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Professor Mesuk Simsek

Civil Engineering and Mechanics
Yildiz Technical University, Esenler-Istanbul, Turkey

Biography:
Dr. Mesut Simsek was born in Bursa, Turkey in 1976. He received his BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), his MSc degree in Structural Engineering from Yildiz Technical University (YTU) and his PhD degree in Structural Mechanics from YTU in 1998, 2001, 2008, respectively. He worked as a project and site engineer in the industry from 2000-2003, and then he joined Civil Engineering Department of YTU in June 2003. From 2003-2008, he was a Research Assistant in YTU, from 2009-2011 he served as an Assistant Prof. in YTU. He has been Associate Prof. in Civil Engineering Department of YTU since 2011. His current research interests are vibration, moving load problems, different beam theories, functionally graded materials, micro and nanomechanics, nonlocal elasticity theory, retrofitting of historical structures.

Selected Publications (For more see the link Prof. Mesuk Simsek):
Turgut Kocaturk and Mesut Simsek, “Free vibration analysis of Timoshenko beams under various boundary conditions”, Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, 2005
Turgut Kocaturk and Mesut Simsek, “Free vibration analysis of elastically supported Timoshenko beams”, Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, pp 108-122, 2005
Simsek M 2005 Free vibration analysis of beams subjected to axial load under various boundary
conditions. Sigma J. Eng. and Nat. Sci. Vol. 3, pp 1-10, 2005

Simsek M 2005 Investigation of the behaviour of the beams subjected to an eccentric compressive
force and a moving harmonic force. Phd. Dissertation report. Yildiz Technical University (Istanbul)
Mesut Simsek and Turgut Kocaturk, “Free vibration analysis of beams by using a third order shear deformation theory”, Sadhana, Vol. 32, Part 3, pp 167-179, June 2007
M. Simsek, “Static analysis of a functionally graded beam under a uniformly distributed load by Ritz method”, International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 1-11, 2009
Simsek, M. and Kocaturk, T. (2009), "Free and forced vibration of a functionally graded beam subjected to a concentrated moving harmonic load", Compos. Struct., 90(4), 465-473.
Simsek M.: Vibration analysis of a single-walled carbon nanotube under action of a moving harmonic load based on nonlocal elasticity theory. Phys. E 43, 182–191 (2010)
Simsek M. Fundamental frequency analysis of functionally graded beams by using different higher-order beam theories. Nucl Eng Des 2010;240:697–705.
M. Simsek, “Vibration analysis of a functionally graded beam under a moving mass by using different beam theories,” Composite Structures, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 904–917, 2010.
Simsek, M.: Dynamic analysis of an embedded microbeam carrying a moving microparticle based on the modified couple stress theory. Int. J. Eng. Sci. 48(12), 1721–1732 (2010)

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