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Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 6An Alternative Implementation of the Incremental Energy/Dissipation Based Arc-Length Control Method(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Özdemir, İzzetA robust solution algorithm is essential to trace the arduous equilibrium paths typically confronted with in cohesive fracture and continuum damage mechanics of quasi-brittle materials. Although robust arc-length type solvers exist suitable for such problems, the use of these methods is hindered by their non-standard implementation requirements. Departing from this fact, in this paper, the recently proposed arc-length solver presented in reference May et al. (2016) is reconsidered within the limitations/capabilities of the commercial software packages and recast in a form which is suitable for implementation through user element formalism. The constraint equation is re-expressed and appended to the system of equations through the internal force column and tangent stiffness matrix of a user element. The effectiveness of the proposed alternative implementation is illustrated by means of two cohesive fracture problems.Article Citation - WoS: 31Citation - Scopus: 34Data Pre-Post Processing Methods in Ai-Based Modeling of Seepage Through Earthen Dams(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Sharghi, Elnaz; Nourani, Vahid; Behfar, Nazanin; Tayfur, GökmenIn this paper, seepage of Sattarkhan earthen dam in northwest Iran was simulated using various artificial intelligence (AI) models (e.g., Feed forward neural network, Adaptive neural fuzzy inference system and Support vector regression) and linear ARIMA model based on different input combinations. Both jittering pre-processing and ensembling post-processing methods were also used in order to enhance the performance of the used AI-based data driven methods. For this purpose, various jittered datasets were produced by imposing noises (at different levels) to the original time series to enlarge the training data sample space. Further, three techniques of simple linear, weighted linear and nonlinear neural averaging were considered for pre-post processing purpose. The obtained results indicated that using both jittering and ensembling (especially neural ensemble) enhanced the modeling performance by almost 30% in the testing phase. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 3Effect 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, EnginSeveral 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.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Effect of Seismic Wave Velocity on the Dynamic Response of Multi-Story Structures on Elastic Foundation(Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Hızal, Çağlayan; Turan, GürsoyTraveling wave effects are generally considered with three main cases: (i) Wave passage effect that results with time delay in earthquake motion. (ii) incoherence effect which is defined as loss of coherency in the ground motion due to the reflection and refraction of waves, and (iii) local site effects. For multi-story structures whose supports are close to each other, the incoherence and local site effect may be omitted. In this case, traveling waves result only in a pure time delay in the earthquake motion (wave passage effect). Due to the wave passage effect of vertical and/or horizontal ground motion, the superstructure needs to be analyzed by multi-support excitation. Raft foundations cannot constrain vertical deformations and/or rotations, but they cause a diaphragm effect in the horizontal direction which results in uniform excitation. In this study, the effect of vertical earthquake motions onto multi-story buildings on elastic soil is investigated. Multi support excitation is considered by using displacement loading, which defines the equivalent seismic loads in terms of the ground displacement. According to the performed simulations of the selected structures, it is shown that structural height has a direct influence that results in member force magnifications with slow traveling wave effect. Among these, the ground floor column axial forces are most affected.Article Citation - WoS: 97Citation - Scopus: 110Effect of Polyamide-6,6 (pa 66) Nonwoven Veils on the Mechanical Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites(Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Beylergil, Bertan; Tanoğlu, Metin; Aktaş, EnginIn this study, carbon fiber/epoxy (CF/EP) composites were interleaved with polyamide-6,6 (PA 66) nonwoven veils at two different areal weight densities (17 and 50 gsm) to improve their delamination resistance against Mode-I loading. Mode-I fracture toughness (DCB), tensile, open hole tensile (OHT), flexural, compression, short beam shear (ILSS) and Charpy-impact tests were performed on the reference and PA 66 interleaved composite specimens. The DCB