• Evaluation of code provisions for seismic performance of unachored liquid storage tanks 

  Erkmen, Bülent (National Technical University of Athens, 2017)

  Seismic performance of two unanchored liquid-storage tanks with tank diameter of 24.5 m and 36 m and operating liquid height of 12.2 m and 20.0 m, respectively were investigated using Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) and ...

• Effect of flexural demands in the leaner columns on the column buckling strength 

  Özçelik, Ahmet Yiğit; Clayton, P. M. (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 2018)

  Leaner columns of steel frames are typically designed for axial load only and they are assumed not to contribute to the lateral stiffness of the system; however, a recent study revealed that under seismic loading leaner ...

• Tension field inclination angle in steel plate shear walls with beam- connected web plates 

  Özçelik, Ahmet Yiğit; Clayton, P. (National Technical University of Athens, 2019)

  Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) are an efficient lateral force-resisting system with thin infill plates, main elements resisting the lateral force, connected to beams and columns on all four edges. Upon lateral loading, ...

• A new embankment construction method through the analysis of possible failure mechanisms in soft soils 

  Arama, Z. A.; Çinicioğlu, Safiye Feyza (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2019)

  A new method to analyze the failure behavior of embankments on soft soils is proposed in this paper. The proposed method is based on the evaluation of stability considerations applied on a possible mechanism which can be ...

• Two-part bio-based self-healing repair agent for cement-based mortar 

  Tezer, Mustafa Mert; Bundur, Zeynep Başaran (International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2020)

  Factors affecting durability of concrete structures are generally associated with each other. Due to its brittle nature, concrete can crack under stress and these cracks are one of the main reasons for a decrease in service ...

• Site response analysis in performance based approach 

  Ansal, Mustafa Atilla; Tönük, G.; Sadegzadeh, Shima (Elsevier, 2024-03)

  A performance based approach for site response analysis requires a probabilistic approach accounting for the observed variability in soil stratification and engineering properties of the soil layers. The major variability ...

• Automated flow rate control of extrusion for 3D concrete printing incorporating rheological parameters 

  Ahi, Oğulcan; Ertunç, Özgür; Bundur, Zeynep Başaran; Bebek, Özkan (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  The use of inline quality assessment technologies is of great importance in meeting the consistent extrusion requirements of 3D concrete printing (3DCP) applications. This paper presents a system to regulate extrusion speed ...

• Feature extraction for enhancing data-driven urban building energy models 

  Bolluk, Muhammed Said; Seyis, Senem; Aydoğan, Reyhan (European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), 2023)

  Building energy demand assessment plays a crucial role in designing energy-efficient building stocks. However, most studies adopting a data-driven approach feel the deficiency of datasets with building-specific information ...

• Preface 

  Atalar, C.; Çinicioğlu, Safiye Feyza (Springer, 2023)

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• Soil liquefaction and effects on structures; case study in Adıyaman-Gölbaşı after the 06 Feb 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye 

  Ecemis, N.; Karaman, M.; Valizadeh, Hadi; Dönmez, C.; Dalgıç, K. D. (2023-11)

  On 06 FEB 2023, two earthquakes occurred southeast of Türkiye; Kahramanmaraş-Pazarcık (Mw=7.8) and Kahramanmaraş-Elbistan (Mw=7.6). These earthquakes caused devastating effects in 11 cities in eastern Turkey and northern ...

• A comparison study between 1D and 3D site response analyses based on observed earthquake acceleration records… 

  Shamekhi, Shima; Ansal, Mustafa Atilla (National Technical University of Athens, 2023)

  The characteristics of the site conditions have a very significant influence on the variation of building damage during earthquakes, thus, it is essential to evaluate and analyse the effects of site conditions. One option ...

• Characterization of site amplification by a parametric study 

  Fercan, N. O.; Şafak, E.; Ansal, Mustafa Atilla (Taylor & Francis, 2023)

  The reliability of Vs30 and the performance of alternative time averaged shear wave velocities (Vsz) and shear wave travel times (Ttz) at various depths, z, were investigated for the estimation of site amplification and ...

• Multi-criteria decision-making model for risk management in modular construction projects 

  Khodabocus, Sabah Fatima; Seyis, Senem (Taylor & Francis, 2024)

  The modular sector needs a precise guide to determine the most efficient risk management approaches. The main research objective of this study is to develop a multi-criteria decision-making model to find the most efficient ...

• Probabilistic seismic microzonation for ground shaking intensity, a case study in Türkiye 

  Tönük, G.; Ansal, Mustafa Atilla (Springer, 2023-10)

  The purpose of seismic microzonation is to estimate earthquake characteristics on the ground surface based on a probabilistic approach to mitigate earthquake damage in the foreseeable future for the new buildings, as well ...

• Safety performance functions for Two-Lane urban arterial segments 

  Bartın, Bekir Oğuz; Ozbay, K.; Xu, C. (Elsevier, 2023-11)

  This paper presents the calibration and development process of the safety performance function for the undivided two-lane urban and suburban arterial segments in New Jersey. Data requirements, the availability of required ...

• Estimating roadway horizontal alignment from geographic information systems data: An artificial neural network–based approach 

  Bartın, Bekir Oğuz; Jami, Mojibulrahman; Ozbay, K. (ASCE, 2023-11-01)

  Estimating horizontal alignment using discretized roadway data points, such as GIS maps, is complicated because the number of curved and tangent segments and their start and end points are not known a priori. This study ...

• Designing redundant cable-driven parallel robots for additive manufacturing using end-effector compliance index 

  Kara, Burhan; Qureshi, Muhammad Sarmad; Bundur, Zeynep Başaran; Bebek, Özkan (IEEE, 2023)

  This paper presents a methodology for optimizing cable anchor points for cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) for specific additive manufacturing tasks. Much of a CDPR's workspace is generally not used for printing tasks. ...

• A suite of broadband physics-based ground motion simulations for the Istanbul region 

  Zhang, W.; Crempien, J. G. F.; Kurtuluş, Aslı; Chen, P.-Y.; Arduino, P.; Taciroglu, E. (Wiley, 2023-04)

  Physics-based earthquake ground motion simulations (GMS) have acquired significant growth over the last two decades, mainly due to the explosive developments of high-performance computing techniques and resources. These ...

• Regional-scale seismic fragility, loss, and resilience assessment using physics-based simulated ground motions: An application to istanbul 

  Zhang, W.; Chen, P. Y.; Crempien, J. G. F.; Kurtuluş, Aslı; Arduino, P.; Taciroglu, E. (Wiley, 2023-05)

  Using results from 57 large-scale physics-based fault-rupture and wave propagation simulations, this research aims to evaluate the seismic risk, loss, and resilience of more than 16,000 reinforced concrete buildings in the ...

• Implementing artificial neural network-based gap acceptance models in the simulation model of a traffic circle in SUMO 

  Bagheri, Mohammad; Bartın, Bekir Oğuz; Ozbay, K. (Sage, 2023-12)

  The impact of various operational and design alternatives at roundabouts and traffic circles can be evaluated using microscopic simulation tools. Most microscopic simulation software utilizes default underlying models for ...

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