The Kheops Pyramid, a Stable Anti-Seismic Architecture Model for 4,600 Years
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The Great Pyramid of Keops, built more than 4,600 years ago on the Giza Plateau, has endured earthquakes for centuries without serious damage to its main structure. A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports identified several architectural and geotechnical factors that explain this seismic resistance. The research was carried out by scientists from the National Institute of Research in Astronomy and Geophysics of Egypt, the Univers…
A team of seismologists has studied how to spread shock waves in Egypt's largest pyramid. The structure design seems ideal to limit the impact of the shocks that pass through it to the maximum, but it is impossible to know whether this engineering feat was intentional.
In the over 4500-year-old Cheops pyramid, the builders may have already applied principles of modern earthquake protection.
A colossus of stone that defies millennia, impassive in the face of the fall of empires, but its deepest secret is not its size. It is its vibration.
Major earthquakes have occurred in the wider area around Giza over the past centuries, yet the Pyramid of Cheops still stands virtually intact. Egyptian geophysicists now think they know why. The stone colossus and the ground beneath vibrate at such different pitches that shock waves can barely amplify each other during an earthquake. The largest […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
Why did the Cheopspyramide survive strong earthquakes? A new study provides surprising answers to stability. The article Stable for 4500 years: Why the Cheopspyramide did not collapse first appeared on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.
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