Deprem Mühendisliği Ana Bilim Dalı
Education:
- 1995 Ph.D. , Seismology, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, TÜRKIYE
- 1986 MSc., Applied Geophysics, Istanbul University, Institute of Physical Sciences
- 1984 BSc., Department of Geophysics, Engineering Faculty, Istanbul University
Experience:
- 2012 - Cont. Prof. Dr., Bogaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Earthquake Engineering
- 2000 - 2012 Prof. Dr., Istanbul University
- 2005 - 2006 Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2000 - 2003 Assoc. Prof., Istanbul University
- 2003 - Visiting Researcher, Eartvos Lorant Geophysical Institute
- 2001 - Visiting Researcher, Northern Arizona University
- 2000 - Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1993 - 1995 Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1987 - 2000 Specialist, Bogazici University
Research Interests:
- Seismology
- Industry based local seismic network configuration, installation and operation
- Earthquake early warning applications
- Real-time seismology applications
- Local and regional seismicity analysis and modelling
- Aftershock monitoring and forecasting
- Seismic source modelling
- Rupture process analysis of large earthquakes
- Seismotectonics
- Seismlogical databases
- Earth physics
- Shallow underground geophysics survey
Araştırma Projeleri
- 2011 - 2015 EU Project: Strategıes And Tools For Real Time Earthquake Risk Reduction (REAKT)
- 2010 - 2015 EU Project: Network Of European Research Infrastructures For Earthquake Risk Assessment And Mitigatıon (NERA),
- 2009 - 2012 Güneybatı Anadolu Bölgesı'ndekı Blok Hareketleri Ve Gerılım Alanlarının GNSS Ölçümlerı Ile Belirlenmesi
- 2009 – 2011 Marmara Bölgesi İçin Kuvvetli Yer Hareketinin Zaman Ortamında Olasılıksal Türetilmesi,
- 2009 – 2010 1999 Izmıt- Gölcük Depreminin Yalova ve Çevresinde Neden Olduğu Kuvvetli Yer Hareketlerinin Tahmin Edilmesi
- 2008 - 2011 Fethiye Körfezı Ile Antalya Körfezı Arasında Kalan Bölgenın Miyosen Sonrası Kinematiği, Depreselliği ve Sismotektoniği
- 2006 – 2009 Güneybatı Anadolu'nun Sismik Etkinliği ve Burdur, Fethiye, Gökova Fayları Üzerinde Paleosismolojik Araştırmalar
- 2004 – 2007 Çanakkale Boğazı ve Çevresinin Jeolojik Evriminin İncelenmesi
Hakemli Dergilerde Yayımlanan Makaleler
- Yamamoto Y, A Pinar, N Takahashi, H Ozener, Y Kaneda (2019). Comment on “An Alternative View of the Microseismicity along the Western Main Marmara Fault,” by E. Batsi et al, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America (In press).
- Uchida N, D Kalafat, A Pinar, Y Yamamoto (2019). Repeating earthquakes and interplate coupling along the western part of the North Anatolian Fault, Tectonophysics 769, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228185
- Poyraz SA, D Aksarı, T Ergün, UM Teoman, A Pınar (2019). The December 2nd, 2015 Bingöl, Eastern Anatolia-TURKEY, earthquake (Mw= 5.3): A rupture on optimally oriented fault plane, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 173, 88-97.
- R Yamamoto, M Kido, Y Ohta, N Takahashi, Y Yamamoto, A Pinar (2019). Seafloor geodesy revealed partial creep of the North Anatolian Fault submerged in the Sea of Marmara, Geophysical Research Letters 46 (3), 1268-1275.
