Ayhan Irfanoglu
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
offices: CIVL 4117 / BOWN 1022
phone:
+1 765-49-68270
e-mail: ayhan at purdue.edu
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Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering 550 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
offices: CIVL 4117 / BOWN 1022 phone:
+1 765-49-68270
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Background
Research
Earthquake engineering
Engineering seismology
Large-scale structural analysis and simulation
impact response of the WTC Tower I on 9/11/01 [analysis/simulation and visualization]
Structural condition and health-monitoring; modal testing and analysis [live camera feed from the Bowen Laboratory]
tests on full-scale 3-story flat-plate reinforced concrete building;
full-scale 70-ft and 55-ft freeway sign aluminum trusses
Teaching
CE 474: Structural Analysis II. (Students' course & instructor evaluations: Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008)
CE 497: Earthquake Engineering/Istanbul at the Threshold. More at IAESTE-USA website. (Students' course & instructor evaluations: Spring 2008)
CE 573: Structural Dynamics. (Students' course & instructor evaluations: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
CE 597M: Geologic and Engineering Seismology. (Students' course & instructor evaluations: Spring 2006)
CE 691S: Structures Seminars
A Selection of Publications
Performance of template school buildings during earthquakes in Turkey and Peru [to appear in print in 02/2009]
Performance of school buildings in Turkey during the 1999 Duzce and the 2003 Bingol earthquakes, with T Gur, AC Pay, JA Ramirez, MA Sozen, AM Johnson, and A Bobet. [to appear in print in 2009]
An engineering perspective of the collapse of WTC-I, with CM Hoffmann. Project website is at Purdue 9/11/01 studies. [06/2007]
A high-quality high-fidelity visualization of the September 11 attack on the the World Trade Center, with P Rosen, V Popescu, and C Hoffmann. [07/2008]
A high-quality physically-accurate visualization of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center with P Rosen, V Popescu, and C Hoffmann. Technical Report CSD TR#07-007, March 2007. Accompanying video [big file! 122 MB]; visit the WTC-1 simulation Phase IV website for some amazing rendered images. A faster-loading version of the video is available [9MB] locally or on YouTube. Read Newspiece #1 and #2 about the work. Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Project website is at Purdue 9/11/01 studies. [06/2007]
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Istanbul at the threshold: an evaluation of the seismic risk in Istanbul, with JHP Griffiths and S Pujol. [02/2007]
At risk: the seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry infill walls, with CVR Murty, S Brzev, H Faison, and CD Comartin [11/2006]. A tutorial for the World Housing Encyclopedia.
Using the Earthquake Engineering Intensity Scale to improve urban area earthquake emergency response, with SA Freeman. [8NCEE, 2006]
Earthquake Engineering Intensity Scale: a template with many uses, with SA Freeman and TF Paret. [13WCEE, 2004]
Efficient application of the secant method for capturing the peak response of complex multi-story buildings, with TF Paret, MM Hachem, and SA Freeman. [13 WCEE, 2004]
Structural design under seismic risk using multiple performance objectives. Caltech EERL report. [2000]
A performance-based optimal structural design methodology, with JL Beck, C Papadimitriou, and E Chan. Caltech EERL report. [1998]
Research Group Members
School Related Useful Links
Extra-Curricular
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute - Purdue University Student Chapter
EQ bits and pieces (repository of electronic info on a selection of earthquakes); also see Anatolian Quakes website.
BURURU structural dynamics demonstrations from Prof. Fukuwa's Laboratory at Nagoya University.
Rocking/marching toy houses (movies with sound): Pitomba, Tromba and Samba by Chico Bicalho.
IAESTE - the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience.
PocketStatics by Mahmoud M Hachem. A very handy analysis program. Try it.
Scale - do you have a good sense of scale?
Photographs by Andrew Davidhazy: photos of coin toss, vibrating strings, and much more.
The Prokudin-Gorskii digichromatic photos from Russia, circa 1900.
Last update: 28-November-2008 (contact)
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