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This chapter presents the analysis of the structural condition and stability of the Medieval Armenian Church in Famagusta. The chapter includes photographic survey, visual inspection, non-destructive testing, and advanced computational analyses. The structural performance of the Church was analyzed by means of a numerical model, which helped simulating both gravity and seismic loadings. The results of these analyses served to justify the old and current damage of the Church, as well as to discuss about its safety.
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The authors acknowledge the support from Dr. Michael Walsh and the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Further credits are given to Solvotek Engineering, from Turkey, which performed the laser scans of the Church.
During the realization of this study, the first author was a European Commission Erasmus Mundus grant holder of the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, as well as grant holder of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) and the Mexican government.
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Braga, A.B., Lourenço, P.B., Mendes, N., Pereira, J.M. (2017). In-situ Investigation and Stability Analysis of the Armenian Church in Famagusta. In: Walsh, M. (eds) The Armenian Church of Famagusta and the Complexity of Cypriot Heritage. Mediterranean Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48502-7_11
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