In civil engineering, the properties of the soils are important for design and construction of a project. Therefore, it is necessary to know the different properties of the soil layers, the hydraulic and mechanical, so ...

The World Bank indicated that inadequate infrastructure hinders local economic growth, competitiveness, and is a major cause for a deficient quality of life. For the past decade, the government of Puerto Rico has been ...

In civil engineering, the properties of the soils are important for design and construction of a project. Therefore, it is necessary to know the different properties of the soil layers, the hydraulic and mechanical, so ...

Road safety and speed limit compliance in school zones are critical problems in the United States (US), Puerto Rico, and other places around the world. Research has shown that drivers do not comply with speed limits around ...

Reinforced concrete (RC) squat walls provide most of the structure lateral strength and stiffness to resist earthquakes and wind loadings in nuclear power plants and other buildings. A reduction factor is usually applied ...

Puerto Rico is located in a high seismicity zone, hence it is essential the development and implementation of state-of-the-art dynamic analysis in order to predict and prevent possible damages on structures. At present, ...

Considering the high risk of seismic activity of the island of Puerto Rico, this research is aimed at determining the fundamental natural periods of the soil deposits in two areas, downtown Aguadilla and the Espinal ...

Current practice for the design and assessment of coastal infrastructure requires the use of stochastic methods for the evaluation of the risk associated with coastal hazards such as storm surge and flooding induced by ...

This dissertation is comprised of four manuscripts developed from different topics of geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Puerto Rico is selected as the study area because is an island located in a high tectonic active ...

Global warming brings as consequence an alteration in precipitation and increase in the sea water level. These consequences generate flood loads in structures near to the coast. The forces generated by these floods are: ...