
- 3 British Columbia Academy, Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing 210001, China
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Abstract
This study looks at why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans by using historical information and computer simulations. Using the "Spaceclaim" function in ANSYS, we made a full-size model of the tower and the ground it sits on. We did two experiments: first, we simulated how the tower was built to understand why it started leaning, and second, we changed the soil's stiffness (Young’s Modulus) to see how this affects the tower's tilt and vibration. Our results show that softer soil makes the tower lean more, giving important information for preserving the tower and other similar structures around the world.
Keywords
Tower of Pisa, Young’s Modulus, soil deformation, structural preservation.
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Shang,D.;Qin,P.;Huang,C. (2024). Modelling and Analysis of the Pisa Tower Based on ANSYS. Theoretical and Natural Science,53,216-225.
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