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  • Seismic assessment of historical masonry structures: The former Italian Embassy 
    Angjeliu, Grigor; Baballëku, Markel (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Preservation of architectural heritage placed in seismic regions is an important issue. This has emerged also from the requirements of the Eurocodes that are going to replace the current design code KTP-89. This paper ...
  • Seismic Behavior of Welded Precast Panel Connections 
    Solak, Adem; Tama, Yavuz Selim; Yılmaz, Salih; Kaplan, Hasan (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The behavior of connection between precast panels is important as it controls the failure mode of the shear wall. Therefore, it is aimed to test the behavior of different type of precast panel connections in this study. ...
  • Seismic Evaluation of a Large Network of Bridges by Simplified Automated Procedures and Consequent System Identifications by Dynamic Tests 
    Islami, Kleidi; Modena, Claudio (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    This work presents the seismic evaluation of a large network of infrastructures located in the Veneto Region in the North-East of Italy. A large bridge database was subject to investigation, and simplified automated ...
  • Seismic Performance Assessment: Sarajevo Case Study 
    Sayed, Ahmed El; Varenikic, Aldin; Obralic, Ahmed; Ahmetspahic, Erna; Zejnilovic, Emina; Zejnilovic, Ismail; Kutanis, Mustafa (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A seismic safety assessment of the two reinforced concrete buildings, located in Sarajevo, Bosnia territory, is conducted in respect to ATC-40 method. Within the framework of the performance based earthquake engineering, ...
  • Size effect in splitting diagonal cubes 
    Ince, Ragıp; Yilmaz, Senem; Gör, Mesut (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-04-23)
    The experimental investigations on fracture mechanics of cement-based materials until 1970s indicated that classical linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) is invalid for quasibrittle materials such as concrete. This ...
  • Some retrofitting techniques for Albanian bridge 
    Kostandina, Dhefto (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Based in the world experience about on the seismic design of new bridges and retrofitting of existing ones, now days in Albania it is one of the priority to the implementation of modern codes (Euro codes). Generally the ...
  • The south-eastern Anatolia project (GAP) in Turkey and Middle East in terms of economic, strategic and politic 
    AKPINAR, Adem; ONSOY, Hizir; KOMURCU, Murat Ihsan; BAYRAM, Adem (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The South-eastern Anatolia Region has political, economic, commercial and strategically importance as well as religious due to the fact that it has been used as settlement, and hosted for divine religions. This region ...
  • The static model in Bernardo Antonio Vittone architecture: The Santa Chiara and San Leonardo churches in Turin 
    Scricco, Francesco (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The study aims to analyse the two static models most widely adopted by Bernardo Antonio Vittone, through the comparison of two churches in Turin: Santa Chiara and San Leonardo. They are double envelope buildings, with ...
  • The static model of San Gaetano church: New interpretive hypotheses 
    Fittipaldi, Graziella (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    One of the characteristics of the architecture of Guarino Guarini is the contrast between the real static system and the apparent one. The first consists of the structures that actually provide support for the building; ...
  • Stochastic Seismic Analysis of a Cable-Stayed Bridge Using CFRP Cables 
    Süleyman, Adanur; Murat, Günaydın (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)
    Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have found increasingly wide applications in civil engineering due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and high corrosion resistance for last two decades. This paper presents ...
  • A stochastic, geostatistic and reliability view on some geotechnical distributions 
    Osmani, Skender; Hoxha, Perparim (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this paper the following problems are treated: - Estimation of the mean value of a random function Z(x), defined in a stochastic finite element v, (SFE), zv= 1 ∫ ( ) where the distributions of Z(x) at each node are ...
  • Stone bearing wall in Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari Structural vs aesthetics reasons of materials, techniques, reinforcements, shapes and dimensions 
    Leonardi, Enrica (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    This paper aims to codify a set of wisdoms gained through tradition in construction to make it available today to design and to restoration in stone bearing. In particular, it focuses the constructive characters of stone ...
  • Structural analysis of post-byzantine churches: a case study for southern Albania 
    Bilgin, Hüseyin (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Hundreds of masonry churches have been constructed in Albania during hundreds of years. The majority of them exist at their original location; a significant part of them are not in use any more. In this context, Roman ...
  • Structural assessment of historical buildings: a case study of five Ottoman Mosques in Albania 
    Mustafaraj, Enea (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A large portion of Albanian cultural heritage buildings is made of masonry. Many of them due to the decay and degradation of building material, aggressive environmental conditions, frequent seismic activity and various ...
  • Structural Reliability and the Partial Factors for Materials 
    Isufi, Brisid; Baballëku, Markel (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Structural Eurocodes introduce an important concept, the “structural reliability”. The Albanian code “KTP – Kushtet Teknike të Projektimit”, does not define this term. From this, several difficulties might arise, ranging ...
  • The structural tree: new experimentation with reinforced stone 
    Fallacara, Giuseppe; Bagnéris, Marine; Calabria, Claudia (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Starting from the reinterpretation of the natural forms that recurs in the consolidated shapes of historical buildings, the research proposes the umbrella vault as isolated selfsupporting cover. The research outcome, ...
  • Study on the utilization of waters of ‘Deçani Bistrica’ river basin 
    Islamaj, Musa; Daka, Sylejman; Fazliu, Sali (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The catchment in Republic of Kosova can be divided in basins of the rivers as following: Basin of Drini i Bardhë in village Radavc, Peja municipality, basin of river Ibër, Mitrovica municipality, basin of river Morava e ...
  • Suspended Steel Roof of the Archeological Site of the School of Aristotle 
    Charis J., Gantes; Koulatsou, Konstantina (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The structural design of the cable-suspended steel roof covering the archaeological site of the School of Aristotle in Athens, Greece is presented. The preliminary architectural proposal, which was awarded first prize ...
  • Topology optimization of double-curved double-layer grids 
    Sonmez, Mustafa; Sevim, Ozer; Kılıc, Mete (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A topology optimization procedure for double layer grids which have square-on-square configuration and top and/or bottom layers are curved in one or two directions is presented. The number of nodes is treated as design ...
  • Turkey’s need for manual and general specifications for flood hazard mapping studies 
    Haltaş, İsmail (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Flooding is a serious natural disaster in Turkey similar to rest of the world causing significant economical damage and loss of lives every year. Statistical analyses show that in Turkey, after the earthquake, flooding ...

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