Civil Engineering / İnşaat Mühendisliği

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    Physical Model Experiments of Ordu-Giresun Airport, Turkey
    (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2016) Arıkan, S. E.; Gültekin, N.; Küçükosmanoğlu, A.; Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; Sağ, M.; Kılıç, Y.; Koca, F.
    Ordu-Giresun Airport, which has been constructed recently, being an example of the aviation sector of Turkish transportation network, is a project having marine structural aspects due to the construction at the sea by filling and in this workout physical model experiments of the project are evaluated. 3000-meters-long runway and the other superstructures of the airport, the first example of construction of such a structure by filling in the sea in Turkey, is to be protected by a breakwater of 7435 meters long. 'First Cross Section' has been prepared by using experimental formulas and artificial neural network and 'Second Cross Section', being the alternative of the first one has been planned. Yet, both cross sections have similar characteristics, they have berm heights in such a manner that 'First Cross Section' enables the structure to be constructed from the sea, whereas 'Second Cross Section' makes it possible from the land. Both cross sections are aimed to be evaluated in terms of stability, wave overtopping and economy through the hydraulic model studies performed at the Hydraulics Laboratory of Turkish Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communication. Starting from design stage (computation of design wave characteristics, physical model experiment under different wave conditions on different structure alternatives) to construction stage the engineering studies is presented with comparisons and discussions.
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    Citation - Scopus: 1
    A New Approach To Breakwater Design-2b Block
    (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2016) Bilyay, Engin; Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; Bacanlı, Selahattin; Kızıroğlu, Gülşen
    Breakwaters are one of the oldest and important marine structures. Rubble mound breakwater is a very common type in all around the world. If the heavier rock is necessary for the design, concrete armor units are used. Each unit has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example cube and antifer blocks are massive units and their interlocking is weak. Dolos and tribar units have good interlocking but rocking stresses in these units are extraordinarily high. The placement method is very important and requires special equipment and experienced staff for the later developed single-layered units like accropod and core-loc. Moreover, continuous touching of blocks to each other and fatigue of the material may cause the breakdown of legs and serious damage of armor layer. And in case of damage, it is necessary to remove the units in a wide area on the breakwater and then relocate them, so it is very difficult to repair. A new type concrete armor unit is developed considering all these problems. It is called 2B Blocks.
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    Citation - WoS: 15
    Citation - Scopus: 18
    Extreme Value Statistics of Wind Speed and Wave Height of the Marmara Sea Based on Combined Radar Altimeter Data
    (Elsevier, 2019) Özbahçeci, Bergüzar
    Both reliable and long-term wind and wave data are necessary for the design of coastal and offshore structures. Due to lack of sufficient in-situ measurement data, modeling data have been used in the limited number of wind and wave climate studies of the Marmara Sea. Satellites equipped with instruments capable of observing marine surface wind and ocean waves like Radar Altimeter can be another source for the long term wind and wave climate of the Marmara Sea. In this study, for the first time, the altimeter wind speed and the significant wave height data from different satellite missions are attempted to use in the climate and extreme value analysis of the Marmara Sea. Altimeter wind speeds and significant wave heights are compared with the in-situ measurements and it is found that while the altimeter wind speed agrees with the measurement data, the significant wave height data should be calibrated. After the calibration of the altimeter data and the inter-calibrations of earlier satellite missions, 27 years of altimeter wind speed and wave height data are obtained to use in extreme value analysis. The wind speed and the significant wave height values corresponding to various return periods are determined as a result of extreme value statistics and those values are compared with the results of the measurements and previous studies. Consistent extreme values computed in the current study indicate that the combined radar altimeter data can be used in the wind and the wave climate calculations and the extreme value analysis of the Marmara Sea. © 2019 COSPAR
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Effect of the Armor Crest Freeboard Relative To the Crown Wall Freeboard on Wave Overtopping for Simple Rubble Mound Slopes
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; Bilyay, Engin
    Several studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of crest parameters on the wave overtopping for armored slopes with crown walls. However, the effect of the armor crest freeboard is still under question. In this study, for the first time, a series of hydraulic model experiments are conducted specifically to investigate how the armor crest freeboard relative to the crown wall freeboard affects the wave overtopping rate. Experimental results indicate that while the armor crest freeboard lower than the crown wall freeboard is giving larger overtopping, higher armor crest freeboard is reducing the overtopping. However, this reduction is not same as the reduction due to the increase in the crown wall freeboard. The reason may be the porosity of the armor crest. For the first time, a new correction factor is proposed to describe the change in the wave overtopping due to the armor crest freeboard by using experimental results. The correction factor C Ac is applied to cover the effect of armor crest freeboard in the predictions of EurOtop (2016). The verification study present that overtopping rate predictions of corrected EurOtop (2016) are more consistent with the measured rate results compared to the predictions of the original formula, if the armor crest freeboard is not equal to the crown wall freeboard.