test results showed that the initiation and propagation Mode-I fracture toughness values of the composites were significantly improved by 84 and 171% using PA 66-17 gsm veils respectively, as compared to reference laminates. The use of denser PA 66-50 gsm veils in the interlaminar region led to higher improvement in fracture toughness values (349% for initiation and 718% for propagation) due to the higher amount of veil fibers involved in fiber bridging toughening mechanism. The incorporation of PA 66-50 gsm nonwoven veils also increased the ILSS and Charpy impact strength of the composites by 25 and 15%, respectively. On the other hand, the PA 66 veils reduced in-plane mechanical properties of CF/EP composites due to lower carbon fiber volume fraction and increased thickness.Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 22Influence of Thixotropy Determined by Different Test Methods on Formwork Pressure of Self-Consolidating Concrete(Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Tuyan, Murat; Ahari, Reza Saleh; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Andiç Çakır, Özge; Ramyar, KambizIn this experimental study, the influence of thixotropy determined by different test methods on the formwork pressure of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) with varying compositions was investigated. In order to determine the effect of water/binder (w/b) ratio, slump flow diameter and coarse aggregate/total aggregate (CA/TA) ratio on thixotropy and formwork pressure of SCC, fifteen concrete mixtures were prepared. Four different test methods i.e., “structural break-down area” (SBDA), “break-down percentage” (BDP), “drop in apparent viscosity” (DAV) and “yield value at rest” (YVR) were performed to determine the thixotropy of the SCC mixtures. Test results showed that the SBDA, DAV and YVR methods were more appropriate to evaluate the thixotropy of SCC than the BDP method. A strong correlation between thixotropy and formwork pressure was found using SBDA, DAV and YVR methods in SCC mixtures having low w/b ratio. There was a strong relationship between thixotropy determined by SBDA, BDP and DAV methods and formwork pressure in low slump flow SCC mixtures, while thixotropy determined by the YVR method showed good correlation with the formwork pressure in SCC mixtures having high slump flow values. Finally, new models were developed to estimate the formwork pressure of all kinds of mixtures as a function of thixotropy and time. The models were found to be successful for each of the thixotropy measurement method.Article Citation - WoS: 40Citation - Scopus: 44Geological and Hydrogeochemical Properties of Geothermal Systems in the Southeastern Region of Turkey(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Baba, Alper; Şaroğlu, Fuat; Akkuş, I.; Özel, Nedret; Yeşilnacar, Mehmet İrfan; Nalbantçılar, Mahmut Tahir; Demir, Mustafa Muammer; Gökçen, Gülden; Arslan, Ş.; Dursun, N.; Uzelli, Taygun; Yazdani, HamidrezaThe Anatolia region is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. It has a considerably high level of geothermal energy potential thanks to its geological and tectonic settings. The Southeastern Anatolia Region (GAP) is located in the south of Bitlis-Zagros Suture Zone (BZSZ) which is in the Arabian foreland. During the neotectonic period, the folded structures have been developed under the influence of tectonic compression from the Upper Miocene in the GAP Region where it is closely related to active tectonics. These tectonic activities produce more geothermal resources. Few studies have been carried out in this region for geothermal energy. Limited portions of the geothermal resources have been used both for thermal tourism and greenhouses in the GAP region. The aim of this study is to determine geological, tectonic and hydrogeochemical properties of a geothermal system in the GAP Region. The result indicates that the surface temperatures of geothermal fluids are from 20 to 84.5 °C A large number of abandoned oil wells, whose temperature reaches 140 °C, are found in the region. Also, hydrogeochemical results show that deep circulated geothermal fluids are enriched with Na-Cl and shallow geothermal system fluids have Na−HCO 3 and Ca-SO 4 characters because of cold water mixing and water-rock interaction. Cold waters are generally of Ca-Mg−HCO 3 and Ca−HCO 3 type. Cation geothermometers were used for determining reservoir temperature of the geothermal resources in the region. The results show that the reservoir temperature of these geothermal resources ranges from 50 °C to 200 °C. The isotope data (oxygen-18, deuterium and tritium) suggests that geothermal fluid is formed by local recharge and deep circulation.