A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective

Özmen, Hayri Baytan

doi:10.17515/resm2020.231ea1113ed

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“…Aerial evaluation can help collect information regarding the exact number and amounts of damages and casualties and the needs of the area struck by the earthquake. [ 25 26 27 ]…”

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Challenges of prehospital aerial operations in response to earthquake hazards

Memarzadeh

Mousavi

Khankeh

et al. 2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUNDS: Due to the severity of the earthquake, it may need immediate treatment and transfer of the injured people to advanced medical centers, as well as dispatch of the expert team and specialized health equipment to the accident-affected area. Aerial emergency is an important responsibility of the health care system in this situation. The study aimed to extract the prehospital emergency challenges of Iran aerial operations emergency in response to the earthquake. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was qualitative content analysis with conventional approach. Sampling was done in a purposive method and data were collected through semi-structured interview. The panel involved consists of 26 health professionals in medical emergencies. Recorded interviews were transcribed into written and then conventional content analysis was used to derive coding categories directly from the text data. RESULTS: Content analysis is provided 97 initial codes, 20 subcategories and 4 main categories including challenges of “response assessment,” “support,” “pre-hospital staff-management,” and “response operation,” respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the necessity to assess the affected area, staffing, and management actions, including integrated operations command and the development of a dedicated response plan, as well as the use of strategies inter-organizational coordination in the response phase to earthquake. This study also emphasized that providing standard equipment, support actions, and strengthening communication infrastructure, and updating the aerial emergency system should be considered as one of the priorities of the emergency organization of Iran to provide a desired response to the earthquake.

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“…Aerial evaluation can help collect information regarding the exact number and amounts of damages and casualties and the needs of the area struck by the earthquake. [ 25 26 27 ]…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of prehospital aerial operations in response to earthquake hazards

Memarzadeh

Mousavi

Khankeh

et al. 2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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“…The insights derived contribute to the ongoing enhancement of the civil engineering curriculum, empowering curriculum developers and educators to adapt approaches, introduce new topics, and emphasize critical aspects of seismic-resilient infrastructure planning. This process aids in continuous quality improvement, aligning education with the evolving needs of the field and preparing students to contribute to future seismic-resilient infrastructure projects [6].…”

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The Analysis of Understanding in Seismic – Resilient Infrastructure Planning in Vocational Student’s Civil Engineering

Debataraja,

Silalahi,

Sianturi

et al. 2024

IJRVOCAS

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The analysis of understanding in Seismic-Resilient Infrastructure Planning among vocational students in civil engineering is indispensable for multifaceted reasons. This study employs a questionnaire validation test as a means of data collection, utilizing questionnaires to gather information. Simple random sampling was applied to select respondents from Medan State Polytechnic students in their 5th and 7th semesters. The questionnaire is designed to assess students' knowledge of earthquake-resistant infrastructure planning. The research is structured into three segments, focusing on the understanding of earthquake resistance management, structural earthquake resistance, and infrastructure earthquake resistance. The aspect of management seismic resilience understanding ranges from 3.22% to 9.65%. The highest understanding is observed in the awareness of quality control activities, the fifth assessment (9.65%). The lowest understanding is in reduce errors in the implementation of earthquake-resistant construction, the nineth assessment (3.22%). The aspect of structure seismic resilience understanding ranges from 2.78% to 9.48%. The highest understanding is observed in threaded reinforcement, the fourth assessment (9.48%). The lowest understanding is in earthquake-resistant house construction, the seventh assessment (2.78%). The aspect of infrastructure seismic resilience understanding ranges from 5.57% to 15.83%., The highest understanding is observed in earthquake-resistant foundations, the second assessment (15.83%). The lowest understanding is in post-disaster assessment approach, the fifth assessment (5.57%). These percentages likely represent the level of comprehension or proficiency of students in each respective aspect, with higher percentages indicating a better understanding. It is crucial to analyze these results collectively and over time to identify trends, strengths, and areas for improvement in the seismic resilience education provided to vocational civil engineering students.

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“…Seismic loadings are the major sources of structural damage in many earthquake prone countries [1]. Local site conditions are the parameters that have the greatest impact on the characterisation of seismic efects on structures per seismic codes.…”

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An Investigation on Soil Amplification through Site Factors Used in Seismic Design Codes

Özmen

2023

Advances in Civil Engineering

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This article aims to investigate the site amplification through site coefficients given in the seismic codes. A set of 84 ground motion records in a base rock form and targeted to have different frequency contents was formed. The surface forms of these records altered by 100 different soil conditions were determined. Using this set of 8400 ground motion records, site amplification phenomenon is examined. After a PGA of 0.3 g, ground motions have similar behaviour in terms of short period amplification. Numerical figures as average and with a safety level of 84% for the SS and S1 site coefficients were given and compared with the code which are observed to be unconservative for stiff soils and too conservative for soft soils. Linking SS with a V S value of 600 m/s and S1 with a V S value of 120 m/s seems to be useful to understand some amplification behaviours. The variability of ZB and ZC site classes for short period site coefficient and ZE and ZD site classes for midperiod site coefficient seems to be greater when compared to others.

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A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Challenges of prehospital aerial operations in response to earthquake hazards

Challenges of prehospital aerial operations in response to earthquake hazards

The Analysis of Understanding in Seismic – Resilient Infrastructure Planning in Vocational Student’s Civil Engineering

An Investigation on Soil Amplification through Site Factors Used in Seismic Design Codes

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