Paper
Seismic Hazard Analysis for Architecture Heritage Preservation in Egypt: The Case of the Cairo’s Oldest, Abu Serga Church
- Authors:
- Sayed Hemeda
- Abstract
- The present integrated geophysical techniques were done to access the amount of hazards at Abu Serga Church in Cairo. The present work helps understanding the amount of hazards that Abu Serga Church suffers. Abu Serga Church is located within Cairo city and is considered one of the oldest Churches found in Egypt. The Church suffers moderate hazard but high risk in terms of seismic, geotechnical and environmental hazards. In the present research, the author tries to know how the most ancient church in Egypt should respeond in event of earthquakes. For this, besides the deterministic characterization of acceleration and seismic intensity, the author had conducted spectral studies of the soil and the structure itself with respect to seismic hazard. The aim of Geotechnical and geophysical field and laboratory tests is to define the physical, mechanical and dynamic properties of the building and the soil materials of the site where the church is founded. All these results together with the seismic hazard analysis will be used for the seismic analysis of the church response in the framework of the rehabilitation and strengthening works foreseen in a second stage. The author present herein the most important results of the field campaign and the definition of the design input motion.
- Keywords
- SHA; PGA; Microtremors; Natural Frequency; Abu Serga Church- Cairo; Geotechnical; Geophysical Campaign
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