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    Citation - WoS: 10
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    Predicting Seismic Damage on Concrete Gravity Dams: a Review
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Arici, Yalin; Soysal, Berat Feyza
    The seismic assessment of concrete gravity dams is a problem of prediction of cracking and the corresponding consequences. With the widespread use of general-purpose finite element programs, the work in the field has shifted towards quantifying the behaviour in a framework for assessment. The nonlinear analysis and coupling with foundation-reservoir interaction, conversely, is still a challenging task. The modelling approach has significant effects on the analysis results and the assessment framework. The field remains an active area for research with many outstanding issues regarding damage quantification and assessment compared to any other major infrastructure component. A comprehensive overview of the seismic assessment of gravity dams is presented in this work with the goal to outline the issues in the field. Different models and modelling choices are compared in the context of damaged state assessment of gravity dams. The links between practical difficulties and theoretical issues are critically discussed. The aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties in the field, and their sources, are presented. Areas of future work are identified for improvement in seismic assessment as well as reducing and quantifying the uncertainties in the prediction of damaged states for concrete gravity dams.
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    Citation - WoS: 16
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    Free Vibration Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes by Using Finite Element Method
    (Springer, 2016) Dinckal, C.
    In the present study, an efficient and accurate finite element model for vibration analysis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with both Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theory has been presented. For this purpose, an analytical solution for the exact dynamic shape functions of CNTs based on both Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories has been derived. The solution is general and is not restricted to a particular range of magnitudes of the nonlocal parameters. The exact dynamic shape functions have been utilized to derive analytic expressions for the coefficients of the exact dynamic (frequency-dependent) element stiffness matrix. Numerical results are presented to figure out the effects of nonlocal parameter, mode number and slenderness ratio on the vibration characteristics of CNTs. It is shown that these results are in good agreement with those reported in the literature. Present element formulation will be useful for structural analyses of nanostructures with complex geometries, loadings, material properties and boundary conditions.