Abstract
Historical mosques are important cultural heritages that should be confidently transferred to the future. These structures are damaged due to earthquakes. The minarets, domes and load-carrying walls of historical mosques are the most damaged and studied in the literature. Field observations made after the earthquakes show that; the narthex part of the historical mosques is also very seismic sensitive. However, there is no study in the literature about the collapse mechanisms of these structures/parts. In this study, 3 narthex places with different architectural features were considered. By creating a finite element model of the narthexes, dynamic analyses were carried out under the earthquake records of 1999 Düzce (Bolu) (Mw = 7.1), 2011 Van (Mw = 7.0), 2020 Elazığ (Sivrice) (Mw = 6.8). An evaluation has been done to assess mode shapes, maximum strains, displacements, damage distributions, and failure mechanisms of the narthex parts. As a result of dynamic analyses, the general collapse mechanism of each narthex was revealed. As a result of all analyses, it has been seen that the most seismically sensitive areas of the narthex are stone columns.
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