Yazarlar

  • MakaleYalnız künye2014
    Computer-Aided Design of Armoring Type Bridge Scour Countermeasures

    Yildirim, M. Sinan; Yanmaz, A. Melih

    Local scouring at piers of river bridges affects the bridge safety adversely. Proper design and implementation of scour countermeasures can limit potential bridge failures. This study deals with the description of a computer program developed in VB.Net language to design armoring type bridge scour countermeasures. This program is applied to a bridge located in Rize, Turkey. To this end, flow, bed material, and bridge structural characteristics are defined to determine the maximum depths of scour at bridge elements. Using this information, various alternatives are tested from constructional, geotechnical, hydraulics, and economic feasibility viewpoints. Based on a selection index, partially grouted riprap is found to be a suitable countermeasure for the cited project.

  • MakaleYalnız künye2014
    Evaluation of Ground Snow Loads in Turkish Codes Via Statistical Analysis of Turkey Snow Data

    Durmaz, Mustafa; Daloglu, Ayse

    In Turkey many roofs exposed to snow loads exceeding the design snow loads are damaged or collapsed. Roof snow load specified for structural design in Turkish codes is calculated as the product of a ground snow load multiplied by the conversion factors that depend on the roof properties. In this study, the ground snow loads in Turkish codes are evaluated via statistical analysis of Turkey snow data obtained from 92 Turkish State Meteorological Service stations. The probability plot correlation coefficient test for Gumbel, lognormal and Weibull distributions are used to determine the best fit of the probability distribution considering the snow data. 50-year design ground snow loads and snow depths of the stations determined by using the selected distributions are compared to those proposed in Turkish codes. It is concluded that TS 498 is unsafe for Eastern Black Sea and Eastern Anatolia regions and Gumbel distribution used in TS 7046 does not represent half of the snow data.