Abstract: Continuous health monitoring and regular condition assessment is of vital importance for engineering structures in general and especially for arch dams. These structures can be exposed to many different loads such as ...

Abstract: Using experimental methods, this study presents the estimation of the dynamic and static (secant) elasticity modules of a prototype arch dam. These experimental methods are ambient vibration tests, uniaxial compression ...

Abstract: Finite-element (FE) model updating is a very effective procedure for determining the uncertainty parameters in a structural model and minimize differences between experimentally and analytically identified dynamic ...

Abstract: This technical note presents an investigation about the changing of dynamic characteristics of an arch dam model before and after strengthening considering reservoir water. To this end, an arch dam-reservoir-foundation ...

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the field investigation and performance assessment of the mosques and minarets constructed around the cities of Elaziğ and Malatya and their surrounding districts shortly after the ...