Teknik DergiPub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.711091
G. Kazar, Semra Comu
{"title":"Developing A Virtual Safety Training Tool for Scaffolding and Formwork Activities","authors":"G. Kazar, Semra Comu","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.711091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.711091","url":null,"abstract":"As occupational accidents usually occur due to unsafe human behaviors in the construction industry, safety training is inevitably necessary for site personnel. On construction sites, various training methods including traditional and innovative ones, have been adopted to prevent accidents. In recent years, virtual safety training has been more prevalent because of providing highly engaging practice in a risk-free environment. Although these training tools have innumerable advantages in providing safety knowledge and awareness, they can be further improved. This study introduces a virtual safety training tool, V-SAFE.v2, to provide a more reliable and effective safety training for high-risk construction works. V-SAFE.v2 consists of three main modules; i) Training Module, ii) Testing Module 1, and iii) Testing Module 2. These modules are generated firstly to provide safety training for scaffolding and formwork activities and then to evaluate the safety performance of the trainees. An experiment was conducted with fifteen construction workers and ten engineers to measure the effectiveness of the training tool. The findings showed that V-SAFE.v2 is a reliable safety training tool for high-risk construction tasks as it supports collaboration, provides individual feedback, and repeatable practice. Also, the participants stated that V-SAFE.v2 has a great potential to reduce the falling from height accidents in the construction workplaces.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41597236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.651399
Mohammad Razeq Shakhan, A. Topal, Burak Şengöz
{"title":"Data Collection for Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) in Izmir, Turkey","authors":"Mohammad Razeq Shakhan, A. Topal, Burak Şengöz","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.651399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.651399","url":null,"abstract":"Developing countries like Turkey are trying to implement the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). The implementation of this method requires comprehensive local data collection, evaluation, and, if necessary, a local calibration. The objective of this study is to prepare local data such as climate, traffic, and materials for evaluation and local calibration of MEPDG for Izmir City. For this purpose, the climate and traffic data were obtained, analysed, and converted to the MEPDG format. Besides, the bound and unbound pavement material properties were determined. Since some of the obtained local data like climate, vehicle classification, traffic growth factor, and axle load distribution cannot be directly used as design inputs, they were developed and converted to a suitable format to be used in the MEPDG. The output of this study can be used as design inputs for the evaluation and local calibration the MEPDG in Izmir and serves as a guide for data preparation for other parts of the country.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45416358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.674889
A. Karasu, Cüneyt Vatansever
{"title":"Experimental Study on the Behavior of Header End - Plate Connections under Cyclic Loading","authors":"A. Karasu, Cüneyt Vatansever","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.674889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.674889","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results from experimental study on the actual behavior of header end-plate connections. To better understand the hysteretic behavior of these connections in terms of the stiffness and the strength, sixteen specimens were considered and subjected to cyclic loads. The effect of some parameters such as thickness of the header end-plate, depth of the connection and the number of bolt rows on the behavior of header end-plate connections has been investigated by the help of experimental tests and finite element (FE) analyses. The moment-rotation relations of the connections governed by three parameters such as, initial stiffness, moment capacity and rotation capacity were obtained. Results revealed that the moment capacity increases with the increase in end-plate thickness and depth of connection. However, for the equal connection depth, increasing the number of bolt rows has not influenced the connection behavior remarkably.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48849844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.691948
N. Orhan, O. Özbek, A. Şeflek
{"title":"Effect of the Gravel Zone Thickness Created in the Deep Well Test Simulation on the Operating Characteristics of the Pump and Head Loss","authors":"N. Orhan, O. Özbek, A. Şeflek","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.691948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.691948","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted in a deep well simulator used for typical irrigation studies. In this work, the changes in the pump flow rate, drawdown, noise level, and pump pressures were analyzed for three different gravel zone thicknesses used in the well. From the study, it was found that a high gravel zone thickness increased the well’s drawdown levels during pumping. For drawdown values of 40, 45, 50 and 55 m3 h–1, an increase in the gravel thickness by 10 cm increased these values by 2.92, 2.41, 2.38 and 2.37 times, respectively. When the gravel thickness was doubled (from 5 cm to 10 cm), the hydraulic conductivity decreased by about half and head loss doubled. As a result, gravel thickness directly affected the drawdown rate of the pump. It was shown that different drawdown values resulting due to different gravel thicknesses should be taken into consideration when placing the pump in a deep well.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41850525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.643027
Muhammet Çelik, Mehmet Tevfik Seferoğlu, M. Akpınar, M. Nasery, Ayşegül Güneş Seferoğlu