- SC Mavrodiev, L Pekevski, E Botev, A Pinar, G Kikuashvili, A Vol, A Gilat (2018). Study of the Possibility of Predicting Earthquakes, International Journal of Geosciences 9, 688-706
- D Kalafat, K Kekovalı, A Pınar (2018). Source Characteristics of the January 8, 2013 (Mw = 5.7) and May 24, 2014 (Mw = 6.8) North Aegean Earthquakes Sequence, Moment Tensor Solutions: A Useful Tool for Seismotectonics, 339, 339-376
- Ertan EK, A Pınar, Ü Dikmen (2018). Long Period Seismic Waves Developed at Local Distances, Disaster Science and Engineering 4 (1), 40-45
- Süha Özden, Semir Över, Selda Altuncu Poyraz, Yavuz Güneş, Ali Pınar (2018). Tectonic implications of the 2017 Ayvacık (Çanakkale) earthquakes, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 154, Pages 125–141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.12.021
- Pınar A., S. Ergintav, D. Kalafat, M. Çomoğlu, R. Polat, F. Turhan, Y. Güneş (2017). REVISED INSTRUMENTAL EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE (1900-2016) FOR SINOP NPP SITE, Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Revised Final Report – November 17, 2017.
- M. Toker, A. Pınar, H. Tur (2017), Source mechanisms and faulting analysis of the aftershocks in the Lake Erçek area (Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) during the 2011 Van event (Mw 7.1): Implications for the regional stress field and ongoing deformation processes, In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 150, pp 73-86, ISSN 1367-9120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.09.017.
- Hori T, Pinar A, Necmioglu O, Hori M and Nishizawa A (2017). Special issue The next Marmara earthquake: disaster mitigation, recovery, and early warning, Earth, Planets and Space 69:65, DOI 10.1186/s40623-017-0648-9.
- Yamamoto, Y., Takahashi, N., Pinar, A., Kalafat, D., Citak, S., Comoglu, M., Polat, R. and Kaneda, Y. (2017). Geometry and segmentation of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Marmara Sea, Turkey, deduced from long‐term ocean bottom seismographic observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
- Pinar A, Z Coçkun, A Mert, D Kalafat (2016). Frictional strength of North Anatolian fault in eastern Marmara region, Earth, Planets and Space.
- Över, S., Özden, S., Pınar, A., Yılmaz, H., Kamacı, Z. and Ünlügenç, U.C. (2016). Late Cenozoic stress state distributions at the intersection of the Hellenic and Cyprus Arcs, SW Turkey. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 132, pp.94-102.
- Mert, Aydin, Yasin M. Fahjan, Lawrence J. Hutchings, and Ali Pınar. "Physically based probabilistic seismic hazard analysis using broadband ground motion simulation: a case study for the Prince Islands Fault, Marmara Sea." Earth, Planets and Space 68, no. 1 (2016): 146.
- Dikmen, S. Umit; Pinar, Ali; Edincliler, Ayse (2016). Near-surface attenuation using traffic-induced seismic noise at a downhole array, Journal of Seismology
- Yannik Behr, John F. Clinton, Carlo Cauzzi, Egill Hauksson, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Craiu G. Marius, Ali Pinar, Jerome Salichon, and Efthimios Sokos (2016). The Virtual Seismologist in SeisComP3: A New Implementation Strategy for Earthquake Early Warning Algorithms, Seismological Research Letters
- S. Umit Dikmen, Erdal Safak, Ali Pinar, Ayse Edincliler, and Mustafa Erdik (2016), Seismic Monitoring System of Marmaray Submerged Tube Tunnel, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 2016 10:03
- Över, S., Özden, S., Kamacı, Z., Yılmaz, H., Ünlügenç, U.C. and Pınar, A., 2016. Upper crust response to geodynamic processes beneath Isparta Angle, SW Turkey: Revealed by CMT solutions of earthquakes. Tectonophysics, 687, pp.94-104.