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 16The Injection of Co2 To Hypersaline Geothermal Brine: a Case Study for Tuzla Region(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Topçu, Gökhan; Koç, Gonca A.; Baba, Alper; Demir, Mustafa MuammerScaling is a serious issue for geothermal power plants since it remarkably decreases the harvesting of energy. The reduction of pH by organic acids whose structure is close to CO2 for instance formic acid has been an effective solution for the minimization of scaling. Herein, the effect of CO2 injection on the formation of scaling particularly metal-silicates was investigated for the model case of Tuzla Geothermal Field (TGF) located in the northwest of Turkey. CO2 has an acidic character in aqueous systems because it leads to the formation of carbonic acid. The injection of 20.6 m3/s CO2 (approximately 88 ppm) to hypersaline brine of TGF is a promising green approach for both mitigation of scaling by reducing pH from 7.2 to 6.2 at the well-head and the minimization of potential corrosion compared to the use of formic acid (55 ppm).Article Citation - WoS: 21Citation - Scopus: 27Increasing Solubility of Metal Silicates by Mixed Polymeric Antiscalants(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Topçu, Gökhan; Çelik, Aslı; Kandemir, Ali; Baba, Alper; Şahin, Hasan; Demir, Mustafa MuammerThe increase of silicate solubility is a big challenge for both hot and cold water because it reduces the deposition of metal silicates frequently observed in such systems and causes operational obstacles. The deposition of silicate coats the inner surface of the pipelines in an uncontrolled manner and reduces the harvesting of energy from brines. In this work, the solubility performance of two commercial water-soluble polymeric agents (poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)) of various molecular weights employing dosage from 25 to 100 mg/L was examined. Along with dispersant-type antiscalant, poly(acrylamide) (PAM), poly(vinylsulfonic acid, sodium salt) (PVSA), and poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA) having chelating acidic groups were employed. Metal silicate deposits were obtained artificially in the lab-scale pressurized reactor. The experimental conditions employed were quite similar to a model power plant located in Çanakkale, Turkey. The concentration of dissolved silica was increased from 130 to 420 mg/L when 100 mg/L PEG 1500 and 25 mg/L PVSA were employed as a mixture. For the atomic-level understanding of the interaction of chelating groups with metal cations, DFT calculations were performed too.Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 15Thermal Fluid Circulation Around the Karliova Triple Junction: Geochemical Features and Volcano-Tectonic Implications (eastern Turkey)(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Baba, AlperThe Karlıova triple junction (KTJ) in eastern Turkey has been subjected to incremental deformation resulting in complex kinematic and mechanical interactions throughout the upper crust. These interactions have generated tectonic inversions and uplift, extensive seismicity and volcanism. The regional tectonics generate local stresses, some of which are favorable to magma transport and thermal water circulation throughout the lithosphere. Here we evalauate hydrogeochemical, geological and numerical results relating to the mechanism of thermal fluid circulation around the KTJ. Hydrogeochemistry of the samples indicates that the thermal water springs are probably heated by steam. Volcanic rocks at the site appear to be the host rock owing to the enrichment of Na+ and Cl− ions in water and the abundance of these elements in minerals of the volcanic rocks. In addition, it is clear that the thermal fluids are sourced from depth and migrate through permeable networks of faults. The effects of crustal heterogeneities, in particular the geometry and mechanical properties of many faults and layers, on thermal fluid circulation in relation to active magma chambers were investigated under a variety of different mechanical conditions. The numerical results indicate very close relationships between the stress field causing faulting and thermal fluid movement in the KTJ. The effect of thermal transfer was modeled with depth throughout the crust and along the the crustal surface. The models show that some faults encourage thermal fluid circulation below the Varto and Özenç volcanoes. Hydrogeochemical, geological and numerical results suggest that magmas residing beneath both the Varto caldera and the Özenç volcano are the main heat source for thermal fluid in the Varto region. Fluid-solid interactions and fluid circulation models show that the permeable faults are important factors affecting heat transport and fluid circulation. In a series of thermal fluid flow models we probe the mechanism for fluid and gas transport from the 900 °C ‘hot’ zone around the deep magma chambers and investigate how heat is lost throughout the crust on the way to the surface and so eventually creates water channels of temperatures between 50 to 60 °C.