Publications
Publications
2025
Büker, F., M. Parr, G. De Francesco, L. S. Hogan, K. Elwood, D. K. Bull and T. J. Sullivan (2025) "Seismic performance of two ductile RC super-assembly frame specimens with hollow-core floors." Journal of Building Engineering. [DOI with Open Access]
Büker, F., N.J. Brooke, L. S. Hogan, K. J. Elwood, D. K. Bull, T. J. Sullivan (2025) “Seismic performance of precast hollow-core floors: Experimental findings and updates to C5.” Bulletin of the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering. [Early access]
Uwamahoro, C., F. Büker, and L. Tobber (2025) "Exploratory testing of the tensile behaviour and displacement capacity of grouted dowel connection under monotonic and cyclic loading." Construction and Building Materials, 492: [DOI with Open Access]
Büker, F. and L. Tobber (2025) "Nonlinear Cyclic Behaviour of North American Precast Concrete Wall Buildings." Proceedings of the 2025 Australian Earthquake Engineering Society National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Tobber L., M. Sabounchi, F. Büker, and R. Kuwabara (2025) "Research Program on the Seismic Design and Performance of PC Walls in Canada." Proceedings of the 2025 Australian Earthquake Engineering Society National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
2024
Büker, F., N. J. Brooke, K. J. Elwood, D. K. Bull, L. S. Hogan, and M. Parr (2024) "Earthquake-induced Web Cracking in Hollow-core Floors." Proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy.
Uwamahoro, C., F. Büker, G. Shishido, and L. Tobber (2024) "Experimental Study of Grouted Dowel Connections under Monotonic Load." Proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy.
2023
Büker, F. 2023. “Experimental evaluation of the seismic performance of hollow-core floors and retrofits.” PhD Thesis, University of Auckland, New Zealand. [Link]
2022
Büker, F., M. Parr, G. De Francesco, L. S. Hogan, D. K. Bull, K. J. Elwood, A. Liu, and T. J. Sullivan (2022) "Seismic Damage Observations of Precast Hollow-Core Floors from Two Full-Scale Super-Assembly Tests." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 35 (1): 125–147. [DOI] - [Open Access]
Büker, F., L. S. Hogan, K. J. Elwood, N. J. Brooke, and D. K. Bull (2022) "Design Recommendations for Seating Angle Retrofits." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 35 (1): 55–68. [DOI] - [Open Access]
Büker, F., N. J. Brooke, L. S. Hogan, K. J. Elwood, D. K. Bull, and T. J. Sullivan (2022) "Design Recommendations for Strongback Retrofits." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 35 (1): 69–84. [DOI] – [Open Access]
Brooke, N. J., F. Büker, D. K. Bull, K. J. Elwood, R. S. Henry, and L. S. Hogan (2022) "Overview of retrofit requirements and techniques for precast concrete floors." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 35 (1): 30–54. [DOI] – [Open Access]
Parr, M., F. Büker, G. De Francesco, D. K. Bull, N. J. Brooke, K. J. Elwood, L. S. Hogan, A. Liu, and T. J. Sullivan (2022) "Load-Path and Stiffness Degradation of Floor Diaphragms in Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Lateral Loading - Part I, Experimental Observations." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 35 (1): 149–171. [DOI] - [Open Access]
Sarkis, A. I., F. Büker, T. Sullivan, K. J. Elwood, E. Brunesi, and L. Hogan (2022) "Aspects Affecting the Nonlinear Behaviour of Precast Pre-stressed Hollow-core Units Failing in Shear." Structural Concrete, 23 (5): 3021–3038. [DOI with Open Access]
Mostafa, M., F. Büker, L. Hogan, K. Elwood, D. Bull, and M. Parr (2022) "Seismic Performance of Precast Hollow-core Units Seated Within the Plastic Hinge Region." Proceedings of the 2022 NZSEE Annual Technical Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. p12.
2021
Büker, F., N. J. Brooke, K. J. Elwood, D. K. Bull, L. S. Hogan, and M. Parr (2021) "Development and Validation of Retrofit Techniques for Hollow-core Floors." Proceedings of the 2021 SESOC Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand: Structural Engineering Society New Zealand. p14.
2020
Büker, F., C. Poland, and N. J. Brooke (2020) "Assessment of Existing Precast Concrete Floors: Hollow-core Worked Example - Revision 1." Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, 33 (2): 44–86. [DOI] - [Open Access]
2019
Puranam, A. Y., F. Büker and K. J. Elwood (2019) "Assessment of reinforced concrete buildings with hollow-core floors" Proceedings of the 2019 Pacific Conference of Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, p10. [Link]
Parr, M., K. J. Elwood, D. K. Bull, F. Büker, L. S. Hogan, A. Y. Puranam, R. S. Henry, and N. J. Brooke (2019) "Development and Testing of Retrofit Solutions for Hollow-core Floors in Existing Buildings." Proceedings of the 2019 Concrete New Zealand Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, p12.