Browsing by Author "Toklu,Y.C."

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Preface of the "metaheuristic and Numerical Analysis in Engineering"
(American Institute of Physics Inc., 2018) Toklu,Y.C.; Nigdeli,S.M.; Bekdaş,G.; Sayln,B.
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Production of lunar soil simulant in Turkey
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Toklu,Y.C.; Cercevik,A.E.; Kandemir,S.Y.; Yayli,M.O.
It is obvious that lunar structures will be constructed on lunar surface, and that the materials to be used are only lunar soil. That is why lunar soils has to be investigated thoroughly as to its physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Unfortunately there is not enough lunar rock or soil brought to Earth for being able to run these analyses. For this purpose, several simulants have been produced in countries like US, Canada, Japan, and China etc. This paper is about an attempt carried out for production of lunar soil simulant in Turkey. For this purpose, undegenerated soil samples are collected from relatively young regions of Turkey, like Kula Sandal Divlit region; the properties of these soils including their chemical properties are compared to properties of lunar soils. As a result of these comparisons, a mix is produced to represent lunar soil. It is hoped that this study will be repeated with more samples from other parts of Turkey to find other simulants to represent lunar soils and rocks in research about lunar constructions. © 2017 IEEE.
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Space research and extraterrestrial construction industry
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Toklu,Y.C.; Çerçevik,A.E.
Advance of civilization has been realized through the ages by exploration of unknown parts of the Earth and by exploiting new resources thus acquired. There are currently practically no new areas on this planet to be explored and exploited. This is achieved by the completion of the period called globalization. As a natural continuation of this process, humans will now explore and exploit new areas beyond Earth, i.e. in space. Moon has already been explored partly, it awaits a complete exploration and colonization. The next step will be Mars and beyond. Habitation on these new space bodies will firstly necessitate construction of outposts on these bodies. Thus construction on the Moon, Mars, and other space bodies can be considered to be an important component of space research. In the present article, an overview of space research is presented together with the innovations awaited in space construction industry and the importance of feedback of these studies to construction industry in general. © 2017 IEEE.