Dampers have been effectively used in new designs and seismic retrofit of old structures in many parts of the world. The common seismic retrofit practice in Turkey is alm [...]

A standard highway bridge has usually multi simple spans supported over piers by elastomeric bearings in Turkey. The bearings usually do not provide a positive connection [...]

Multi-layered steel-reinforced elastomeric bearings have widely been used for isolation of structures and machines from vibrations. In an attempt to develop light-weight [...]

A joint research program by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany), Mustafa Kemal University (Turkey) and Middle East Technical University (Turkey) has been in progres [...]

After the catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey, it was realized that most of the concrete buildings at seismically active regions do not have adequate strength and ductilit [...]