Istanbul Technical University

About: Istanbul Technical University is a education organization based out in Istanbul, Turkey. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Fuzzy logic & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 12889 authors who have published 25081 publications receiving 518242 citations. The organization is also known as: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi & Technical University of Istanbul.

Obduction, subduction and collision as reflected in the Upper Cretaceous–Lower Eocene sedimentary record of western Turkey

Abstract: Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Tethyan evolution of western Turkey is characterized by ophiolite obduction, high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphism, subduction, arc magmatism and continent–continent collision. The imprints of these events in the Upper Cretaceous–Lower Eocene sedimentary record of western Anatolia are studied in thirty-eight well-described stratigraphic sections. During the Late Cretaceous period, western Turkey consisted of two continents, the Pontides in the north and the Anatolide-Taurides in the south. These continental masses were separated by the Izmir-Ankara Neo-Tethyan ocean. During the convergence the Pontides formed the upper plate, the Anatolide-Taurides the lower plate. The arc magmatism in the Pontides along the Black Sea coast is biostratigraphically tightly constrained in time between the late Turonian and latest Campanian. Ophiolite obduction over the passive margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block started in the Santonian soon after the inception of subduction in the Turonian. As a result, large areas of the Anatolide-Tauride Block subsided and became a region of pelagic carbonate sedimentation during the Campanian. The leading margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block was buried deeply and was deformed and metamorphosed to blueschist facies during Campanian times. The Campanian arc volcanic rocks in the Pontides are conformably overlain by shaley limestone of Maastrichtian–Palaeocene age. However, Maastrichtian sedimentary sequences north of the Tethyan suture are of fore-arc type suggesting that although arc magmatism ceased by the end of the Campanian age, continent–continent collision was delayed until Palaeocene time, when there was a change from marine to continental sedimentation in the fore-arc basins. The interval between the end of the arc magmatism and continent–continent collision may have been related to a northward jump of the subduction zone at the end of Campanian time, or to continued obduction during the Maastrichtian.

Solid waste disposal site selection with GIS and AHP methodology: a case study in Senirkent-Uluborlu (Isparta) Basin, Turkey.

Abstract: The appropriate site selection for waste disposal is one of the major problems in waste management. Also, many environmental, economical, and political considerations must be adhered to. In this study, landfill site selection is performed using the Geographic Information System (GIS), the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and the remote sensing methods for the Senirkent–Uluborlu Basin. The basin is located in the Egirdir Lake catchment area, which is one of the most important fresh water in Turkey. So, waste management must be regulated in the basin. For this aim, ten different criteria (lithology, surface water, aquifer, groundwater depth, land use, lineaments, aspect, elevation, slope, and distance to roads) are examined in relation to landfill site selection. Each criterion was identified and weighted using AHP. Then, each criterion is mapped using the GIS technique, and a suitability map is prepared by overlay analyses. The results indicate that 96.3% of the area in the basin is unsuitable; 1.6%, moderately suitable; and 2.1%, most suitable. Finally, suitable regions in the basin are determined for solid waste landfill disposal and checked in the field. The selected and investigated regions are considered to be suitable for the landfill.

Dynamic oscillatory shear testing of foods — selected applications

Abstract: An ideal solid material will respond to an applied load by deforming finitely and recovering that deformation upon removal of the load. Such a response is called “elastic”. Ideal elastic materials obey Hooke's law, which describes a direct proportionality between the stress (σ) and strain (γ) via a proportionality constant called modulus (G), i.e., σ=Gγ. An ideal fluid will deform and continue to deform as long as the load is applied. The material will not recover from its deformation when the load is removed. This response is called “viscous”. The flow of simple viscous materials is described by Newton's law, which constitutes a direct proportionality between the shear stress and the shear rate ( γ ), i.e., σ=η γ . The proportionality constant η is called the shear viscosity. From energy considerations, elastic behavior represents complete recovery of energy expended during deformation, whereas viscous flow represents complete loss of energy as all the energy supplied during deformation is dissipated as heat. Ideal elastic and ideal viscous behaviors present two extreme responses of materials to external stresses. As the terms imply, these are only applicable for “ideal” materials. Real materials, however, exhibit a wide array of responses between viscous and elastic. Most materials exhibit some viscous and some elastic behavior simultaneously and are called “viscoelastic”. Almost all foods, both liquid and solid, belong to this group. The viscoelastic properties of materials are determined by transient or dynamic methods. The transient methods include stress relaxation (application of constant and instantaneous strain and measuring decaying stress with respect to time) and creep (application of constant and instantaneous stress and measuring increasing strain with time). Though such methods are fairly easy to perform, there are several limitations. Major among them is that the material response cannot be determined as a function of frequency.