Investigation of seismic safety of a masonry minaret using its dynamic characteristics

Hakan Başaran, Ali Demir, Emre Ercan, Halil Nohutçu, Emin Hökelekli and Celalettin Kozanoğlu

Abstract

Besides their spiritual significance, minarets are humanity´ s cultural heritage to the future generations due to their historical and architectural attraction. Currently, many historical masonry minarets are damaged and destroyed due to several reasons such as earthquakes and wind. Therefore, safety of these religiously significant buildings needs to be thoroughly investigated. The utmost care must be taken into account while investigating these structures. Our study investigated earthquake behavior of historical masonry minaret of Hac

Key Words

historical masonry minaret; dynamic characteristics; operational modal analysis; model calibration; seismic safety

Address

Hakan Başaran, Ali Demir,Halil Nohutçu, Celalettin Kozanoğlu: Department of Civil Engineering, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey Emre Ercan: Department of Civil Engineering, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey Emin Hökelekli: Bolvadin Vocational School, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey

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