A methodology for the evaluation of the condition of urban streams is proposed. The methodology integrates field data, historical information and technical analysis; it could be applied to the hydraulic component of the ...

This paper discusses the most important results of a research focused on the construction process of architectonical concrete, presenting as a final result a handbook with recommendations on how to build architectonical concrete ...

A review of the experiences with GIS technology that different municipalities and governmental institutions in the Oriente Antioqueño and Valle de Aburrá regions have had is presented here, identifying conditions that have ...

According to the Custom Development Method (CDM), the first phase of the software development process is commonly the definition phase. Processes related to the organization in which the software application is needed, ...

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 ...

The highways or airfield pavement performance depends on the material behavior in different structural layers of embankment. Generally, economic limitations force to use of in situ available soil as material for pavement ...

In the Finite Element Method (FEM) material non-linearities are considered through incremental formulations in terms of a pseudo-time variable for the case of rate independent models and a real time variable in the case ...

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 ...

The article presents the causes and dynamic of the mass movement which occurred on May 31, 2008 in the higher part of San Pedro settlement, called Las Peñitas, Medellín. This tragic event left 27 dead people, 16 injured people ...

The objective of this article is to apply the momentum principle in open channels flow as an independent methodology from other physical principles. It remedies a fault of the technical literature by the additional int ...