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Puerto Rico soils classification maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
Puerto Rico soils classification maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
dc.contributor.author | Pando López, Miguel A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ramos Cabeza, Ricardo | |
dc.contributor.author | López Rodríguez, Ricardo R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Saffar, Ali | |
dc.contributor.author | Martínez-Cruzado, José A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Suárez, Luis E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Puerto Rico Strong Motion Program | |
dc.contributor.college | College of Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Civil Engineering | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-12T08:20:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-12T08:20:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.description.abstract | Compilation of Soil Type Classification Maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP, 1994), which was adopted by the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC, 1997) and later by modern codes. This work includes maps for the municipalities of Arecibo (split into 5 segments), Caguas (1 segment), Humacao (7 segments), Mayagüez (6 segments), Ponce (5 segments) and San Juan Metropolitan Area (SJMA) (22 segments), which includes Bayamón, Carolina, Cataño, Guaynabo, San Juan, Toa Baja, and Trujillo Alto municipalities. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Recopilación de Mapas de la Clasificación de Tipos de Suelos según el Programa Nacional de Reducción de Peligrosidad Sísmica de 1994 (NEHRP, 1994), clasificación que fue adoptada por el Código de Edificación Uniforme de 1997 (UBC, 1997) y luego por códigos modernos. Se incluyen los mapas para las ciudades de Arecibo (subdividido en 5 segmentos), Caguas (1 segmento), Humacao (7 segmentos), Mayagüez (6 segmentos), Ponce (5 segmentos) y la Zona Metropolitana de San Juan (ZMSJ) (22 segmentos), que a su vez incluye los municipios de Bayamón, Carolina, Cataño, Guaynabo, San Juan, Toa Baja y Trujillo Alto. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Civil Engineering and Surveying Department at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez (UPRM), Puerto Rico Strong Motion Program, and the Puerto Rico Insurance Commissioner's Office. The help of local Geotechnical Engineering companies and government agencies to acquire the data to prepare the maps is acknowledged. These are: Jaca y Sierra, Geo-Cim, Western Soils, Despiau Associates, Geo Engineering, Geo Consult, Geo Practica, Advanced Soil Engineering, Víctor Rivera & Asoc., Caribbean Soils Eng., Ponce I & M Engineering Lab., Puerto Rico Highway Authority and Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2585 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.holder | (c) 2010 Puerto Rico Strong Motion Program | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Soil type maps | en_US |
dc.subject | Puerto Rico site classes | en_US |
dc.subject | NEHRP classification | en_US |
dc.subject | Geotechnical earthquake engineering | en_US |
dc.subject | Puerto Rico soil profiles | en_US |
dc.title | Puerto Rico soils classification maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Mapa de clasificación de suelos de Puerto Rico según National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program de 1994 | en_US |
dc.type | Map | en_US |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Civil Engineering | en_US |
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