Erdem, Tahir Kemal

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Erdem, Tahir K.
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Kemal Erdem, Tahir
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tahirkemalerdem@iyte.edu.tr
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03.03. Department of Civil Engineering
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Construction and Building Materials5
Cement and Concrete Composites3
Cement, Wapno, Beton2
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering2
Materials and Structures2
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  • Doctoral Thesis
    Material Model Calibration of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Using Deep Neural Network
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023) Yaşayanlar, Yonca; Saatcı, Selçuk; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Saatcı, Selçuk; Erdem, Tahir Kemal
    The numerical modeling of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) structures is quite challenging due to the material's heterogeneous and anisotropic nature. The majority of material models that are suitable for regular concrete are not able to account for the FRC material's increased tensile capacity and ductility. In this study, a calibration method is proposed that is simple and effective for modeling FRC structures using a selected concrete material model. The Karagozian and Case (K&C) material model in LS-DYNA is capable of representing the ductile nature of FRC, and its parameters related to tensile behavior were calibrated to reflect the tensile-softening behavior. The calibration process was executed using the uniaxial direct tension test results of two different FRC mixtures. In addition, single element numerical models were constructed using LS-DYNA under uniaxial tension. The tensile parameters of K&C were varied over a wide range using single elements to form a database. Then, a Deep Neural Network (DNN) was constructed to pass the database through and find the K&C parameters that best matched the experimental uniaxial test results. The proposed methodology was tested under static and high-strain rate loading conditions, and the results were compared to the experimental findings. The performance of the DNN-achieved parameters was found to be satisfactory. The results showed that the DNN-calibrated parameters were able to accurately predict the behavior of FRC structures under static and dynamic loading conditions.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 54
    Citation - Scopus: 69
    Strength Prediction of High-Strength Concrete by Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks
    (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2014) Tayfur, Gökmen; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Kırca, Önder
    High-strength concretes (HSC) were prepared with five different binder contents, each of which had several silica fume (SF) ratios (0-15%). The compressive strength was determined at 3, 7, and 28 days, resulting in a total of 60 sets of data. In a fuzzy logic (FL) algorithm, three input variables (SF content, binder content, and age) and the output variable (compressive strength) were fuzzified using triangular membership functions. A total of 24 fuzzy rules were inferred from 60% of the data. Moreover, the FL model was tested against an artificial neural networks (ANNs) model. The results show that FL can successfully be applied to predict the compressive strength of HSC. Three input variables were sufficient to obtain accurate results. The operators used in constructing the FL model were found to be appropriate for compressive strength prediction. The performance of FL was comparable to that of ANN. The extrapolation capability of FL and ANNs were found to be satisfactory.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 5
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Experimental and Modeling Study of Strength of High Strength Concrete Containing Binary and Ternary Binders
    (Foundation Cement, Lime, Concrete, 2011) Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Tayfur, Gökmen; Kırca, Önder
    Silica fume (SF), fl y ash (FA) and ground granulated blastfurnace slag (S) are among the most widely utilized mineral additions for normal strength concrete (NSC) and high strength concrete (HSC). High Reactivity Metakaolin (HRMK) is a relatively new mineral addition, produced by calcination of highly pure kaolin. The replacement of cement with HRMK increases the strength, especially at early ages, and improves durability of concrete. (1-3). Pumice (P) is a porous volcanic glass containing 60-75 SiO2% and 13-17% Al2O3. When fi nely ground, it shows pozzolanic characteristics but it is generally used as a lightweight aggregate in the concrete industry (4, 5). HRMK and P have white color and, therefore, are useful for production of white concrete when applied with white Portland cement (WPC)
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 12
    Cement Based Strain Sensor: a Step To Smart Concrete
    (Foundation Cement, Lime, Concrete, 2011) Teomete, Egemen; Erdem, Tahir Kemal
    According to a report published in USA, 30% of the bridges in USA were found to be structurally de cient while concrete infrastructures have a state of material deterioration before the design life is reached (1). Earthquakes, material degradations and other environmental effects decrease the performance of the structures. The assessment of structures by structural health monitoring is very important to protect the lives of people. The best decision about a damaged structure after an earthquake can be made by use of structural tests and structural health monitoring. Structural tests and structural health monitoring are important steps in the decision making of asset management for maintenance and repair of infrastructures. The classical sensors (strain gauges, piezo-electric sensors) have low durability, low sensitivity and high cost. The low durability of classical sensors disables long term measurement while their high cost limits the amount of sensors that can be used (2). The addition of carbon ber to cement based material decreases the electrical resistance of the material. By application of load, the electrical resistance of the material changes (3-5).
