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Revitalizing Water Storage Capacity: Remote Sensing and Optimization-Based Design for a New Dam
(MDPI, 2026) Akbıyıklı, Rıfat; Uğur, Latif Onur; Genç, Ömer; Ateş, Volkan; Bozali, Beytullah; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
Most of the dam structures around the world are approaching the end of their economic life of 50 to 70 years, especially due to sediment accumulation in reservoir areas. This situation necessitates the development of proactive infrastructure management strategies. This study presents an original framework for the process of renewal of aging dams that blends remote sensing techniques and meta-intuitive optimization methods. Within the scope of the study, the Hasanlar Dam located in Düzce was selected as a sample, and a new dam axis was determined in the upper part of the basin. A detailed volume-height curve was created using 12.5 m resolution ALOS PALSAR numerical height models (DEM) and GIS-based spatial data curation to calculate the reservoir storage capacity in precise increments of 2 m. To maximize the structural efficiency of the proposed New Hasanlar Dam, the cross-sectional area has been minimized through seven current algorithms such as Genetic Algorithm (GA), Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm (AOA), Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Dragonfly Algorithm (DA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Crayfish Optimization Algorithm (CAO), and Cheetah Optimizer (CO). The findings obtained prove that the PSO and CAOs achieved a significant reduction in cross-sectional area by 29.36% and successfully approached the global optimum. The replacement of the 55.5 million m3 capacity of the existing Hasanlar Dam with a new structure with a height of 78 m will guarantee sustainability and structural safety in water management. As a result, this study reveals that the integration of high-resolution remote sensing data and advanced heuristic methods is a cost-effective and powerful tool in the strategic renovation of aging hydraulic infrastructures.
Seismic Behavior and Design of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Load-Bearing Panel Walls
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2026) Halıcı, Ömer Faruk; Halici, Omer Faruk; Demir, Cem; Comert, Mustafa; Ilki, Alper; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
Since the 1970s, numerous low-rise buildings in T & uuml;rkiye constructed with AAC load-bearing panels have withstood devastating earthquakes without significant damage, demonstrating a lightweight yet robust solution for seismic regions. This study investigates the seismic performance of AAC load-bearing panel wall systems through material tests, member-level cyclic in-plane testing, and finite element micro-modeling. The experimental results showed that individual panel behavior initiated at low lateral drift ratios of 0.25-0.50%, accompanied by measurable uplift and rocking at panel bases, with flexure governing failure in two-panel walls and combined flexure and diagonal tension - shear governing failure in four- and six-panel walls. Numerical models exhibited adequate reliability in terms of strength, stiffness, and cumulative energy, when validated against experimental data. The load-bearing capacity in the numerical simulations increased with both the number of panels and higher axial loads, consistent with observed experimental trends. These combined findings were used to determine seismic design factors leading to recommended values of D = 2 for overstrength and R = 4 for structural behavior. Experimental results were compared with corresponding design documents, including ACI 523.4 R and the Turkish Building Earthquake Code (TBEC). The findings indicated that flexure predominantly governed the failure of two-panel walls, while combined flexure and diagonal tension - shear mechanisms governed the failure of four- and six-panel walls. Accordingly, a revised diagonal tension capacity expression is proposed for the seismic design of AAC systems in future versions of TBEC.