{"title":"Evaluation of Load-Transfer Efficiency of Steel Mesh Reinforced Contraction Joints in Concrete Pavement: Accelerated Pavement Test and FE Analysis","authors":"Muhammet Çelik, Mehmet Tevfik Seferoğlu, M. Akpınar, M. Nasery, Ayşegül Güneş Seferoğlu","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.643027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.643027","url":null,"abstract":"Transverse contraction joints are by far the most common type of joint in jointed plain concrete pavements. Early loading of contraction joints can create a weakened vertical plane and later grow as a full-depth crack. In this study, load transfer efficiency (LTE) of steel mesh reinforced transverse contraction joints were studied at accelerated pavement tests (APT). 3D finite element (FE) model of jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) was developed to study deflections and crack propagation in just under the joint of the concrete pavement. The APT tests were focused on the LTE values before and after the crack initiation under the contraction joint region. Experiments were performed on three slabs in which two of these slabs were prepared without reinforcement and one of them was reinforced with steel mesh. Data generated by APT was used for verification of crack propagation modeling in the finite element analysis. Steel mesh reinforced slab gave the lowest vertical deflections (51μm) and highest LTE (91.56%). The LTE value in the reinforced slab after 25,000 passes was 13.63% higher than the average of unreinforced slabs. The findings suggest that the load transfer efficiency was found to be a complex parameter and should be interpreted together with average displacement values when contraction joints are evaluated at early traffic loadings.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47787618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.18400/TEKDERG.713080
Ravza Nur Yiğit, Soner Haldenbilen
{"title":"Kısa Zamanlı Trafik Tahmini ile Devre Süresi Optimizasyonu ve Gecikme Analizi","authors":"Ravza Nur Yiğit, Soner Haldenbilen","doi":"10.18400/TEKDERG.713080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/TEKDERG.713080","url":null,"abstract":"Calismada akilli ulasim sistemleri icin parametrik ve parametrik olmayan tahmin yontemlerin kisa zamanli trafik tahmin performanslari incelenmis ve tahmin degerlerinin sinyalize kavsaklarin devre suresine ve performansina olan etkisi arastirilmistir. Kavsakta gozlemlenen trafik verilerine bagli olarak gecikme surelerinin iyilestirmesi ve kavsak bekleme surelerinin azaltilarak, kavsak performans iyilestirmesi amaclanmistir. Calisma bolgesi olarak Denizli ilinde yer alan Mimar Sinan kavsagi secilmistir. Kavsagin yaklasim kollarinda bulunan sensorler yardimiyla elde edilen veriler, veri setleri olarak duzenlenmistir. Oto-regresif entegre hareketli ortalama (Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average-ARIMA) ve yapay sinir aglari (YSA) yontemleri ile kisa zamanli trafik tahminleri yapilmistir. Tahmin sonuclari Webster yontemi kullanilarak kavsak devre suresi optimizasyonu yapilmistir. Optimum devre suresi ve yesil sureleri hesaplandiktan sonra Webster gecikme metodu ile kavsak yaklasim kollarinin ve kavsak genelinin gecikme degerleri hem ARIMA yonteminden elde edilen hem de YSA yonteminden elde edilen tahmin sonuclari karsilastirilmistir. Kisa zamanli trafik tahmininde YSA yonteminin ARIMA yontemine gore daha basarili oldugu gorulmustur.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45967803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.561956
Esra Uray, Ö. Tan, S. Çarbaş, I. Erkan
{"title":"Metaheuristics-based Pre-Design Guide for Cantilever Retaining Walls","authors":"Esra Uray, Ö. Tan, S. Çarbaş, I. Erkan","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.561956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.561956","url":null,"abstract":"A pre-design guide for cantilever retaining walls and a detail parametric study of such walls is presented here. Mathematical models based on statistical methods were improved for calculating safety factors of sliding, overturning, and slope stability of those walls. The harmony search algorithm (HSA)-a metaheuristic method-was employed to realize reasonable results of the pre-design guide from all distinct cases. Through the design algorithm, the optimal design was determined for varied soil types differently from suggestions of design codes. Thus, an optimal pre-design guide for safe and economic wall design was realized in a shorter time compared to the conventional method.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49126845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.590356
M. Dikici, M. Aksel
{"title":"Evaluation of Two Vegetation Indices (NDVI and VCI) Over Asi Basin in Turkey","authors":"M. Dikici, M. Aksel","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.590356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.590356","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change and global warming are among the issues that humanity is most concerned about the future. The growing drought and flood risks that increase despite the taken measures have led to the adoption of an integrated understanding on the topic of water management in recent years. To manage the increased risk of drought and to make sustainable planning, the dimensions of drought should be known first. For this purpose, many drought indices have been developed. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), which determined by remote sensing, are two of these. In this study, in which the agricultural drought was analyzed with vegetation indices by taking into consideration the historical drought archive, the Asi Basin was addressed. The data of the Asi Basin, which covers an area of 7800 km 2 and was obtained from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellites, was used in this study. With the satellites benefited in remote sensing and with the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE), where the layers of vegetation were determined, agricultural and forest areas were evaluated separately. The vegetation indices, which change with the increase in temperature, have revealed the necessity of a long-term drought management for the Asi Basin. Result of the work pointed that NDVI index is more appropriated to the Asi Basin than the VCI index to monitor drought.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42066249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teknik DergiPub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.18400/tekderg.573637
Aydın Özbay, A. Cabalar
{"title":"Stress Fluctuations in Triaxial Testing Of Angular Grains","authors":"Aydın Özbay, A. Cabalar","doi":"10.18400/tekderg.573637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.573637","url":null,"abstract":"Stress fluctuations caused by stick-slip instabilities are frequently encountered in laboratory shear testings of granular materials. It is not common to observe stick-slips in angular-shaped granular assemblies, although rounded particles are more prone to this type of behaviour. This paper specifically concerns the deviatoric stress fluctuations in the shearing of coarse angular glass granules. A systematic experimental program comprising triaxial compression tests was realized to investigate the effects of particle size, confining pressure, and strain rate on the stick-slip mechanism. Particle size effect was examined by adopting three separate size distributions. In order to understand the influences of testing conditions on the stress fluctuations, the specimens were tested under four different confining pressures and by applying two distinct strain rates. The results showed that both the particle size and confining pressure greatly affected the stress fluctuations whereas the influence of strain rate was unclear.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48928086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}