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 10
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Effects of Mixture Design Parameters on the Mechanical Behavior of High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concretes
    (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020) Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Demirhan, Serhat; Yıldırım, Gürkan; Banyhussan, Qais S.; Şahin, Oğuzhan; Balav, Mohammad H.; Şahmaran, Mustafa
    The main purpose of this research is to assess the influence of different design parameters on the mechanical performance of high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (HPFRC) mixtures. Special attention is also paid to achieving deflection-hardening behavior in the presence of a large amount of coarse aggregates. Different mixture design parameters were the initial curing ages (3, 7, 28, and 90 days), ratios of Class F fly ash (FA) to portland cement (PC) (0.0, 0.2, and 0.4), addition/type of nanomaterials [nanosilica (NS), nanoalumina (NA), and nanocalcite (NC)], and combinations of fibers [polyvinyl-alcohol + steel (P, S) or brass-coated microsteel + steel (B, S)]. The experimental program included the evaluation of compressive strength, flexural strength, and midspan deflection results in addition to test parameters recorded under biaxial flexural loading via a series of square panel tests, including peak load and energy absorption capacities. Test results revealed that deflection-hardening response coupled with multiple microcracks can be obtained when large amounts of coarse aggregates are available for all HPFRC mixtures. As expected, experimental results change depending on the different curing ages and FA/PC ratios. The most distinctive parameters affecting the results are addition/type of nanomaterials and the presence of different fiber combinations. In the presence of nanomaterials, all results from the different tests improved, especially for NA and NS inclusions. With slight concessions in flexural deflection results, B fiber is shown to be a successful candidate to fully replace costly P fibers because most properties of B, S fiber-reinforced HPFRC mixtures outperformed those with P, S fibers, both under four-point bending and biaxial flexural loading.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 47
    Citation - Scopus: 53
    Effect of Sustained Flexural Loading on Self-Healing of Engineered Cementitious Composites
    (Japan Concrete Institute, 2013) Özbay, Erdogan; Şahmaran, Mustafa; Yücel, Hasan Erhan; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Lachemi, Mohamed; Li, Victor C.
    This paper aims to clarify the effects of sustained flexural loading on the self-healing behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC). Prismatic specimens of ECC mixtures with two different levels of Class-F fly ash content were cast. Flexural loading was applied to the specimens at 28 days age to generate severe amount of microcracks. The specimens were then stored under continuous water or air exposures with or without sustained mechanical loading, for up to 90 days. For specimens under sustained mechanical loading, the applied sustained load level was 60% of the ultimate flexural strength. The extent of damage was determined as a percentage of loss in mechanical properties. The influences of different exposure regimes and sustained mechanical loading on mechanical properties of ECC mixtures were investigated. Microstructural changes within the microcracks were also analyzed.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 123
    Citation - Scopus: 140
    Effect of Various Supplementary Cementitious Materials on Rheological Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2015) Saleh Ahari, Reza; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Ramyar, Kambiz
    In design of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) for a given application, the mixture's rheological parameters should be adjusted to achieve a given profile of yield stress and plastic viscosity. Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) can be useful for this adjustment in addition to their other advantages. In this study, the rheological properties of 57 SCC mixtures with various SCM were investigated for a constant slump flow value. For this aim, various amounts of silica fume (SF), metakaolin (MK), Class F fly ash (FAF), Class C fly ash (FAC) and granulated blast-furnace slag (BFS) were utilized in binary, ternary, and quaternary cementitious blends in three water/binder ratios. Results showed that SF and BFS decreased plastic viscosity and V-funnel time values in comparison with mixtures containing only Portland cement (PC). However the opposite tendency was observed when MK, FAC and FAF were incorporated with PC. Substitution of PC with SF, MK and FAC increased high range water reducer (HRWR) demand in the SCC mixtures having constant slump flow. Use of SCM in SCC mixtures increased yield stress values. Good correlations were established between plastic viscosity and V-funnel flow time values for all w/b ratios.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 81
    Citation - Scopus: 97
    Evaluation of Natural Zeolite as a Viscosity-Modifying Agent for Cement-Based Grouts
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2008) Şahmaran, Mustafa; Özkan, Necati; Keskin, Süleyman Bahadır; Uzal, Burak; Yaman, İsmail Özgür; Erdem, Tahir Kemal
    The effects of natural zeolite on the rheological and workability properties of the grout mixtures were studied. Setting times of grouts were also determined as part of the experimental study. For comparison, grout mixtures were also prepared with a commercially available viscosity modifying admixture (VMA). The experimental results show that addition of natural zeolite modifies both the rheological and workability properties of grouts. For a constant superplasticizer (SP) content, an increase in the zeolite amount significantly increases the yield stress, the apparent and plastic viscosity, and reduces the fluidity and deformability. Moreover, an increase in the amount of SP causes a significant reduction in both the yield stress and plastic viscosity of the grouts. It was also observed that, grouts prepared with natural zeolite addition have a pseudo-plastic behavior, and shear-thinning behavior increases with an increase in the zeolite amount. Therefore, it has been shown that using natural zeolite as a VMA it is possible to obtain grouts that have satisfactory rheological properties, especially if natural zeolite is used in combination with a superplasticizer.
