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 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 ...