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Overview

Erol Tutumluer is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Civil and Structural Engineering. This specialization is supported by numerous publications spanning subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work extensively covers several main topics, including Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, and Railway Engineering and Dynamics. Other significant topics include Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics.

Erol Tutumluer has contributed to scholarly literature on geotechnical and transportation engineering, with recent papers addressing practical challenges in infrastructure. Selected publications include:

  • Automated crack severity level detection and classification for ballastless track slab using deep convolutional neural network, 2021, Automation in Construction
  • Evaluation of lateral stability of railway tracks due to ballast degradation, 2021, Construction and Building Materials
  • The use of geosynthetics in roads, 2021, Geosynthetics International
  • Stabilization of a Clayey Soil with Ladle Metallurgy Furnace Slag Fines, 2020, Materials
  • Triaxial testing of new and degraded ballast under dry and wet conditions, 2022, Transportation Geotechnics

The scientist has repeatedly published in several key venues related to transportation and construction, such as:

  • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geosynthetics International

Collaborations have been a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Issam I. A. Qamhia, Mingu Kang, Haohang Huang, John M. Hart, and Kelin Ding. These collaborations illustrate ongoing partnerships within the fields of transportation and geotechnical engineering.

Tutumluer has authored several books published by Springer Nature, which include:

  • Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV (2022)
  • Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV (2021)
  • Advances in Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (2020)
  • Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV (2021)

This body of work reflects a sustained engagement with topics related to transportation geotechnics, environmental vibration, and soil stabilization methodologies. The variety and depth of publications and collaborations indicate a comprehensive research agenda in engineering disciplines linked to infrastructure and material performance.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of image analysis techniques for quantifying aggregate shape characteristics

    Taleb Al-Rousan;Eyad Masad;Erol Tutumluer;Tongyan Pan

  • Discrete Element Modeling for fouled railroad ballast

    Hai Huang;Erol Tutumluer

  • Laboratory Characterization of Fouled Railroad Ballast Behavior

    Hongwei Huang;Erol Tutumluer;William Dombrow

  • Quantification of Coarse Aggregate Angularity Based on Image Analysis

    Chetana Rao;Erol Tutumluer;In Tai Kim

  • Discrete element modelling of ballasted track deformation behaviour

    Erol Tutumluer;Yu Qian;Youssef M.A. Hashash;Jamshid Ghaboussi

  • Aggregate Morphology Affecting Strength and Permanent Deformation Behavior of Unbound Aggregate Materials

    Erol Tutumluer;Tongyan Pan

  • Nonlinear Pavement Foundation Modeling for Three-Dimensional Finite-Element Analysis of Flexible Pavements

    Minkwan Kim;Minkwan Kim;Erol Tutumluer;Erol Tutumluer;Jayhyun Kwon;Jayhyun Kwon

  • Geogrid in flexible pavements validated mechanism

    Imad L. Al-Qadi;Samer H. Dessouky;Jayhyun Kwon;Erol Tutumluer

  • Effect of Coarse Aggregate Morphology on Permanent Deformation Behavior of Hot Mix Asphalt

    Tongyan Pan;Erol Tutumluer;Samuel H. Carpenter

  • Dynamic Analysis of Thin Asphalt Pavements by Using Cross-Anisotropic Stress-Dependent Properties for Granular Layer

    Imad L Al-Qadi;Hao Wang;Erol Tutumluer

  • Geogrid-Aggregate Interlock Mechanism Investigated through Aggregate Imaging-Based Discrete Element Modeling Approach

    Erol Tutumluer;Hai Huang;Xuecheng Bian

  • Test Methods for Characterizing Aggregate Shape, Texture, and Angularity

    Eyad A Masad;Taleb Al-Rousan;Joe W Button;Dallas N Little

  • Anisotropic Modeling of Granular Bases in Flexible Pavements

    Erol Tutumluer;Marshall R. Thompson

  • Characterization of geogrid reinforced ballast behavior at different levels of degradation through triaxial shear strength test and discrete element modeling

    Yu Qian;Debakanta Mishra;Erol Tutumluer;Hasan A. Kazmee

  • Aggregate Shape Effects on Ballast Tamping and Railroad Track Lateral Stability

    Erol Tutumluer;Hai Huang;Youssef Hashash

  • Evaluation of Aggregate Size and Shape by Means of Segmentation Techniques and Aggregate Image Processing Algorithms

    Maziar Moaveni;Shengnan Wang;John M Hart;Erol Tutumluer

  • Laboratory determination of anisotropic aggregate resilient moduli using an innovative test device

    Erol Tutumluer;Umit Seyhan

  • Predicting behavior of flexible pavements with granular bases

    Erol Tutumluer

  • Backcalculation of full-depth asphalt pavement layer moduli considering nonlinear stress-dependent subgrade behavior

    Halil Ceylan;Alper Guclu;Erol Tutumluer;Marshall R. Thompson

  • Determination of Volume of Aggregates: New Image-Analysis Approach

    Chetana Rao;Erol Tutumluer

  • Appendixes to NCHRP Report 555: Test Methods for Characterizing Aggregate Shape, Texture, and Angularity

    Eyad A Masad;Taleb Al-Rousan;Joe W Button;Dallas N Little

  • Nonlinear Pavement Foundation Modeling for Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Flexible Pavements

    Minkwan Kim;Erol Tutumluer

Frequent Co-Authors

Imad L. Al-Qadi
Imad L. Al-Qadi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jamshid Ghaboussi
Jamshid Ghaboussi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Youssef M. A. Hashash
Youssef M. A. Hashash University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Hart
John Hart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Halil Ceylan
Halil Ceylan Iowa State University
Linbing Wang
Linbing Wang Virginia Tech
Jeffery R. Roesler
Jeffery R. Roesler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dallas N. Little
Dallas N. Little Texas A&M University
Eyad Masad
Eyad Masad Hamad bin Khalifa University
Timothy D. Stark
Timothy D. Stark University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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