  • Master Thesis
    Develepment of a New Test Method To Evaluate Dynamic Stability of Self-Consolidating Concrete
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014) Alami, Mohammad Musa; Erdem, Tahir Kemal
    Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a new generation of concrete with high performance. It is able to flow under its own weight and fills the formwork without any external vibration. Stability is the most important plastic and crucial property for successful application of SCC and it refers to segregation of constituent in fresh state. Dynamic stability is the segregation resistance of SCC during transportation and placement. Evaluation of dynamic stability is one of the most investigated topics of SCC. Many different test methods have been proposed to evaluate the dynamic stability of SCC. No single and widely accepted method exists for the evaluation of the dynamic stability of SCC. In this thesis a new apparatus for testing the dynamic stability of SCC was developed. The effect of different mix design parameters such as water-to-cement ratio w/c, slump flow diameter, coarse aggregate-to-total aggregate ratio (CA/TA), and maximum size of aggregate (Dmax) were evaluated on the dynamic stability of SCC. Several fresh concrete tests were carried out on the SCC mixtures: slump flow, T500 time, Visual stability index (VSI), V-funnel, L-box, static sieve segregation (GTM), rheometer, and new proposed method (DSST). Several correlations were established between the test results. It was found that the new proposed test is a suitable method to evaluate the dynamic stability of SCC. Limits were proposed for a dynamically stable SCC.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 77
    Citation - Scopus: 93
    Improving the Workability and Rheological Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites Using Factorial Experimental Design
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2013) Şahmaran, Mustafa; Bilici, Zafer; Özbay, Erdoğan; Erdem, Tahir Kemal; Yücel, Hasan Erhan; Lachemi, Mohamed
    In the development of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC), micromechanics-based design theory is adopted to properly select the matrix constituents, fiber, and fiber-matrix interface properties to exhibit strain hardening and multiple cracking behaviors. Despite the micromechanics design constraints, practical applications show that the workability and rheological properties of matrix can affect the fiber dispersion uniformity, which have also direct concerns on composite mechanical properties. For this reason, in this research, parameters of micromechanics-based optimized ECC mixture design, which most possibly affecting the workability and rheological properties, are investigated. An experimental program that contains 36 different ECC mixtures was undertaken to quantitatively evaluate the combined effects of the following factors on workability and rheological properties: water-binder (w/b), sand-binder (s/b), superplasticizer-binder (SP/b) ratios and maximum aggregate size (Dmax). A mini-slump cone, a Marsh cone and a rotational viscometer were used to evaluate the workability and rheological properties of ECC mixtures. Compressive strength and four point bending tests were used for mechanical characteristics of ECC mixtures at 28 days. The effects of studied parameters (w/b, s/b, SP/b and Dmax) were characterized and analyzed using regression models, which can identify the primary factors and their interactions on the measured properties. Statistically significant regression models were developed for all tested parameters as function of w/b, s/b, SP/b and Dmax. To find out the best possible ECC mixture under the range of parameters investigated for the desired workability and mechanical characteristics, a multi-objective optimization problem was defined and solved based on the developed regression models. Test results indicate that w/b, s/b and SP/b parameters affect the rheological and workability properties. On the other hand, for the range of studied aggregate sizes, Dmax is found to be statistically insignificant on the rheological and workability properties of ECC.