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Osman Gencel

Osman Gencel

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Materials Science

D-Index
60
Citations
11227
World Ranking
7161
National Ranking
14

Overview

Osman Gencel is affiliated with Bartin University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to research in the field of engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, building and construction, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research includes significant work on concrete and cement materials, phase change materials, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, and the recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production. Additional topics of interest encompass adsorption and cooling systems, recycled aggregate concrete performance, and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

Recent publications include:

  • Steel slag and its applications in cement and concrete technology: A review, 2021, Construction and Building Materials
  • Basalt fiber-reinforced foam concrete containing silica fume: An experimental study, 2022, Construction and Building Materials
  • Lightweight foam concrete containing expanded perlite and glass sand: Physico-mechanical, durability, and insulation properties, 2022, Construction and Building Materials
  • Effect of waste marble powder and rice husk ash on the microstructural, physico-mechanical and transport properties of foam concretes exposed to high temperatures and freeze-thaw cycles, 2021, Construction and Building Materials

Osman Gencel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Ahmet Sarı, Gökhan Hekimoğlu, Togay Ozbakkaloglu, Abid Ustaoğlu, and Ertuğrul Erdoğmuş.

The primary venues for publishing research include Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Building Engineering, Journal of Energy Storage, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Energy and Buildings.

Best Publications

  • Properties of concrete paving blocks made with waste marble

    Osman Gencel;Osman Gencel;Cengiz Ozel;Fuat Koksal;Ertugrul Erdogmus

  • Steel slag and its applications in cement and concrete technology: A review

    Osman Gencel;Omer Karadag;Osman Hulusi Oren;Turhan Bilir

  • Characteristics of fired clay bricks with waste marble powder addition as building materials

    Mucahit Sutcu;Hande Alptekin;Ertugrul Erdogmus;Yusuf Er

  • Workability and Mechanical Performance of Steel Fiber-Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete with Fly Ash

    Osman Gencel;Witold Brostow;Tea Datashvili;Michael Thedford

  • Mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibres

    O Gencel;C Ozel;W Brostow;G Martínez-Barrera

  • Determination and calculation of gamma and neutron shielding characteristics of concretes containing different hematite proportions

    Osman Gencel;Ahmet Bozkurt;Erol Kam;Turgay Korkut

  • Combined effect of silica fume and expanded vermiculite on properties of lightweight mortars at ambient and elevated temperatures

    Fuat Koksal;Osman Gencel;Mehmet Kaya

  • The effect of fly ash content and types of aggregates on the properties of pre-fabricated concrete interlocking blocks (PCIBs)

    Tayfun Uygunoğlu;Ilker Bekir Topcu;Osman Gencel;Osman Gencel;Witold Brostow

  • Recycling of bottom ash and fly ash wastes in eco-friendly clay brick production

    Mucahit Sutcu;Ertugrul Erdogmus;Osman Gencel;Aliakbar Gholampour;Aliakbar Gholampour

  • Physico-mechanical, durability and thermal properties of basalt fiber reinforced foamed concrete containing waste marble powder and slag

    Oguzhan Yavuz Bayraktar;Gokhan Kaplan;Osman Gencel;Ahmet Benli

  • Thermal performance optimization of hollow clay bricks made up of paper waste

    Mucahit Sutcu;Juan José del Coz Díaz;Felipe Pedro Álvarez Rabanal;Osman Gencel

  • Combined effects of fly ash and waste ferrochromium on properties of concrete

    Osman Gencel;Osman Gencel;Fuat Koksal;Cengiz Ozel;Witold Brostow

  • Properties of bricks with waste ferrochromium slag and zeolite

    Osman Gencel;Mucahit Sutcu;Ertugrul Erdogmus;Vahdettin Koc

  • Effect of waste marble powder and rice husk ash on the microstructural, physico-mechanical and transport properties of foam concretes exposed to high temperatures and freeze–thaw cycles

    Osman Gencel;Ahmet Benli;Oguzhan Yavuz Bayraktar;Gokhan Kaplan

  • Properties of gypsum composites containing vermiculite and polypropylene fibers: Numerical and experimental results

    Osman Gencel;Juan Jose del Coz Diaz;Mucahit Sutcu;Fuat Koksal

  • Characteristics of hemp fibre reinforced foam concretes with fly ash and Taguchi optimization

    Osman Gencel;Oguzhan Yavuz Bayraktar;Gokhan Kaplan;Ahmet Benli

  • Properties of mortars with fly ash as fine aggregate

    Turhan Bilir;Osman Gencel;Ilker Bekir Topcu

  • Fracture energy-based optimisation of steel fibre reinforced concretes

    Fuat Köksal;Yuşa Şahin;Osman Gencel;İlhami Yiğit

  • A novel lightweight gypsum composite with diatomite and polypropylene fibers

    Osman Gencel;Juan Jose del Coz Diaz;Mucahit Sutcu;Fuat Koksal

  • Characteristics of fired clay bricks with pumice additive

    Osman Gencel

  • Effect of high temperature on mechanical and physical properties of lightweight cement based refractory including expanded vermiculite

    F Koksal;O Gencel;W Brostow;H E Hagg Lobland

  • An investigation on the concrete properties containing colemanite

    Osman Gencel;Witold Brostow;Cengiz Ozel;Muemin Filiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Witold Brostow
Witold Brostow University of North Texas
Aliakbar Gholampour
Aliakbar Gholampour Flinders University
Togay Ozbakkaloglu
Togay Ozbakkaloglu Texas State University
Ahmet Sarı
Ahmet Sarı Karadeniz Technical University
İlker Bekir Topçu
İlker Bekir Topçu Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Jorge de Brito
Jorge de Brito Instituto Superior Técnico
Bing Chen
Bing Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tuan Ngo
Tuan Ngo University of Melbourne
Bing Chen
Bing Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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