Stability of Al-Hadba minaret a-parametric study | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 19, September 2010, Pages 968-981 PDF (451.61 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.28.19.18 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Al-Hadba minaret in MOSUL City is one of the famous and oldest Islamic monuments in the city. This minaret suffers from cracks in different places and partial collapse in the outer stairs and in the upper dome. In addition to that, the minaret is suffering from leaning. In this research the stability analysis, displacement, and stress distribution were investigated using ANSYS 11 program to represent the effect of external loads, and loads from maintenance work. In the analysis the minaret and its foundation were considered as a one unit. Further more, the effect of changing the nature of surrounding soil was investigated. Results showed that the underground soil around the foundation is fill and very loose material containing high percent of organic material and cavities. This formation is extend down to (4.3-9.8 m) below the ground surface and have no pronounce effect on the stability of the minaret .The analysis showed that the maximum compressive stress at the base of minaret in the inclination direction of the minaret, where the opposite direction is under tension and the highest value was at the base of cylindrical part. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hadba minaret; rune building; leaning minaret; ANSYS; maintain of ancient | ||
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