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Reconnaissance and Discussion on Ground Motion Induced by the 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquake
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2025) Towhata, I.; Tönük, Gökçe; Tönük, G.; Erginağ, U.C.; Sendir Torisu, S.; Torisu, Seda Sendir; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
This paper discusses the output from the damage reconnaissance conducted after the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake. First, a large landslide occurred in a limestone gentle slope without much ground water. Second, the ground subsidence in the coastal area does not comply the the local soil conditions and other observed post-seismic situations. Third, the acceleration records exhibit stronger motion with longer period and shorter duration towards the western end of the causative fault and suggest supershear rupture. To understand these features of the ground motion, this paper proposes a hypothetical model that can reproduce these observations to a good extent. © 2025 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Site Response Analysis in Performance Based Approach
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2024) Ansal, Atilla; Tönük, Gökçe; Sadeghzadeh, Shima; Sadegzadeh, Shima; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
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 in site-specific response analysis arises from the uncertainties induced by the (a) local seismic hazard assessment, (b) selection and scaling of the hazard compatible input earthquake time histories, (c) soil stratification and engineering properties of encountered soil and rock layers, and (d) method of site response analysis. Even though the uncertainties related to first item, local seismic hazard assessment, has primary importance on the outcome of the site-specific response analyses, the discussion in this article focuses on the possible uncertainties in selection and scaling of the hazard compatible input earthquake time histories, soil stratification, thickness, type and their engineering properties, depth of ground water table and bedrock and properties of the engineering bedrock. One alternative may be to conduct site response analyses for large number of soil profiles generated by Monte Carlo simulations using relatively large number of hazard compatible acceleration time histories to assess probabilistic performance based design acceleration spectra and acceleration time histories calculated on the ground surface with respect to different performance levels. A remaining issue may be considered as the variability induced by 1D, 2D, and 3D site response analysis.
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Probabilistic Seismic Microzonation for Ground Shaking Intensity, a Case Study in Türkiye
(Springer, 2023) Tönük, Gökçe; Tönük, Gökçe; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
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 as for the existing building stock. The probabilistic analysis and related results are very important from an engineering perspective since the nature of the problem can only be dealt with in a probabilistic manner. The uncertainties associated with these analyses may be large due to the uncertainties in source characteristics, soil profile, soil properties, and building inventory. At this stage, the probability distribution of the related earthquake parameters on the ground surface may be determined based on hazard-compatible input acceleration-time histories, site profiles, and dynamic soil properties. One option, the variability in earthquake source and path effects may be considered using a large number of acceleration records compatible with the site-dependent earthquake hazard. Likewise, large numbers of soil profiles may be used to account for the site-condition variability. The seismic microzonation methodology is proposed based on the probabilistic assessment of these factors involved in site response analysis. The second important issue in seismic microzonation procedure is the selection of microzonation parameters. The purpose being mitigation of structural damage, it is possible to adopt earthquake parameters like cumulative average velocity (CAV) or Housner intensity (HI) that was observed to have better correlation with building damage after earthquakes. A seismic microzonation procedure will be developed with respect to ground shaking intensity considering probabilistic values of the cumulative average velocity (CAV) or Housner intensity (HI).
Deprem Yalıtımlı ve Geleneksel Binalarda Tesisatlar İçin Sismik Koruma Hesabı ve Gereksinimi
(2023) Şadan, Bahadır; Şadan, Bahadır; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
İnşaat mühendisleri, olası büyük bir deprem senaryosu için, binanın taşıyıcı elemanlarını ve içinde yaşayan insanların can güvenliğini sağlamak için tasarım yapmaktadırlar. Halbu - ki, büyük bir deprem sonrası mali kayıp tabloları incelendiğinde, mali kayıpların en büyük bölümünü yapısal olmayan elemanlardaki hasarın oluşturduğunu görebiliriz. Dışarıdan bakıldığında hasarsız gözüken, taşıyıcı elemanlarında hasar olmayan bir binanın içerisine girildiğinde, sadece kendi ağırlığını taşımak için askılanmış ve doğru sismik koruma uygulan- mamış tesisatların, tavaların ve diğer tavana asılı ekipmanların, yüksek deprem ivmesi nedeni ile hasar gördüğü ve binanın kullanılamaz hale geldiği gözlemlenebilir. Bu durum özellikle deprem sonrası hemen hizmet vermesi gereken kritik binalar için (ör. hastaneler, ulaşım ve haberleşme yapıları vb.) daha büyük önem taşımaktadır. Sağlık Bakanlığı bu bağlamda, 2013 yılında yayınladığı bir genelge ile, 1. ve 2. derece deprem bölgesindeki, 100 ve üzeri yatak kapasiteli tüm devlet hastanelerinde sismik izolatörler ile deprem yalıtımını zorunlu hale getirmiştir. Deprem yalıtımı, binaya etkiyen deprem ivmelerini dolayısı ile deprem kuvvetlerini çok büyük oranda sönümleyerek, sadece bina taşıyıcı siste- minin değil aynı zamanda diğer muhteviyatın (tesisatlar, ivmeye hassas cihazlar vb.) deprem sırasında korunmasını sağlamaktadır. Fakat bu azaltma deprem etkilerini tamamen yok et- mediği için tesisatlarda sismik koruma yapılmasına gerek olmadığı anlamına gelmemektedir. Bu bildiride, 18 Mart 2018, 30364 sayılı Resmi Gazete’de yayınlanarak, 1 Ocak 2019 tarihi itibari ile resmi olarak yürürlüğe giren Türkiye Bina Deprem Yönetmeliği’ne (TBDY) göre elektrik ve mekanik tesisatların sismik koruma hesabı tariflenmektedir. Ayrıca yine TBDY’e göre deprem yalıtımlı binalarda sismik koruma hesabı gereksinimi irdelenmektedir.
