The phenomenon of cracking in cement concretes and reinforced concrete structures: the mechanism of cracks formation, causes of their initiation, types and places of …

GL Golewski - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cracks and cavities belong to two basic forms of damage to the concrete structure, which
may reduce the load-bearing capacity and tightness of the structure and lead to failures and …

[HTML][HTML] Flexural and shear strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using FRP composites: A state of the art

MK Askar, AF Hassan, YSS Al-Kamaki - Case Studies in Construction …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the past few decades, strengthening and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete (RC)
structures using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been considered one of the …

Performance assessment of fiber-reinforced concrete produced with waste lathe fibers

Aİ Çelik, YO Özkılıç, Ö Zeybek, N Özdöner, BA Tayeh - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The amount of steel waste produced is on the increase due to improvements in steel
manufacturing industries. The increase in such wastes causes significant environmental …

Improvement in bending performance of reinforced concrete beams produced with waste lathe scraps

M Karalar, YO Özkılıç, AF Deifalla, C Aksoylu… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, the impacts of different proportions of tension reinforcement and waste lathe
scraps on the failure and bending behavior of reinforced concrete beams (RCBs) are clearly …

Investigation on improvement in shear performance of reinforced-concrete beams produced with recycled steel wires from waste tires

C Aksoylu, YO Özkılıç, M Hadzima-Nyarko, E Işık… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In parallel with the increase in vehicle sales worldwide, waste tires are becoming an
increasing problem. The storage and disposal of these waste tires are critical environmental …

Behavior of CFRP-strengthened RC beams with circular web openings in shear zones: Numerical study

YO Özkılıç, C Aksoylu, L Gemi, MH Arslan - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In practice, especially the basement floor beams are drilled and damaged by the users. In
some cases, this damage to the beams can be significant for the load-bearing element and …

Buckling performance of pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer profiles infilled with waste steel fiber reinforced concrete under axial compression

E Madenci, S Fayed, W Mansour… - Steel and Composite …, 2022 - dbpia.co.kr
This study reports the results of a series of tests of pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer
(P-GFRP) box section composite profile columns, geometrically similar with/without concrete …

Buckling analysis of CNT-reinforced polymer composite beam using experimental and analytical methods

E Madenci, YO Özkılıç, C Aksoylu, MRM Asyraf… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article was to investigate the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the
buckling behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. The materials used …

The effects of eccentric web openings on the compressive performance of pultruded GFRP boxes wrapped with GFRP and CFRP sheets

E Madenci, YO Özkılıç, C Aksoylu, A Safonov - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer (PFRP) profiles have started to find widespread use in
the structure industry. The position of the web openings on these elements, which are …

Compressive behavior of pultruded GFRP boxes with concentric openings strengthened by different composite wrap**s

C Aksoylu, YO Özkılıç, E Madenci, A Safonov - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Web openings often need to be created in structural elements for the passage of utility ducts
and/or pipes. Such web openings reduce the cross-sectional area of the structural element …