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Işık Yilmaz is affiliated with Cumhuriyet University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on civil and structural engineering as well as environmental applications related to geological and geotechnical processes.

The scientist's work includes a range of topics such as landslides and related hazards, geotechnical engineering and analysis, and rock mechanics and modeling. Additional areas of study include grouting, rheology, and soil mechanics, as well as soil and unsaturated flow processes. They have also explored geotechnical engineering fields related to soil stabilization and soil mechanics.

Yilmaz has published research in multiple venues with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • AIP Conference Proceedings
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Sciences

Co-authorship collaborations form a significant part of Yilmaz's work, frequently partnering with:

  • Marián Marschalko
  • Marián Drusa
  • Derya Toksöz
  • Jan Kubáč
  • Dominik Niemiec

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • "Shallow mixing and column performances of lime, fly ash and gypsum on the stabilization of swelling soils," 2020, published in Engineering Geology
  • "Soil contamination by tar in the alluvial sediments: case study of the brownfield remediation project in the Czech Republic," 2020, Environmental Earth Sciences
  • "Slope Stability Study in Quarries by Different Approaches: Case Chouf Amar Quarry, Algeria," 2020, IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • "Preparation of GIS-based medium-scale settlement suitability plans by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP): Sivas city province case study," 2020, Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Sciences
  • "Deterministic approach to assess landslide susceptibility and landslide activity in the Central-Western Region of Slovakia," 2024, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Their extensive publication record includes approximately 30 publications in engineering and 14 in environmental science. Subfields covered comprise civil and structural engineering, management in monitoring and policy, mechanics of materials, safety and risk reliability, and global planetary change.

Best Publications

  • Landslide susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio, logistic regression, artificial neural networks and their comparison: A case study from Kat landslides (Tokat-Turkey)

    Işık Yilmaz

  • Comparison of landslide susceptibility mapping methodologies for Koyulhisar, Turkey: conditional probability, logistic regression, artificial neural networks, and support vector machine

    Işık Yilmaz

  • Multiple regression, ANN (RBF, MLP) and ANFIS models for prediction of swell potential of clayey soils

    Işık Yilmaz;Oguz Kaynar

  • Prediction of the strength and elasticity modulus of gypsum using multiple regression, ANN, and ANFIS models

    Işık Yilmaz;Gürkan Yuksek

  • Correlation of Schmidt hardness with unconfined compressive strength and Young's modulus in gypsum from Sivas (Turkey)

    Işık Yılmaz;Hüseyin Sendır

  • An Example of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Application for Indirect Estimation of Rock Parameters

    I. Yılmaz;A. G. Yuksek

  • Influence of water content on the strength and deformability of gypsum

    Işık Yilmaz

  • Gypsum: An additive for stabilization of swelling clay soils

    Işık Yilmaz;Berrin Civelekoglu

  • The effect of the sampling strategies on the landslide susceptibility mapping by conditional probability and artificial neural networks

    Işık Yilmaz

  • GIS based susceptibility mapping of karst depression in gypsum: A case study from Sivas basin (Turkey)

    Işık Yilmaz

  • A case study from Koyulhisar (Sivas-Turkey) for landslide susceptibility mapping by artificial neural networks

    Işık Yilmaz

  • Indirect estimation of the swelling percent and a new classification of soils depending on liquid limit and cation exchange capacity

    Işık Yilmaz

  • Influence of underground mining activities on the slope deformation genesis: Doubrava Vrchovec, Doubrava Ujala and Staric case studies from Czech Republic

    Marian Marschalko;Işık Yilmaz;Martin Bednárik;Karel Kubečka

  • GIS based statistical and physical approaches to landslide susceptibility mapping (Sebinkarahisar, Turkey)

    Işık Yilmaz;Inan Keskin

  • Landslide hazard and risk assessment: a case study from the Hlohovec–Sered’ landslide area in south-west Slovakia

    Martin Bednarik;Işık Yilmaz;Marian Marschalko

  • A new testing method for indirect determination of the unconfined compressive strength of rocks

    Işık Yilmaz

  • A short review on the surficial impacts of underground mining

    Aysen Oksan Altun;Isik Yilmaz;Mustafa Yildirim

  • Neural computing models for prediction of permeability coefficient of coarse-grained soils

    Işık Yilmaz;Marian Marschalko;Martin Bednarik;Oğuz Kaynar

  • Gypsum/anhydrite: some engineering problems

    I. Yılmaz

  • Evaluation of shear strength of clayey soils by using their liquidity index

    I. Yılmaz

  • Variations in the building site categories in the underground mining region of Doubrava (Czech Republic) for land use planning

    Marian Marschalko;Işık Yilmaz;Martin Bednárik;Karel Kubečka

Frequent Co-Authors

H. A. Nefeslioglu
H. A. Nefeslioglu Eskisehir Technical University

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