Dr. Devrim OZHENDEKCI
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Civil Engineering Department
Structural Engineering Division
Assistant Professor
Research Topics
Seismic Design of Steel Structures
Performance Evaluation of Structures under Earthquake Loading
Design and Detailing of Steel Structures
M.S. Dissertation
▪“Design of Semi-rigid Beam to Column Connections According to Eurocode 3”, Yildiz Technical University, (2001). (in Turkish)
Ph. D. Dissertation
▪“Seismic Response Modification Factor (R) and Ductility of Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames”, Yildiz Technical University, (2007). (in Turkish)
Publications
▪Ozhendekci, D., Ozhendekci, N., “Effects of the Frame Geometry on the Weight and Inelastic Behaviour of Eccentrically Braced Chevron Steel Frames”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2008, 64(3):326-343.
▪Ozhendekci, D., Ozhendekci, N., "Modification of Design Forces in order to Avoid Brace Yielding", 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, id=08-02-0029, 12-17 October 2008, Beijing, China.
▪Ozhendekci, D., Ozhendekci, N., "Designing Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames with Different Link Lengths Along the Frame Height", 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, id=05-01-0209, 12-17 October 2008, Beijing, China.
▪Ozhendekci, N., Ozhendekci, D., "Validity of Pushover Analyses For Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames", 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, id=05-01-0202, 12-17 October 2008, Beijing, China.
▪Ozhendekci, D., Ozhendekci, N., Polat, Z., “Optimum geometry selection for eccentrically braced steel frames with shear links”, 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, 24-27 July 2007, St.Catherine’s College, Oxford.
▪Ozhendekci, N., Ozhendekci, D., “Fundamental periods of eccentrically braced steel frames with shear links”, 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, 24-27 July 2007, St.Catherine’s College, Oxford.
▪Ozhendekci, D., Ozhendekci, N., Öztürk A.Z., “The seismic response modification factor for eccentrically braced frames”, id=692, 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 3-8 September 2006, Geneva.
Grants and Rewards
▪Full grant for participating in the 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (3-8 September 2006) that includes the registration fee and accommodation, and also a contribution of 200 CHF from Switzerland Government. (“The seismic response modification factor for eccentrically braced frames”.)
▪Grant from TÜBÝTAK (Turkish government) in order to participate in 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures (24-27 July 2007) with the above mentioned two conference proceedings.