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  • Determination of Fundamental Properties of Masonry for different cities of Albania 
    Lalaj, Ornela; Yardim, Yavuz (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    This study deals with the properties of unreinforced masonry. Masonry is a two phase material, and the properties of the assemblage depend on that of bricks and mortars. On the other hand, the quality of bricks mostly ...
  • Determination of Pipeline Damages during Earthquakes Considering Different Soil Formations 
    Koçak, Ali; Özçoban, Mehmet Şükrü; Ali, Coşar; Murat Ergenekon, Selçuk (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    It is necessary that infrastructure systems in urban areas remain functional, especially during various disasters. Drinking water should be provided without any disruption and waste water disposed without any adverse ...
  • Development scenarios of the coastal area in western Albania 
    Golgota, Alma; Spahiu, Ermal; Golgota, Boriana (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Coastal Area in Albania stretches along the Western part of the country. The development of water resources comprises an analytical interpretation of both the problems and opportunities that the Coastal Area contains. ...
  • A distorted physical model to study sudden dam break flows 
    Tayfur, G.; Güney, M.Ş.; Bombar, G. (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A distorted physical model, based upon Urkmez Dam in Izmir, Turkey, was built to study sudden dam break flows. The distorted model had a horizontal scale of 1/150 and vertical scale of 1/30, containing dam reservoir, dam ...
  • Dynamic Analysis of a Suspension Bridge Using CFRP Composite Material 
    Nil Arın, Atabey; Süleyman, Adanur; Murat, Günaydın; Ahmet Can, Altunışık; Barış, Sevim (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is a class of advanced composite materials used in civil engineering because of their advantages when these materials are compared to traditional ones. These advantages are light weight, ...
  • Dynamic Responses of Bridges under Effects of Asynchronous and Multiple Support Excitations 
    Sarıtaş, Fevzi (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Nonstationary earthquakes are very complex ground motions and they vibrate structural systems in asynchronous form. Spatial variation of an earthquake mainly originates from three sources; loss of coherence effects, wave ...
  • Earthquake Performance Investigation of a Masonry Building 
    Hakan, Basaran; Ali, Demir; Muhiddin, Bagci (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    This study investigated earthquake safety of a school building with a total construction area of 377 m2 based on Turkish Earthquake Code-2007 (TEC-2007). The architectural projects of the building were not present. Data ...
  • Effect of Directivity in Northeastern ALBANIA (5.4 MW) Earthquake of September 6, 2009, from Radiated Seismic Energy 
    Edmond, Dushi; Rrapo, Ormeni (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    We have quantitatively estimated an observed directivity effect, direct from the radiated seismic energy of September 6, 2009, in north-eastern Albania. Despite its moderate magnitude (Mw = 5.4), much damage was caused ...
  • The effect of hydraulic jump on the aeration efficiency 
    Bostan, Tuba; Coşar, Ali; Yetilmezsoy, Kaan; Topçu, Saadettin; Ağaçcıoğlu, Hayrullah (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    One of the most important parameters to determine the quality of water is the amount of the dissolved oxygen (DO) in water body. Microorganisms as bacteria need high concentration of oxygen in water to the able to continue ...
  • The effect of joint slope on bending strength of finger joint connection – case of poplar wood (Populus alba L.) 
    Ajdinaj, Dritan; Habibi, Besnik (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Glued-laminated timber (glulam) is usually manufactured to order for architectural applications. It consists of two or more layers of lumber, called laminations, glued together, and can be produced as long as can be ...
  • Effect of pumice and fly ash on the corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete 
    Asan, Abdurrahman; Zeybek, Sadrettin; Özyılmaz, Emre; Aykul, Halil; Karacif, Kubilay (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this study, the mechanical and physical properties of concrete specimens obtained by substituting cement with finely ground pumice (FGP) at proportions of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight has been investigated, in ...
  • The Effect of Seismic Isolation on the Dynamic Behavior of Cable-Stayed Bridges 
    Barbaros, Atmaca; Muhammet, Yurdakul; Sevket, Ates (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The earthquake effects on cable-stayed bridges isolated by single concave friction pendulum (SCFP) are investigated in this study. Reducing ways of the destructive earthquake effects are getting vital important for ...
  • Effect of Seismicity on Infrastructure Pipelines 
    Ali, Coşar; Ali, Koçak; Mehmet Şükrü, Özçoban; Cem, Akgüner (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    One of the important conditions of sustaining a healthy life is the quality of city water in residential environments and removal of wastes from living spaces. Therefore it is necessary that infrastructure systems we use ...
  • The effect of sodium chloride treatment on bending strength of silver fir wood (Abies alba Mill.) 
    Ajdinaj, Dritan; Kapidani, Arian (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Among properties which characterize the application of silver fir wood (Abies alba Mill.) in buildings is its static bending strength. In the framework of improvement of this mechanical property, a comparative experimental ...
  • Effects of hydraulics structures on dissolved oxygen concentration: A case study from the stream Harsit, Eastern Black Sea Basin, Turkey 
    BAYRAM, Adem; ONSOY, Hizir; BULUT, Volkan Numan; BAYRAK, Aydin (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A sufficient supply of dissolved oxygen (DO) is vital for all higher aquatic life. The problems associated with low concentrations of DO in rivers have been recognized for over a century. The impacts of low DO concentrations ...
  • The Effects of Material Properties on Building Performance 
    Tekeli, Hamide; Dilmaç, Hakan; Erkan, K. Tuğçe; Demir, Fuat; Güler, Kadir (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In recent earthquakes during the last two decades, severe damages have been occurred on the existing buildings in Turkey. Destructive earthquakes revealed that the existing building stock in urban regions is significantly ...
  • Effects of Soil-Foundation-Bridge Interaction Subjected to Spatially Varying Earthquake Ground Motion 
    Kuyumcu, Zeliha; Ates, Sevket (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The primary purpose of this study is to investigate stochastic responses of a cable-stayed bridge which is built on the Mississippi River in 1987 in USA, subjected to the spatially varying earthquake ground motion by ...
  • The effects of urban rail transportation projects on urban areas: Case study of Izmir 
    Egercioğlu, Yakup; Çete, Mehmet; Yalçıner, Sezer (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Starting in the late nineteenth century rail network expansion activities in large cities of developed countries has been in trouble because of the energy crisis in the 1970s, but the rail system works in the 1990s ...
  • Efficiency of Transmitting Boundaries on Dynamic Response of Soil- Structure Interaction Systems 
    Sesli, Hasan; Akköse, Mehmet (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this study, efficiency of transmitting boundaries which is one of the local procedures is investigated for dynamic analysis of the soil-structure interaction systems and the results are compared with traditional ...
  • Estimated the amount of air void in concrete using image processing technique 
    Başyiğit, Celalettin; Çomak, Bekir; Kılınçarslan, Şemsettin (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Image processing methods have been widely used in civil engineering recently. Image processing is reproducing the processes people got via their own vision system by digitizing. The aim of this study is to define air ...

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