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Moisture effects on short term durability and mechanical properties of two Puerto Rico crushed limestone aggregates
(2009-12)
This Master of Science thesis includes an experimental characterization of the mechanical properties of two Puerto Rico crushed limestone aggregates (CLA). Specifically, the crushed limestone was obtained from two quarries ...
Sistema de monitoreo de tráfico y control de interseccion para el Laboratorio de Ingeniería de Transportación
(2009)
In an urban network of vehicular traffic the intersections happen a higher frequency of congestion issues and accidents. Therefore they are appropriate points to place monitoring systems and control of vehicles and ...
Adaptation of VISSIM, a dynamic simulation model, to the traffic behavior at intersections in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
(2006-05)
The rapid evolution in the sophistication of microsimulation models has encouraged their
use in transportation engineering and planning. Traffic In Towns SIMulation (VISSIM as its
acronyms in German) is a microsimulation ...
Periodos fundamentales de sitio utilizando microtemblores: comparación con otros métodos y aplicación a Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
(2009-11)
Most of the earthquake damage is caused by the amplification due to local geological conditions of the seismic waves propagating from the bedrock. A simple and efficient way to characterize the geological conditions is the ...
Propiedades mecánicas de materiales compuestos a nivel micro y macro considerando degradación higrotérmica
(2009-06)
Glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) are widely used in civil engineering applications, however they are still not considered a main stream material. This is believed to be related to its relatively high cost and ...
Development of a geotechnical database for the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
(2007)
This project focuses in the development of a detailed geotechnical database model of the city of Mayagüez. The database is mainly composed by data gathered from local consulting firms and government agencies as well as ...
Desarrollo y aplicación de un índice de calidad de agua para ríos en Puerto Rico
(2009)
Este trabajo presenta la elaboración de un Índice de Calidad de Agua (ICA) para los ríos en Puerto Rico. Dicho índice pretende clasificar en una escala de 0 a 100 la calidad representativa del agua, según los constituyentes ...
Evaluación experimental del efecto de la compactación en la resistencia a corto plazo de arena limosa (SM) A-2-4 (PR-108)
(2009-12)
Compaction is a ground improvement technique most commonly used in Civil Engineering. Specification for compaction determine the required moisture content and maximum dry density that the soil should reach in the field to ...
Diseño de una base de datos de costos unitarios en construcción de edificios en el Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez
(2009)
The objective of this project was to establish a Unit Construction Price Database for the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (RUM). The process consisted on the investigation of past -campus- projects construction ...
Seismic analyses and instrumentation of the Patillas earth dam
(2009-05)
This thesis presents the results of seismic analyses performed for an earth dam located in Patillas, Puerto Rico. This embankment dam was built using hydraulic filling between 1912 and 1914. The dam geometry and material ...