The history, evolution and experience of the bridge contest carried out every year by the Antioquia School of Engineering (EIA) is exposed. The basic structural systems used for bridges are described, the weak points of ...

Seismic engineering has been responsible of proposing design methods to ensure that structures behave according to defined limit states during their lifetime and to fulfill the function for which they were designed. This ...

This paper presents a qualitative analysis of the possibility of implementing seismic response control techniques in buildings in Colombia. Given the current local conditions in engineering and construction in the country, ...

This paper proposes a management system for the after sale claims applied to housing construction companies but also valid to any type of company. The system includes a map of the claim process with its respective forms ...

This paper corresponds to a summary of the common aspects of the state-of-the-art seismic response control techniques to buildings. It is presented an overview of the energy balance concept in a structural system; it is ...

This paper presents general aspects of the present situation of the use of seismic response-control techniques in Colombian buildings. The most prevalent techniques used worldwide are identified, and the results of a survey ...