An Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Assessment of Hazards Around the Abu Serga Church

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Title: An Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Assessment of Hazards Around the Abu Serga Church
Description: The Abu Serga Church is one of the oldest known Coptic churches in Egypt, with a history of almost 1700 years. This reference work presents a comprehensive geotechnical and geophysical survey of the vicinity of the Abu Serga Church. The book details the information of the survey using classical and modern methods of geotechnical engineering while keeping contemporary issues faced by site investigators in view. Chapters provide the data of the church site while covering topics of interest to students such as seismic analysis, 3-D modeling and historical preservation principles. Advanced methods of interest to engineers such as mathematical analysis using finite element methods are also covered.This work provides key data about the Abu Sega Church site and is of interest to scholars and engineers involved in conservation engineering of architectural heritage (or built heritage), as well as readers interested in church studies.
Authors: Sayed, Hemeda
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Historic preservation, Church architecture--Conservation and restoration--Egypt--Cairo, Geotechnical engineering, Earthquake hazard analysis
Categories: SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:The Abu Serga Church is one of the oldest known Coptic churches in Egypt, with a history of almost 1700 years. This reference work presents a comprehensive geotechnical and geophysical survey of the vicinity of the Abu Serga Church. The book details the information of the survey using classical and modern methods of geotechnical engineering while keeping contemporary issues faced by site investigators in view. Chapters provide the data of the church site while covering topics of interest to students such as seismic analysis, 3-D modeling and historical preservation principles. Advanced methods of interest to engineers such as mathematical analysis using finite element methods are also covered.This work provides key data about the Abu Sega Church site and is of interest to scholars and engineers involved in conservation engineering of architectural heritage (or built heritage), as well as readers interested in church studies.
ISBN:9789814998734
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