The european part of Turkey, the Thrace region, is of agricultural and industrial importance for the country and hence irrigational and industrial water demand drastically increases, whereas most of the rivers in the region ...

The purpose of this research is to present an optimum model for route location considering access to all the main points of the roads, passing compulsory points and having the minimum total cost.  It is assumed in this ...

Each year, due to the uncontrolled exit of vehicles from the roadway and hitting roadside obstacles -especially rollovers on embankments-huge costs are imposed on communities. For the reduction of such costs, different ...

The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is used for predicting soil erosion.  Rainfall erosivity (EI) in this equation is related to storm type, amount and intensity so it should be determined from rainfall ...

This study tries to characterize national transportation modes to assess balancing and sustainability. Using a pioneer measure for sustainable development (SD), and based on the conformity of the growths of all sectors ...

The variation of pore fluid properties in soil has a major effect on soil behaviour. This effect is a function of pore fluid properties and soil mineralogy. Such variation usually happens in the reservoirs of dams or in ...

A force limiting device ideally possesses rigid-plastic force/shortening characteristics. When such a device is introduced in a compression member, and if the limit load of the device is set somewhat below the buckling ...

A multi-plane model for the post-liquefaction of the undrained behaviour of sand is presented. The model incorporates the critical/steady state concept that postulates the existence of a state where sand continuously deforms ...

In seismic areas, ductility is an important factor in the design of high strength concrete (HSC) members under flexure. In order to investigate this, here in this study, eight HSC beams with different percentages of were ...

Debris flows caused by moraine-dam failure are common on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Peak discharges of debris flows should be predicted to evaluate the risk to people and property in valleys below the moraine dams. ...