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  • Efficiency of Transmitting Boundaries on Dynamic Response of Soil- Structure Interaction Systems 
    Sesli, Hasan; Akköse, Mehmet (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this study, efficiency of transmitting boundaries which is one of the local procedures is investigated for dynamic analysis of the soil-structure interaction systems and the results are compared with traditional ...
  • Damages to masonry buildings during recent earthquakes in Turkey 
    Sayın, Erkut; Yön, Burak; Calayır, Yusuf (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Turkey is located on active faults. For this reason many destructive earthquakes occurred throughout history. In recent years, earthquakes which occurred March 8, 2010 Elazığ- Kovancılar, June 23, 2011 Elazığ-Maden, ...
  • 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, ...
  • Dynamic Responses of Bridges under Effects of Asynchronous and Multiple Support Excitations 
    Sarıtaş, Fevzi (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Nonstationary earthquakes are very complex ground motions and they vibrate structural systems in asynchronous form. Spatial variation of an earthquake mainly originates from three sources; loss of coherence effects, wave ...
  • Investigation of Dynamic Shear Amplification of Cantilever Wall Systems 
    ŞAHİN, Hümeyra; ALYAMAÇ, Kürşat Esat; ERDOĞAN, Ali Sayıl (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Reinforced concrete structural walls are widely used in design of the lateral load resisting systems. Reinforced concrete structural walls allowed to economic and architectural designs in accordance with directions in ...
  • Analysis and Optimum Design of Curved Roof Structures 
    Saber, Galawezh; Tayşi, Nildem; Hussein, Ghaedan (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Curved steel buildings are frequently designed to supply the users of the structure with ordinary light with a sense of capaciousness as well as grandness in public facilities such as stations, buying malls, leisure ...
  • Recent Seismic Activity of the Lezha-Ulqini Seismogenic Zone and its Associated Hazard 
    Rrapo, Ormeni; Edmond, Dushi; Astrit, Shatro; Adisa, Daberdini; Fatmir, Basholli (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The results of the analysis, based on the parameters of events and some features of seismicity that have occurred in the Lezha-Ulqini seismogenic zone during period of time 2001-2012, are presented in this paper. This ...
  • The Application of “Capacity Design” in a RC Building Frame Structure 
    Roshi, Artur; Saraçi, Iskra (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Many countries throughout the world have accepted the concept for design of RC buildings based on the “capacity design” methology.This has been proved also by the Eurocode-8 that is largerly based on this method.The main ...
  • Load Testing Results of new Road Bridges In Bosnia and Herzegovina 
    Rahimić, Đani (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In this paper the results of load testing of several new road bridges constructed in Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented. Load testing of new road bridges with spans larger than 15m, prior to setting them into operation, ...
  • Design Issues for Axially Loaded Anchors in Strengthening Applications 
    Özen, Muhammet Ali; Yılmaz, Salih (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Over the past few decades, due to the developments of chemical adhesives, usage of anchorages is spread out in strengthening applications. Anchorages have a vital role to ensure those applications accurate. In case of ...
  • Capacity Increase for Existing Steel Bridges Using Prestressed Cables 
    Nuhoğlu, Ayhan; Yücekul, Kemal; Korkmaz, Kasım A. (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    In the present study, a practical approach is proposed for geometric nonlinear analysis of existing steel bridges. The approach is defined by finite element displacement direct rigidity procedure, which is based on an ...
  • THE DESIGN OF SLENDER RC COLUMNS 
    Lluka, Diana; Guri, Merita; Hajdari, Veronika; Ndoj, Alketa (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The paper presents the design method for slender reinforced concrete column based on design code EC2. Rarely, when the column height is longer than typical story height and/or the column section is small relative to ...
  • Effects of Soil-Foundation-Bridge Interaction Subjected to Spatially Varying Earthquake Ground Motion 
    Kuyumcu, Zeliha; Ates, Sevket (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The primary purpose of this study is to investigate stochastic responses of a cable-stayed bridge which is built on the Mississippi River in 1987 in USA, subjected to the spatially varying earthquake ground motion by ...
  • Artificial Time Histories of Wind ActionsFor Structural Analysis of Wind Turbines 
    Koulatsou, Konstantina; Petrini, Francesco; Vernardos, Stelios; Gantes, Charis J. (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    A computational method for generating artificial time histories of wind loads on wind turbine towers is presented, based on wind turbine aerodynamics and a wind field model. First, the forces acting on the blades parallel ...
  • Determination of Pipeline Damages during Earthquakes Considering Different Soil Formations 
    Koçak, Ali; Özçoban, Mehmet Şükrü; Ali, Coşar; Murat Ergenekon, Selçuk (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    It is necessary that infrastructure systems in urban areas remain functional, especially during various disasters. Drinking water should be provided without any disruption and waste water disposed without any adverse ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Comparative Dynamic Analysis of Existing Construction and Construction with Superstructure 
    Ibraimi, Shpresim (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    The impossibility to provide building land in central urban areas imposes the need for new housing. The subject of this paper is to make a comparative dynamic analysis of different reinforced concrete structural systems, ...
  • Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Space Frame 
    Hussein, Ghedan; Taysi, Nildem (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Structural design of space frames requires appropriate form for a structure so that it can carry the imposed loads safely and economically. Traditional approaches towards the task of finding such forms for structures ...
  • Numerical Analysis of Buried Steel Pipelines 
    Gantes, Charis J.; Melissianos, Vasileios (International Balkans Conferance on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 2013-05-23)
    Various alternative numerical analysis methods that are used to simulate the response of buried steel pipelines subjected to large imposed displacements triggered by seismic fault activation are presented. Due to the ...

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