- Yojiro Yamamoto, Narumi Takahashi, Seckin Citak, Doğan Kalafat, Ali Pinar, Cemil Gurbuz and Yoshiyuki Kaneda (2015). Offshore seismicity in the western Marmara Sea, Turkey, revealed by ocean bottom observation, Earth, Planets and Space
- Demirci A, Özden S, Bekler T, Kalafat D and Pınar A (2015). An active extensional deformation example: 19 May 2011 Simav earthquake (Mw = 5.8), Western Anatolia, Turkey, Journal of Geophysical Engineering
- Dikmen US, Edincliler A, Pinar A (2015). Northern Aegean Earthquake(Mw=6.9): Observations at three seismic downhole arrays in Istanbul, 2015, SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- Mert A, Fahjan Y, Pinar A, Hutchings L (2014), Strong ground motion simulations around Princes’ islands fault, Digest 2014, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers, Vol. 25, pp. 1757-1783.
- Yalcinkaya E, S Tekebas & A Pınar (2013). Analysis of ambient noise in Yalova, Turkey: discrimination between artificial and natural excitations, J Seismol (2013), 17, 1021–1039 DOI 10.1007/s10950-013-9370-7.
- S. Över, S. Özden, H. Yılmaz, A. Pınar, U.C. Ünlügenç, Z. Kamacı (2013). Plio-Quaternary Stress Regime in Eşen Çay Basin, SW Turkey, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 372, Robertson, A.H.F., Parlak, O. & Ünlügenç, U.C. (eds.) Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region (ISBN-13 978-1-86239-353-0).
- S. Över, H. Yılmaz, A. Pınar, S. Özden, U.C. Ünlügenç, Z. Kamacı (2013). Plio-Quaternary Stress State in the Burdur Basin, SW-Turkey, Tectonophysics, V. 588, pp. 56-68.
- Yalcinkaya E, A Pınar, O Uskuloglu, S Tekebas, B Firat (2012). Selecting the most suitable rupture model for the stochastic simulation of the 1999 Izmit earthquake and prediction of peak ground motions, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Volume 42, November 2012, Pages 1-16
- Aydogan D, A. Pınar, A. Elmas, O. Tarhan Bal and S. Yuksel, Imaging of subsurface lineaments in southwestern part of the Thrace Basin from gravity data, Earth Planets Space, 65, 299–309, 2013.
- Altınok Y, B Alpar, C Yaltırak, A Pınar, N. Özer, The Earthquakes and Related Tsunamis Of October 6, 1944 and March 7, 1867 NE Aegean Sea, Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/S11069-011-9949-7, 2012.
- Özel MN, Harmandar E, Pınar A, Sensitivity of the strong ground motion time histories to a finite source model: A case study for the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake (Mw=7.0), Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.06.004.
- Över S, A Pınar, S Özden, H Yılmaz, U C Ünlügenç, Z Kamacı, Late Cenezoic Stress Field in the Çameli Basin along the Fethiye-Burdur fault zone, Tectonophysics, Vol. 492, 60-72, 2010.
- Pınar A, S B Üçer, Y. Honkura, N. Sezgin, A. Ito, S Baris, D. Kalafat, M. Matsushima and S. Horiuchi, Spatial variation of the stress field along the fault rupture zone of the 1999 Izmit earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 62, 237-256, 2010.
- Okyar M, Pınar A, Tezcan D, Kamaci Z, Late quaternary seismic stratigraphy and active faults of the Gulf of Izmit (NE Marmara Sea), Mar Geophys Res, 2008, doi: 10.1007/s11001-008-9049-6
- Kanli A İ, Kang T S, Pınar A, Tildy P, Pronay Z, A systematic geophysical approach for site response of the Dinar region, Southwestern Turkey, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 12 (S2): 165-174, 2008, doi: 10.1080/13632460802013966
- Pınar, A., Y. Honkura, K. Kuge, M. Matsushima, N. Sezgin, M. Yılmazer, Z. Öğütçü, Source Mechanism of the November 15, 2000 Lake Van Earthquake (Mw=5.6) in Eastern Turkey and Its Seismotectonic Implications, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 170, Issue 1, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03445, 2007.
- Kanlı, A. İ., T. Peter, Z. Pronay, A. Pınar, and L. Hermann, Vs30 mapping and soil classification for seismic site effect evaluation in Dinar region, SW Turkey, Geophys. J. Int., 165, 223-235, 2006.
