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  • Reflections of the Ottoman Architecture on the Balkan Countries: Examples of Romania- Bucharest, Yas, Constanta 
    Başyiğit, Celalettin; Akkaş, Ayşe; Kartlı, Mutlu İrem (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In 1453, Ottoman that became the empire with the conquest of İstanbul, governed many countries for many years. At the centuries-long reign, Ottoman didn’t limited the boundaries not only with Anatolia but also it managed ...
  • A case study on structural assessment and restoration of King Zog's villa in Durres, Albania 
    Barushi, Kujtime; Mustafaraj, Enea (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The city of Durres is the second largest city and one of the oldest ones in Albania. Its existence dates back to 627 BC. There are found many historical monuments that carry significant importance to the city. The Royal ...
  • A brief critical review on the behavior of historical timber structures affected by biological agents and other external factors 
    Alexandra, Berindean C.; Ligia, Andreica (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The durability of the historical timber structures is significantly influenced by the quality of the timber used for its construction, by its physical and mechanical properties, but also by the negative action of various ...
  • Modeling Marshall stability of steel fiber reinforced asphalt concrete by genetic expression programming 
    Terzi, Serdal; Saltan, Mehmet; Morova, Nihat; Serin, Sercan (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    This study presents the potential of Genetic Expression Programming (GEP) computing paradigm to forecast the Marshall Stability of steel fiber reinforced asphalt concrete and has various mix proportions has been developed. ...
  • Modeling Marshall stability of lightweight asphalt concretes fabricated using expanded clay aggregate with anfis 
    Serin, Sercan; Morova, Nihat; Sargın, Şebnem; Terzi, Serdal; Saltan, Mehmet (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this study, an Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) model for predicting the Marshall Stability (MS) of lightweight asphalt concrete containing expanded clay (EC) and has various mix proportions has been ...
  • Re-arrangement of traffic signal timings by cyclic vehicle queue profile 
    Murat, Yetiş Şazi; Kutluhan, Sabit; Çakıcı, Ziya (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Traffic signal timing is one of the interesting subjects that have been considered by transportation engineers and researchers. In spite of many technological and innovative solutions, fixed time controlling approach is ...
  • 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 ...
  • Condition assessment of existing regional and rural roads in Albania 
    Bardhi, Diana; Golgota, Alma; Lule, Ariol; Golgota, Boriana (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The conditions of roads are facing problems for many developed countries. In order to complement poverty reduction strategies and progressing as developed country, regional and rural transport interventions must be an ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Modifying Ritchie equation for estimation of reference evapotranspiration at coastal regions of Anatolia 
    Cobaner, Murat; Citakoglu, Hatice; Haktanir, Tefaruk; Kisi, Ozgur; Yurtal, Recep; Karaboran, Orkun (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Evapotranspiration (ET) is of great importance in many disciplines, including irrigation system design, irrigation scheduling and hydrologic and drainage studies. A large number of more or less empirical methods have ...
  • Water intake structures for hydropower 
    Bratko, Dritan; Doko, Alban (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In the age of industrial development, lakes, rivers and canals have been exploited to an ever increasing extent, and dams and weirs for the diversion of river water have been constructed on flowing waterways for various ...
  • 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 ...
  • Urban water demand forecasting based on climatic change scenarios 
    Birge, Özkan; Yurdusev, Mehmet Ali; Turan, Mustafa Erkan (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Water resources projects, are designed to serve for many years to meet water needs. Therefore, the future water demand forecasting is of great importance for planning and management of water resources. In this study, a ...
  • 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 ...
  • An investigation of water potential of lakes district, Turkey 
    Aslanbaş, Tevfik; Keskin, M.Erol (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Recent increase in urban population, water pollution due to industrialization, and climate changes revealed the need to revisit water utilization policies, to use water resources adequately, redo critical analysis for ...
  • Kinetic energy and momentum correction factors in a stream 
    Ardıçlıoğlu, Mehmet; Vapur, Mücella; Genç, Onur (2013-05-23)
    In this study, discharge, kinetic energy, , and momentum,  , correction coefficients in a stream were calculated precisely. For this purpose the point velocities of a section were measured using an Acoustic Doppler ...
  • Velocity distribution in natural streams 
    Ardıçlıoğlu, Mehmet; Genç, Onur; Özdin, Serkan; Vapur, Mücella (2nd International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Velocity profiles were investigated for a natural stream by entropy theory. Flow was measured by Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) at different times and periods during seven site visits on the Sarımsaklı stream, which ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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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