Hay numerosas estructuras con cables, tales como puentes colgantes y torres con riendas. Para amarrar dichos cables es común el uso de presacables en sus extremos. En este artículo se muestran los resultados de una investigación, realizada en el Departamento…

This work concerned uncertainty analysis for constructing stage–discharge rating curves to estimate error or uncertainty regarding calculated discharges, considering different discharge measurement availability scenarios. A methodology was used for creating artificial samples of discharge measurements from real data observed in…

Residential water demand is one of the most difficult parameters to determine when modelling drinking water distribution networks. It has been proven to be a stochastic process which can be characterised as a series of rectangular pulses having set intensity,…

This paper presents a model for the seismic analysis of buildings, taking two lumped masses at each level in a structure’s free nodes and comparing them to the traditional model which considers lumped masses per level, i.e., a mass for…

Thin walls having low concrete strength, minimum web steel ratios and web shear reinforcement made of welded wire meshes are commonly used in low-rise concrete housing. The damping factor commonly used for code-based dynamic analysis was evaluated based on seismic…

When dynamic performance of structures is assessed experimentally, most experimental studies consider variation in intensity by increasing the record of peak ground acceleration or displacement at different values. However, severity of earthquake motion is not only a function of the…

Slender columns’ lateral stability under compressive axial loads is presented, with uninhibited, partially inhibited and totally inhibited end side-sway, including the effects of semi-rigid connections and a uniformly distributed lateral elastic foundation (Winkler's type) throughout its entire span. The proposed…