- Pınar, A., Y. Honkura, and M. Kikuchi, Rupture process of the 1992 Erzincan earthquake and its implication for seismotectonics in Eastern Turkey, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 21, pp. 1971-1974, 1994.
- Pınar, A., Y. Honkura, and M. Kikuchi, A Rupture Model for the 1967 Mudurnu Valley, Turkey Earthquake and Its Implication for Seismotectonics in the Western Part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 23, pp. 29--32, 1996.
- Pınar, A., N. Türkelli, Source inversion of the 1993 and 1995 Gulf of Akaba earthquakes, Tectonophysics, Vol. 283, pp. 279-288, 1997.
- Pınar, A., Source inversion of the October 1, 1995 Dinar earthquake (Ms=6.1): a rupture model with implications for seismotectonics in SW Turkey, Tectonophysics, Vol. 292, pp. 255-266, 1998.
- Pınar, A., D. Kalafat, Source processes and seismotectonic implications of the 1995 and 1996 Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean region, earthquakes, Tectonophysics, Vol. 301, pp. 217-230, 1999.
- Pınar, A., Y. Honkura, K. Kuge, Moment tensor inversion of recent small to moderate sized earthquakes: Implication for seismic hazard and active tectonics beneath the Sea of Marmara, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 153, pp. 133-145, 2003.
- Pınar, A., Y. Honkura, K. Kuge, Seismic activity triggered by the 1999 Izmit earthquake and its implications for the assessment of future seismic risk, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 146, pp. F1-F7, 2001.
- Horasan, G., L. Gülen, A. Pınar, D. Kalafat, N. Ozel, H. S. Kuleli, A. M. Isikara, Lithospheric structure of the Marmara and Aegean regions, Western Turkey, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, pp. 322-329, 2002.
- Gülen, L., A. Pınar, D. Kalafat, N. Ozel, G. Horasan, M. Yilmazer, A. M. Isikara, Surface fault breaks, aftershock distribution, and rupture process of the 17 August Izmit, Turkey, Earthquake, Bull. Seism.Soc. Am., 92, pp. 230-244, 2002.
- Utkucu, M., A. Pınar, Ö. Alptekin, A detailed slip model for the 1995, October 1, Dinar, Turkey, earthquake (Ms=6.1) determined from inversion of teleseismic P and SH waveforms, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 151, 184-195, 2002.
- Utkucu, M., Ö. Alptekin, & A. Pınar, A detailed source of the Orta (Çankırı) earthquake of June 6, 2000 (Ms=6.1): An intraplate earthquake in central Anatolia, Journal of Seismology, Vol. 7, pp. 193-202, 2003.
- Iio, Y., C. Gürbüz, K. Nishigami, A. Pınar, N. Aybey, S. B. Üçer, Y. Honkura and A. M. Işıkara, Microseismic activity around the western extension of the 1967 Mudurnu Earthquake fault, Tectonophysics, Vol. 193, pp. 327-334, 1991.
Konferans Bildirileri
- A. Pınar, Performance Of Network Based Eew Systems In Marmara Regıon; Vs, Elarms-2 And Presto, Sözlü Sunum, Agu Fall Meetıng San Francısco , 14 December 2015, 14 December 2015.
- A. Pınar, Earthquake Early Warnıng And Rapıd Response To The May 24, 2014 Northern Aegean Earthquake (Mw=6.9), Sözlü Sunum, The 14th Japan Earthquake Engıneerıng Symposıum, 04 December 2015,
- A. Pınar, Earthquake Early Warnıng Capabılıtıes Of Regıonal Seısmıc Networks, Sözlü Sunum, 3rd Internatıonal Conference On Earthquake Early Warnıng: Implementıng Earthquake Alerts, Berkeley
- Unıversıty Of Calıfornıa, 03 September 2015, 03 September 2015.
