School buildings performance in 7.7 Mw and 7.6 Mw catastrophic earthquakes in southeast of Turkey

M Ozturk, MH Arslan, G Dogan, AS Ecemis… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although Turkey is located in one of the active earthquake belts of the world, the 7.7 and 7.6
magnitude earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, 9 h apart, as rarely seen in the …

Seismic failure modes of masonry structures exposed to Kahramanmaraş earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and 7.6) on February 6, 2023

Ö Mercimek - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the failure modes of masonry structures after the earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and 7.6)
occurred in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023 were investigated by fieldwork. Within the …

Performance of structures in İzmir after the Samos island earthquake

A Yakut, H Sucuoğlu, B Binici, E Canbay… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The October 30, 2020 Earthquake caused unexpectedly significant damage in İzmir
considering its distance to the city. This paper evaluates the recorded ground motions …

Effects of the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş earthquake on structures in Kahramanmaraş city

F Avcil, E Işık, R İzol, A Büyüksaraç, E Arkan… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Large-scale loss of life and property occurred in Kahramanmaraş and its districts, which are
the city center where the epicenters of the earthquake couples that occurred on February 6 …

Buildings damages after Elazığ, Turkey earthquake on January 24, 2020

G Dogan, AS Ecemis, SZ Korkmaz, MH Arslan… - Natural hazards, 2021 - Springer
Abstract A 6.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred on January 24, 2020, has been effective
in Turkey's eastern regions. The earthquake, with recorded peak ground acceleration (PGA) …

An evaluation of effective design parameters on earthquake performance of RC buildings using neural networks

MH Arslan - Engineering Structures, 2010 - Elsevier
The extent of building damage is related to the features of the structural system, which have
many parameters. In particular, it is difficult to determine the extent to which structural …

Re-evaluation of building damage during recent earthquakes in Turkey

M Inel, HB Ozmen, H Bilgin - Engineering Structures, 2008 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades Turkey has been hit by several moderate to large earthquakes
that resulted in significant loss of life and property. A remarkable number of casualties and …

Fragility based evaluation of different code based assessment approaches for the performance estimation of existing buildings

C Cirak Karakas, M Palanci, SM Senel - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
Seismic performance of existing buildings constructed before modern seismic design codes
is one of the important problems of earthquake prone countries. Increasing life and …

Seismic performance of retrofitted and non-retrofitted RC school buildings after the February 6th, 2023, Kahramanmaraş earthquakes

TY Altıok, M Şevik, A Demir - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Abstract On February 6, 2023, two significant earthquakes struck Pazarcık and Elbistan/
Kahramanmaraş with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, respectively. These earthquakes are …

Seismic strengthening of RC structures with exterior shear walls

H Kaplan, S Yilmaz, N Cetinkaya, E Atimtay - Sadhana, 2011 - Springer
Vulnerable buildings and their rehabilitation are important problems for earthquake regions.
In recent decades the goal of building rehabilitation and strengthening has gained research …