Técnicas metalogénicas

La Hoja de Nerva pertenece desde el punto de vista metalogénico al extremo NE de la Faja Pirítica Ibérica, en la que las metalizaciones, se hallan exclusivamente en el llamado Complejo Volcánico Sedimentario.

Fundamentos constructivos de las fortificaciones bajomedievales en la provincia de Soria: fábrica de mampostería con verdugadas de ladrillo en el castillo de Arcos de Jalón

La fortaleza de Arcos de Jalón, en el extremo suroriental de la actual provincia de Soria, fue uno de los castillos construidos o reutilizados durante la Baja Edad Media como defensa del territorio castellano en el límite con el aragonés. La raya de Aragón fue fortificada con un sistema de castillos y ciudades amuralladas que tuvieron su utilidad durante los diversos conflictos acaecidos en esa época. El castillo que es objeto de nuestro estudio defendía el valle del Jalón, vía importantísima de comunicación entre el valle del Ebro y los valles del Tajo y del Duero. En la comunicación se exponen los fundamentos constructivos de la fortaleza atendiendo principalmente a las técnicas y los procesos constructivos desarrollados desde la interpretación de los indicios constructivos legibles en sus muros, atendiendo especialmente, por su singularidad, a los muros de mampostería con verdugadas de ladrillo.

Rammed earth walls in Serón de Nágima castle (Soria, Spain): Constructive lecture

The Raya or frontier between the kingdoms of Castile and Aragón was fortified with a system of castles and walled-cities that were useful during the several conflicts that took place in the Late Medieval Age. The Serón de Nágima castle defended the communication road between the axis of the Jalón river valley, which flows into the Ebro, and Duero valley. Its uniqueness stems from the fact that it is one of the few fortifications in the area where rammed earth is the only building system used. In this paper, the castle building fundaments are exposed mainly focusing on the techniques and building processes developed from the interpretation of the legible constructive signs in its walls.

Technical Challenges in the Construction of Gothic Vaults: The Gothic Theory of Structural Design

The construction of a Gothic vault implied the solution of several technical challenges. The literature on Gothic vault construction is quite large and its growth continues steadily. The main challenge of any structure is that, during and after construction, it must be "safe", that is, it must not collapse. Indeed, it must be amply safe, able to support different loads for long periods of time. Masonry architecture has shown its structural safety for centuries or millennia. The Pantheon of Rome stands today after almost 2,000 years without having needed any structural reinforcement (of course, the survival of any building implies continuous maintenance) . Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, finished in the 6th century AD, has withstood not only the dead loads but also many severe earthquakes . Finally, the Gothic cathedrals, with their appearance of weakness, are• more than a half millennium old. The question arises of what the source of this amazing strength is and how the illiterate master masons were able to design such daring and safe structures . This question is usually evaded in manuals of Gothic architecture. This is quite surprising, the structure being a fundamental part of Gothic buildings. The present article aims to give such an explanation, which has been studied in detail elsewhere. In the first part, the Gothic design methods "V ill be discussed. In the second part, the validity of these methods wi11 be verified within the frame of the modern theory of masonry structures . References have been reduced to a minimum to make the text simpler and more direct.