- A. Pınar, Earthquake Early Warnıng Response To The May 24, 2014 Northern Aegean Earthquake (Mw=6.9), Sözlü Sunum, 3rd Internatıonal Conference On Earthquake Early Warnıng: Implementıng Earthquake Alerts, Berkeley Unıversıty Of Calıfornıa, 03 September 2015, 03 September 2015.
- A. Pınar, Istanbul Earthquake Early Warnıng And Rapıd Response Network And Infrastructure Applıcatıons, Sözlü Sunum, Second European Conference On Earthquake Engıneerıng And Seısmology, 24 August 2015, 24 August 2015.
- A. Pınar, Real-Tıme Seısmology And Earthquake Early Warnıng Applıcatıons, Sözlü Sunum, 5th Internatıonal Earthquake Symposıum Kocaelı 2015, 10 June 2015, 10 June 2015.
- A. Pınar, Regıonal Earthquake Early Warnıng Applıcatıons In Marmara Regıon Based On Koerı, Sözlü Sunum, Japan Geoscıence Unıon (Jpgu) Meetıng, 28 April 2015, 28 April 2015.
INSTRUCTOR : Prof. Dr. Ali Pınar
COURSE OBJECTIVES : Geophysical methods used to characterize the near surface geological features are introduced. The seismic velocities and the associated elastic parameters of medium are to be deduced from observations. The course will be augmented by shallow surface seismological tools to study the characteristics of the seismic waves travelling through the near surface layers.
COURSE SYLLABUS :
- Seismic waves and elastic parameters
- Seismic refraction methods
- Seismic reflections methods
- Attenuation and spreading of seismic waves
- Amplification and damping
- Spectral contents of seismic records
PREREQUISITES : -
DURATION & HOURS PER WEEK : 14 weeks / 3 hours
GRADING BASIS :
- Reports
- Takehome exams
REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS :
- Ward SH (1990), Geotechnical and environmental geophysics, SEG, 1990.
- Havskov J and L Ottemöller (2010), Routine data processing in earthquake seismology, Springe
INSTRUCTORS : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülüm Tanırcan ve Prof. Dr. Ali Pınar
COURSE OBJECTIVES : Understanding of basic physics of earthquake source, source dominated ground motion generation techniques by kinematic and dynamic approaches
COURSE SYLLABUS :
Tectonics (1-4 weeks)
Seismicity and Crustal Strength
Rupture complexity
Faulting mechanisms,and principal stres axes
Fault scaling laws
Regional stres tensor
Frictional coefficients of faults
Coulomb stres changes associated with earthquakes
Seismic Energy of Complex Faulting Process (5-7 weeks)
Static and Kinetic estimate of seismic energy /Stress drop, particle velocity, Rupture velocity /Scaling of earthquake process, Self-similarity
Dynamic Description of Earthquake Sources
Earthquake Source (7-10 weeks)
Kinematic Description of Earthquake Sources
Spatio-temporal variation of slip on a fault
Basic Theorem in Generating Seismic motions from Earthquake Sources
Low frequency strong motion inversions;
Ground Motion Generation Techniques (10-13 weeks)
Simulation of ground motion with Green’s function technique
(Theoretical and empirical techniques)
PREREQUISITES : EQE 520
DURATION & HOURS PER WEEK : 13 weeks -3 hours/week
GRADING BASIS :
Assignments 60 %
A Term Project 40 %
REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS :
- “The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting” by C.Scholz, Cambridge Press, 2002.
- “Principles of Seismology” by A.Udias, Cambridge Press, 1999.
- “Earthquake Motion and Ground Conditions” edited by The Architectural Insititute of Japan,1993.
- “Earthquake Engineering Handbook”, edited by Chen and Schawtorn, CRC Press, 2003
- “Earthquake Hazard Analysis”, issues and insights, by Leon Reiter, Columbia University Press, 1991
- “Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis”, Robin K. McGuire, EERI, 2004.
- Journal Papers
