Nonlinear pushover Analysis Of Historic Stone Building In Palestine

Abstract

The old historical buildings in Palestine were built thousands years ago, by using large stones and the old traditional methods of construction and materials available at that time. It is still unknown how these buildings are affected when exposed to the forces of earthquakes. In fact, the effect of these forces varies based on the different establishment of these buildings and the materials used when they were established. Ancient existing stone structures have been severely affected when subjected to seismic load motions; this may be due to lack the periodic maintenance of these buildings and the presence of weaknesses in these buildings Resistant to earthquake loads. Restoration and retrofitting are two ways to preserve these historic buildings. Therefore, the focus of this research will be on using the Nonlinear Static Analysis Approach and investigating the seismic response of existing historic stone buildings against seismic forces. In addition, it aims at finding ways to develop and strengthen those old buildings against the forces, as well as to assess the seismic bearing strength of historical buildings in Palestine. For this purpose, a typical building structure in the old city of Hebron will be analyzed using 3muri software program, which is a specified finite element software for masonry building assessment. The results of the analysis of this building under the influence of seismic loads will be studied and appropriate recommendations will be presented to strengthen those buildings and support them to resist earthquakes in the future.