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Riddle of the Leaning Tower
Aims
To show how:
- Old structures can pose problems that present-day engineers find hard to explain.
- When it comes to taking action, it is not always easy for experts from different fields to reach agreement.
- Computer modelling provides a valuable tool for analysing structures.
- Structures respond to changes in their immediate environment.
- Natural disasters can galvanise action on dealing with problem structures.
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