DowAksa, Turkey's first and only carbon fiber producer, and Oftek İnşaat, DowAksa's distributor in Turkey, collaborated with Istanbul Technical University to simulate an earthquake on full-scale buildings in Yalova using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) technology.
The test was conducted in Yalova, one of the regions that witnessed one of Turkey's worst earthquake disasters in 1999, which claimed more than 18,000 lives. At the end of the test, the carbon fiber reinforced building strengthening solution received full marks from the experts. Oftek Construction made carbon fiber applications in this 3D earthquake simulation.
As part of the test, Oftek Construction and Istanbul Technical University constructed two full-scale buildings on land allocated by the Yalova Governorship. Using the same foundations and building materials, the buildings were constructed before the 2007 Earthquake Regulation and were built using methods that have been widely practiced in building construction in Turkey for many years.
For the test, which aims to measure how a building built with traditional methods can be strengthened to withstand strong seismic effects, one building was reinforced with high-strength CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) technology developed by DowAksa, while the second building was left as it was.Of the two buildings built with C13, the building that was not reinforced with carbon fiber collapsed at magnitude 5.2, while the building reinforced with carbon fiber made a 40 cm translation and ensured life safety even at magnitude 7.8.
With this test, we have shown that we will protect your life safety in the best way possible in a possible major earthquake.
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