Bravo González, Diego Andrés (Date of defense: 2010-06-18)
Energy input spectra applicable to the seismic design of structures in moderate-to-high seismicity regions such as Colombia are proposed. They are derived from the bilinear envelope of individual spectra ...
Aguilar Meléndez, Armando (Date of defense: 2011-07-23)
In the present work a probabilistic methodology to estimate the seismic risk of buildings in urban areas is proposed. The seismic risk obtained through this methodology is expressed in terms of annual ...
Portilla Gamboa, Modesto Eusebio (Date of defense: 2014-10-28)
En este documento de Tesis Doctoral, se presenta la recopilación, reconstrucción y análisis de los inventarios de movimientos en masa (MM) y los campos de lluvias para tres eventos históricos en los ...
Tarela Alonso, Ester (Date of defense: 2012-06-22)
The main goal of this thesis is to test the brittle-ductile (BD) interaction hypothesis of the lithosphere. The model uses the correlation of two parameters, the seismicity characterizing the brittle ...
Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe (Date of defense: 2013-07-09)
Esta tesis propone una metodología de evaluación del daño sísmico basada en el método del espectro de capacidad pero con un enfoque probabilista que se apoya en simulaciones Monte Carlo. Así la acción ...
Levatti, Hector Ulises (Date of defense: 2015-04-28)
This thesis focuses on the experimental and numerical study of the desiccation processes of low-plasticity clayey soils that usually result in shrinkage and often in cracking. A comprehensive state of ...
Jaramillo Santana, Nayive (Date of defense: 2014-06-12)
The risk coming from natural hazards is usually assessed in physical terms by estimating the losses they may cause. Nevertheless, the risk assessment can involve such aspects as the lack of economic and ...
Ugel Garrido, Ronald David (Date of defense: 2015-09-18)
In this study it was assessed the seismic behavior of framed buildings with composite structure of steel and reinforced concrete (RC) in a specific configuration formed with lower levels with RC (primary ...
Amorim, Samuel (Date of defense: 2012-05-14)
Human and economic losses caused by landslides have attracted the interest of the scientific community for the identification of the threatened areas and preventing their consequences. The goal of the ...