Researcher Profiles

Dr Selahattin Akdag

Research Associate

School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

My Research
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Research Interests

Rock burst analysis in deep mines/excavations
Coal burst mechanism investigation
Damage mechanism and post-peak response of rocks
Experimental and computational rock mechanics
Engineering fracture mechanics
In-situ stress measurement using AE and DRA

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2020	Postdoctoral Research Associate	The University of Adelaide
2019 - 2020	Research Associate	Australian Centre for Geomechanics - The University of Western Australia
2016 - 2019	Teaching Assistant	The University of Adelaide
2013 - 2016	Research and Teaching Assistant	Middle East Technical University

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2019	Award	Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence	The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2018	Award	Travelling Grant	School of Civil, Environmental and Mining, The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2009	Achievement	Dr. Taylan Bozdag Scholarship Club Certificate of Achievement	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Turkey	—

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2016 - 2019	University of Adelaide	Australia	D.Phil.
2013 - 2015	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	M.Sc
2007 - 2013	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	B.Eng. (Hons.)

Research Interests

Geomechanics Mining Engineering Resources Geotechnical Engineering

Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Akdag, S., Karakus, M., Nguyen, G. D., & Taheri, A. (2020). Strain burst vulnerability criterion based on energy-release rate. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 237, 17 pages. DOI
2019	Akdag, S., Karakus, M., Nguyen, G., Taheri, A., & Bruning, T. (2019). Evaluation of the propensity of strain burst in brittle granite based on post-peak energy analysis. Underground Space, OnlinePubl. DOI
2018	Akdag, S., Karakus, M., Taheri, A., Nguyen, G., & Manchao, H. (2018). Effects of thermal damage on strain burst mechanism for brittle rocks under true-triaxial loading conditions. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51(6), 1657-1682. DOI Scopus37 WoS22
2018	Bruning, T., Karakus, M., Akdag, S., Nguyen, G., & Goodchild, D. (2018). Influence of deviatoric stress on rockburst occurrence: an experimental study. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28(5), 763-766. DOI Scopus7 WoS5

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2019	Akdag, S., Bruning, T., & Karakus, M. (2019). How the accumulated damage leads to a violent rock failure? An innovative experimental study for rockburst. In Proceedengs of 53rd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium. New York.
2019	Akdag, S., Bruning, T., Karakus, M., & Nguyen, G. (2019). How can accumulated damage lead to a violent rock failure? An innovative experimental study for rockburst. In Proceedings of the 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. 1-6). New York City, New York, USA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
2018	Karakus, M., Kabwe, E., Chanda, E., & Akdag, S. (2018). Investigating the Tunnel Closure using Convergence Confinement Method and 2D Plane Strain Finite Difference Analysis.. In Proceedings of The fourth Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference.. Victoria: Australian Mining and Metallurgy.
2018	Karakus, M., Akdag, S., Randhawa, L., Zhao, Y., & Cao, Z. (2018). State-of-the-art damage assessment methods for brittle rock using digital image correlation and infrared thermography. In V. Litvinenko (Ed.), EUROCK 2018: Geomechanics and Geodynamics of Rock Masses. Proceedings of the 2018 European Rock Mechanics Symposium: vol. 1 Vol. 1 (pp. 525-532). London: CRC Press.
2018	Akdag, S., Karakus, M., Taheri, A., Nguyen, G., & He, M. (2018). Effect of thermal damage on strain burst mechanism of brittle rock using acoustic emission. In V. Litvinenko (Ed.), EUROCK 2018: Geomechanics and Geodynamics of Rock Masses. Proceedings of the 2018 European Rock Mechanics Symposium: vol. 1 Vol. 1 (pp. 581-585). London: Springer.
2017	Akdag, S., Karakus, M., Nguyen, G., & Taheri, A. (2017). Influence of specimen dimensions on bursting behaviour of rocks under true triaxial loading condition. In J. Wesseloo (Ed.), Deep Mining 2017: Eighth International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining (pp. 447-458). online: Australian Centre for Geomechanics.

Position: Research Associate
Phone: 83131113
Email: selahattin.akdag@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering North, floor 1
Room: N124
Org Unit: School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering

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