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Out-Of Seismic Performance of Bed-Joint Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (aac) Infill Walls Damaged Under Cyclic In-Plane Displacement Reversals
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2023) İlki, Alper; Halıcı, Ömer Faruk; Demir, Uğur; Halıcı, Ömer Faruk; Zabbar, Yassin; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
The infill walls made of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC), which is a lightweight, fire resistant and energy efficient material, provide effective insulation solutions for building types of structures and becoming more and more popular in earthquake prone regions. Although the number of experimental tests examining the seismic response of clay brick infills is extensive, the amount of prior research on infill walls built of AAC blocks is rather limited. Past research revealed that the use of bed-joint reinforcement is one of the promising solutions to improve the global seismic response of masonry walls by enhancing strength and displacement capacity. In this study, the out-of-plane (OOP) seismic performance of AAC infill walls with flat-truss and innovative cord-type bed-joint reinforcement is experimentally evaluated. Also, consideration is given to the prior in-plane (IP) damage, which was found to degrade the seismic performance of infills in OOP direction. For this purpose, three IP and four OOP, in total, seven experimental tests were performed on four full-scale AAC infill wall specimens. The test parameters were selected in such a way as to make it possible to parametrically compare the OOP performance of AAC infills with flat-truss and cord-type bed-joint reinforcements with unreinforced AAC infill walls, together with the effect of prior IP damage on the OOP response of unreinforced AAC infill walls. It was found that the use of innovative cord-type bed-joint reinforcement improved the OOP strength to a similar extent to what was obtained from the truss-type reinforced specimen. In terms of ultimate displacement and energy dissipation capacity enhancement, the specimen with cord-type reinforcement performed better. In addition, the damages formed due to IP cyclic displacement reversals up to 0.005 drift ratio, which is defined as the drift limit for buildings with brittle infill walls in certain design codes, resulted in a significant reduction in the OOP strength and stiffness properties of AAC infills. The theoretical OOP strength calculations were found to provide unconservative strength values for the IP-damaged specimens.
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Damage Accumulation Modelling of Two Reinforced Concrete Buildings Under Seismic Sequences
(Springer, 2023) Tönük, Gökçe; Tönük, Gökçe; Oyguç, Evrim; Uçak, Doruk; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
The extent of earthquake damage depends solely on the seismicity, site conditions and vulnerability of the building stock in a region. Hence, studies to assess the seismic behavior of building stocks with similar vulnerabilities are important to mitigate seismic risk in earthquake-prone regions. This study aims to simulate the seismic behavior of selected reinforced concrete (RC) school buildings by modelling damage accumulation under multiple earthquakes sequence. The observed data of two RC school buildings heavily damaged after the 2011 Van earthquake sequence in Turkey, namely, the Gedikbulak and Alakoy schools is used. Among these two school buildings, the Gedikbulak school building collapsed immediately after the main excitation, while the Alakoy school building withstood several seismic sequences, suffering heavy damages. In this study, three-dimensional numerical models that can consider the deterioration effects are developed and the capacities of the buildings were evaluated by conducting a force-based adaptive pushover procedure. Additionally, non-linear dynamic analyses were conducted using the concrete plastic damage model. Both degrading and conventional material models were used to examine the structural response under multiple ground motion sequences. The hysteretic behaviors of the studied buildings are presented. Consequently, analytical results are well correlated with the reconnaissance studies and neither of the considered structures are found to satisfy the design performance level.
