Teaching Body



Contact Info

e-mail : bakir@metu.edu.tr
tel : +90-312-2102406
fax : +90-312-2105401

Information

EDUCATION

Iowa State University, Ph.D., 1993
Middle East Technical University, M.S., 1987
Middle East Technical University, B.S., 1985

AREAS OF INTEREST

Seismic site response, soil liquefaction, seismic microzonation, soil-structure interaction, seismic hazard assessment and mitigation, dynamic slope and embankment stability, shallow and deep foundations, tunnel analysis and design, off-shore breakwater structures.

Publication Info

Bakır, B. S., Sucuoğlu, H., Yılmaz, T., \'An Overview of Local Site Effects and the Associated Building Damage in Adapazarı During the 17 August 1999 İzmit Earthquake,\' Bulleten of Seismological Society of America, 92, 1, pp. 509-526, February 2002.

Bakır, B. S., Özkan, Y., Kalır, S. ‘Effects of basin edge on the distribution of damage in 1995 Dinar, Turkey earthquake,’ Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 22 (2002), pp. 335-345.

Bakır, B. S., Akış, E., ‘Analysis of a Highway Embankment Failure Associated with the 1999 Düzce, Turkey Earthquake.’ Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 25 (2005), pp. 251-260.

Yılmaz, M. T., Pekcan, O., Bakır, B. S. ‘Undrained Cyclic Shear and Deformation Behavior of Silt-Clay Mixtures of Adapazarı, Turkey.’ Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 24 (2004), 497-507.

Bakır B.S., Yılmaz M.T., Yakut A., and Gülkan P., “Re-examination of damage distribution in Adapazarı: Geotechnical Considerations,” Engineering Structures, 2005; 27: 1002-13.

Yakut A., Gülkan P., Bakır B.S., and Yılmaz M.T. “Re-examination of damage distribution in Adapazarı: Structural Considerations,” Engineering Structures, 2005; 27: 990-01.

Bakır, B.S., Yılmaz, M.T., “Discussion of ‘Subsurface Characterization at Ground Failure Sites in Adapazarı, Turkey’ by J.D. Bray, R.B. Sancio, T. Durgunoglu, A. Önalp, T.L. Youd, J.P. Steward, R.B. Seed, O.K. Cetin, E. Bol, M.B. Baturay, C.Christensen, and T. Karadayılar,” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2006: 132 (4): 537-539.

Bakır, B.S., Yılmaz, M.T., “Discussion of ‘High-Modulus Columns for Liquefaction Mitigation’ by J.R. Martin II, C.G. Olgun, J.K. Mitchell, and H.T. Durgunoglu,” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2006; 132 (7): 946-947.

Bakır, B.S., Sağlam, S., “Discussion of ‘liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading at İzmit Bay During the Kocaeli (İzmit)-Turkey Earthquake’ by K. O. Cetin, T. L. Youd, R. B. Seed, J. D. Bray, J. P. Steward, H. T. Durgunoğlu, W. Lettis and M. T. Yılmaz,” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2006; 132 (7): 953-955.

Bakır, B.S., Yılmaz, M. T., Yakut, A., Gülkan, P., ‘Closure to Discussion of Reexamination of Damage Distribution in Adapazarı: Geotechnical Considerations’ by M. D. Trifunac and M. I. Todorovska, Engineering Structures, 2006; 28: 466-468.