Estudio y restauración del sable en acero de Damasco de Mehemet Alí

The present manuscript is about study and restoration of a sabre, which belonged to Mehemet Ali. The work has been adopted a scientific and a historical approach. Scientific one has revealed the secrets of Damascus steel, so admired by the power of their swords as well as by the beauty of their beautiful markings, and damascene works. Techniques such as Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), ICP Mass and Ultrasonic have been used in order to achieve this scientific research. Historical approach has carried out a work about the contribution of Mehemet Ali, especially to Egypt in the 18th and 19th centuries.El presente artículo trata sobre el estudio y restauración del sable perteneciente a Mehemet Alí. Este trabajo se ha realizado bajo dos enfoques diferentes: científico e histórico. El primero, en donde se han desvelado los secretos internos de este maravilloso y genuino acero de Damasco, tan admirado por el poder de sus espadas como por la belleza de las aguas y damasquinados presentes en las mismas. Para ello nos hemos ayudado de técnicas como la Microscopía Óptica, Microscopía Electrónica de Barrido (MEB), ICP Masas y Ultrasonidos. Bajo el segundo enfoque, se ha realizado un seguimiento histórico de Mehemet Alí, y su contribución al Egipto de los siglos XVIII y XIX

Soil deformation analysis through fluid-dynamic modelling and DInSAR measurements: a focus on groundwater withdrawal in the Ravenna area (Italy)

This study aims at assessing the deformation processes affecting an area NW of the city of Ravenna (northern Italy), caused by groundwater withdrawal activities. In situ data, geologic and structural maps, piezometric measurements, underground water withdrawal volumes, and satellite C-band SAR data were used to jointly exploit two different techniques: 1) fluid-dynamic and geomechanical modelling (by RSE S.p.A), and 2) Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) analysis (by CNR - IREA). The results of the comparative analysis presented in this work brought new evidence about the contribution of groundwater withdrawal to the total subsidence affecting the area during the 2000-2017 time interval. In particular, they show an increase of the subsidence from year 2000 to 2010 and a decrease from year 2010 to 2017. These results are generally in line with groundwater withdrawal data that report a reduction of the extracted water volumes during the considered temporal interval. Meantime, they show a delay effect in the subsidence process, partially recovered during the 2010-2017 thanks to a stabilisation of the extracted groundwater volumes. The presented results shade new light on the groundwater withdrawal contribution to the subsidence of the analysed zone, although further investigations are foreseen to better clarify the ongoing scenario