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Factors Affecting Site-Specific Response Analysis
(Taylor and Francis, 2022) Tönük, Gökçe; Tönük, Gökçe; Ansal, Atilla M.; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
The engineering purpose of a site-specific response analysis is to estimate the uniform hazard acceleration spectrum on the ground surface for a selected hazard level. One of the mandatory components for site response analyses is one or more representative acceleration time histories that need to be scaled with respect to the calculated seismic hazard level for the selected site. The selection and scaling procedures of earthquake acceleration records play an important role in this approach. The effects and differences in using two different scaling approaches are studied: scaling with respect to ground motion parameters and response spectrum scaling. A set of homogeneous ground motion prediction relationships are developed for peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, root-mean-square acceleration, Arias intensity, cumulative absolute velocity, maximum spectral acceleration, response spectrum intensity, and acceleration spectrum intensity based on a uniform set of acceleration records for ground motion parameter scaling.The uncertainties associated with site response analysis are considered as epistemic and aleatory uncertainties in source characteristics, soil profile, and soil properties. Aleatory variability is due to the intrinsic randomness of natural systems; it cannot be reduced with additional data (Passeri et al. 2020), however; its variability may be modeled by probability distribution functions. Thus, one possibility is to determine the probability distribution of the acceleration spectrum calculated on the ground surface for all possible input acceleration records, site profiles, and dynamic soil properties. The variability in the earthquake source and path effects are considered using a large number of acceleration records compatible with the site-dependent earthquake hazard in terms of fault mechanism, magnitude, and distance range recorded on stiff site conditions. Likewise, a large number of soil profiles may be considered to account for the site condition variability. The uncertainties related to dynamic soil properties may be considered as possible variability of maximum dynamic shear modulus in site response analyses. A methodology is proposed to estimate a uniform hazard acceleration spectrum on the ground surface based on the probabilistic assessment of the factors involved in site response analysis. The uniform hazard acceleration spectra obtained from a case study are compared with the spectra calculated by probabilistic models proposed in the literature.
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Performance of High-Damping Rubber Bearings for Seismic Isolation of Residential Buildings in Turkey
(Elsevier, 2021) Murota, N.; Şadan, Bahadır; Tuzun, C.; Mori, T.; Şadan, Bahadır; Wakishima, K.; Suzuki, S.; Sutcu, F.; Erdik, M.; 02.04. Department of Civil Engineering; 02. Faculty of Engineering; 01. MEF University
The applicability of high-damping rubber bearings for seismic isolation of residential buildings in Turkey is studied using numerical and experimental approaches. Seismic isolation system composed of high-damping rubber bearings is designed according to the recently updated Turkish Building Seismic Code-2018 (TBSC2018). Three model buildings of different height at assumed seismically active area are chosen from an actual building database, on which, equivalent lateral force procedure, and time history analyses are carried out. The seismic responses of the buildings are evaluated and the seismic isolation system's efficiency is confirmed. It is pointed out that the requirements in the new code in terms of the maximum allowable shear strain of elastomeric isolators are excessively conservative for those isolators with much larger capacity which is verified by sufficient test data, and as a result, designed isolator size becomes larger than necessary from a practical aspect. In order to verify the isolator design without compliance of shear strain limitation in the code, full-scale prototypes of high-damping rubber bearings are specially designed, developed and are subjected to dynamic loading test under test protocol specified in the code. The specific values of test conditions, such as compressive force, shear displacement and frequency, are developed referring several projects in Turkey. The results are comprehensively discussed and the applicability of high-damping rubber bearing for seismic isolation of residential buildings in Turkey is concluded with numerical and experimental approaches and a possible modification of TBSC2018 regarding maximum shear strain is proposed.

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