tructural Study and Evaluation of Previous Restoration Work of Mohammad 'Ali Pasha Mosque at the Citadel in Cairo | ||||
| مجلة الإتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب | ||||
| Article 15, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2011, Page 174-207 PDF (16.87 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jguaa.2011.2801 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Yaser Yehya Amin Abdel-Aty* | ||||
| Lecturer at Cairo University, Faculty of Archaeology, Restoration Department(Egypt) | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Mohammad 'Ali Pasha Mosque at the Citadel in Cairo is considered one of the main landmarks in Egypt. It majestically stands at a northwestern bend of the Citadel and it is visible from numerous locations in Cairo. It has become the symbol of the Citadel, to the point that its name is given to the whole complex in the colloquial Egyptian parlance. This paper studies analytically the static and dynamic structural behavior of this great mosque using computer numerical modeling techniques, to reach the main reasons for past cracking and failures in its domed-roof and other structural elements, which occurred by the end of 19th Century. A number of 3D-models are analyzed to study the mosque, in both original and after restoration conditions, under static (i.e. dead and live loads) and dynamic (i.e. Eigenvector modal analysis, response-spectrum and time-history) cases of loading. Besides, structural evaluation of major restoration project, in 1930s, is conducted to determine the current structural safety status of the mosque. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Ottoman; Masonry; Structural evaluation; Restoration; Numerical model | ||||
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