TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Seismic performance of the St. George of the Latins church: Lessons learned from studying masonry ruins
JO  - Engineering structures
A1  - Lourenço, Paulo B.
A1  - Trujillo, Alejandro
A1  - Mendes, Nuno
A1  - Ramos, Luís F.
SP  - 501
EP  - 518
VL  - 40
IS  - 
N2  - This work addresses the seismic safety of the remainings of one church in Famagusta (Cyprus), including also a historical survey, inspection and diagnosis. The seismic safety is studied in detail, using limit analysis of collapse mechanisms as preliminary safety assessment. Then, a finite element model was prepared and updated using dynamic identification results. The updated model was subjected to non-linear static (pushover) analysis in different directions (global and principal) using two lateral load patterns: proportional to the mass and proportional to the modal shapes of the structure. Finally, a time history analysis is also performed. The results allow to conclude that: (a) limit analysis of collapse mechanism can be adequately employed for the seismic assessment of masonry ruins, as they provide comparable results to more sophisticated analysis; (b) load patterns proportional to the mode shapes in pushover analysis of complex masonry structures should be carefully considered, as they can provide too conservative results; (c) the ruins of the church exhibit a low seismic safety.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0141-0296
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -