Concrete Swelling in a Double Curvature Dam

Se describe el problema del hinchamiento del hormigón en las presas de doble curvatura. Several chemical reactions are able to produce swelling of concrete for decades after its initial curing, a problem that affects a considerable number of concrete dams around the world. The object of the work reported is to simulate the underlying mechanisms with sufficient accuracy to reproduce the past history and to predict the future evolution reliably. Having studied the available formulations, that considered to be more promising was adopted and introduced via user routines in a commercial finite element code. It is a non isotropic swelling model,compatible with the cracking and other non-linearities displayed by the concrete. The paper concentrates on the work conducted for a double-curvature arch dam. The model parameters were determined on the basis of some parts of the dam’s monitored histories, reliability was then verified using other parts and, finally, predictions were made about the future evolution of the dam and its safety margin.

Fluid-Structure Interaction in Civil Engineering Structures

The problems being addressed involve the dynamic interaction of solids (structure and foundation) with a liquid (water). Various numerical procedures are reviewed and employed to solve the problem of establishing the expected response of a structure subjected to seismic excitations while duly accounting for those interactions. The methodology is applied to the analysis of dams, lock gates, and large storage tanks, incorporating in some cases a comparison with the results produced by means of simplified analytical procedures.

Evaluación de procesos de desgaste en turbinas aeronáuticas mediante espectrometría por disco rotativo(rde) y por contador de partículas láser(lnf)

En esta ponencia se realiza una revisión de diferentes metodologías para la evaluación de procesos de desgaste en turbinas aéreas derivadas. Mediante el análisis de las características del lubricante utilizado, a través de espectrometría de micropartículas y de la evaluación por contadores de partículas de tamaño superior a los 20 micrómetros, se pretende determinar procesos de desgaste y correlaciones entre diversos parámetros de funcionamiento de la turbina. Para ello se presentan las principales metodologías de análisis de aceite en uso, indicando la información que suministran, los ámbitos en los que su aplicación es pertinente, y se muestran los resultados de diferentes casos de aplicación correspondientes tanto a aeronaves de ala fija como de ala rotativa.

Yate a vela 30 metros

PFC Yate a vela 30 metros

Fiestas seculares, con que la coronada ciudad de Valencia celebró el feliz cumplimiento del tercer siglo de la canonizacion de su esclarecido hijo, y angel protector S. Vicente Ferrer, Apostol de Europa

Contiene: Apolo Carretero, alias el Parnaso Triunfal : esto es, nueva coleccion de los ingeniosos versos que se tiraban al pueblo de los Carros Triunfales de los Oficios / su autor Domingo Pablo, enano de Santa Ana, 1761

Viage [sic] literario a las iglesias de España

Apéndice de documentos, la mayoría en latín, al final de cada tomo

Lugares intermedios en Accesibilidad: Metodología integrada de diagnóstico y solución de barreras de accesibilidad físitica y criterios de comprensión e identificación a todas las escalas del Patrimonio

El presente artículo se centra en la aportación del Grupo de Investigación Paisaje Cultural (GIPC/UPM) en el proyecto de investigación PATRAC Patrimonio Accesible: I+D+i para una cultura sin barreras. En el marco de dos subproyectos, se ha trabajado, respectivamente, en el desarrollo de una metodología integrada de identificación y solución de barreras de accesibilidad física a todas las escalas del patrimonio, y en la selección, adaptación y gestión de la información de apoyo a la comprensión del bien patrimonial. El desarrollo se basa en una postura teórica previa: la importancia de la continuidad entre las escalas en la accesibilidad al patrimonio, y la especificidad de la relación entre el individuo y el elemento o entorno patrimonial. Las conclusiones recogen los conceptos que singularizan la aportación del GIPC. Así, se destaca el trabajo en aquellos espacios intermedios que conectan las diferentes escalas a las que se apunta, la calidad del diseño como medio de aplicación de criterios universales para soluciones específicas y la importancia, en la relación entre el hombre y el patrimonio, de la orientación y la identificación. This paper is focused in the contribution of the Grupo de investigación de Paisaje Cultural (GIPC/UPM) (Research Group on Cultural Landscapes) to the PATRACT project. In this framework it has been designed an integrated methodology to identify and solve physical barriers in all the scales of heritage; and in the selection, management and adaptation of information to improve the understanding the importance of heritage. This contribution is supported in a starting theory premise: the importance of continuity in the scales of accessibility to heritage, and the specificity of the relationship between the individual with the element or heritage environment. In the conclusions the GIPC group has strengthened the importance of the intermediate spaces which interlink different scales, using the quality of the design to accomplish specific solutions, and the relation between the human being and heritage as a pivotal point in the orientation and identification processes.

Metodología Integrada para la resolución de problemas de Movilidad Sostenible y Accesible en Áreas Patrimoniales y Singulares

El objetivo principal del proyecto es el desarrollo de una metodología integrada de análisis del problema de la movilidad en áreas de patrimonio cultural y singular y medios tecnológicos para ofrecer respuestas optimizadas desde el punto de vista del impacto medioambiental y la accesibilidad

Analysis of punching of a reinforced concrete slab within IRIS_2012

As part of the IRIS_2012 international benchmark, simulations were conducted to analyse impacts on reinforced concrete slabs by both rigid and deformable missiles. The analytical results were compared with physical tests conducted by the Technical Research Center VTT of Finland. In the impact discussed here, a rigid missile perforates the concrete slab. The missile is a thick steel tube filled with concrete with a total mass of 47.4 kg and strikes the target at 136 m/s. The target is a 250 mm thick, reinforced concrete slab that spans 2 m by 2 m and is held in a rigid supporting frame. Characterisation tests were provided for calibration of the parameters of the concrete models selected by the participants. Having reproduced those tests, the authors developed models for the slab and the missile. A damaged plasticity model was used for the concrete and the rebars were explicitly represented. The results obtained were very satisfactory in respect of the damage patterns caused in the concrete and the reinforcement; also, the calculated and measured values of the energy spent by the missile in perforating the slab differed by only 4%.

Concrete constitutive model, calibration and applications

A methodology has been developed for characterising the mechanical behaviour of concrete, based on the damaged plasticity model, enriched with a user subroutine (V)USDFLD in order to capture better the ductility of the material under moderate confining pressures. The model has been applied in the context of the international benchmark IRIS_2012, organised by the OECD/NEA/CSNI Nuclear Energy Agency, dealing with impacts of rigid and deformable missiles against reinforced concrete targets. A slightly modified version of the concrete damaged plasticity model was used to represent the concrete. The simulation results matched very well the observations made during the actual tests. Particularly successful predictions involved the energy spent by the rigid missile in perforating the target, the crushed length of the deformable missile, the crushed and cracked areas of the concrete target, and the values of the strains recorded at a number of locations in the concrete slab.

Seismic hazards of the Iberian Peninsula - evaluation with Kernel functions

The seismic hazard of the Iberian Peninsula is analysed using a nonparametric methodology based on statistical kernel functions; the activity rate is derived from the catalogue data, both its spatial dependence (without a seismogenetic zonation) and its magnitude dependence (without using Gutenberg–Richter's law). The catalogue is that of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, supplemented with other catalogues around the periphery; the quantification of events has been homogenised and spatially or temporally interrelated events have been suppressed to assume a Poisson process. The activity rate is determined by the kernel function, the bandwidth and the effective periods. The resulting rate is compared with that produced using Gutenberg–Richter statistics and a zoned approach. Three attenuation laws have been employed, one for deep sources and two for shallower events, depending on whether their magnitude was above or below 5. The results are presented as seismic hazard maps for different spectral frequencies and for return periods of 475 and 2475 yr, which allows constructing uniform hazard spectra.

Whence and whereto?

Se trata de un artículo invitado en el que el Pr. Martí, miembro del comité editor de la revista, ofrece en base a su experiencia algunas reflexiones sobre el tema al que se orienta la revista.

La Diana enamorada cinco libros que prosiguen los VII de Jorge de Montemayor

Índice

Multiple Hashing Integration for Real-Time Large Scale Part-to-Part Video Matching

A real-time large scale part-to-part video matching algorithm, based on the cross correlation of the intensity of motion curves, is proposed with a view to originality recognition, video database cleansing, copyright enforcement, video tagging or video result re-ranking. Moreover, it is suggested how the most representative hashes and distance functions - strada, discrete cosine transformation, Marr-Hildreth and radial - should be integrated in order for the matching algorithm to be invariant against blur, compression and rotation distortions: (R; _) 2 [1; 20]_[1; 8], from 512_512 to 32_32pixels2 and from 10 to 180_. The DCT hash is invariant against blur and compression up to 64x64 pixels2. Nevertheless, although its performance against rotation is the best, with a success up to 70%, it should be combined with the Marr-Hildreth distance function. With the latter, the image selected by the DCT hash should be at a distance lower than 1.15 times the Marr-Hildreth minimum distance.

A Web-based Support System for Providing Effective Monitoring, Feedback and Evaluation in Project Management Education

This work introduces a web-based learning environment to facilitate learning in Project Management. The proposed web-based support system integrates methodological procedures and information systems, allowing to promote learning among geographically-dispersed students. Thus, students who are enrolled in different universities at different locations and attend their own project management courses, share a virtual experience in executing and managing projects. Specific support systems were used or developed to automatically collect information about student activities, making it possible to monitor the progress made on learning and assess learning performance as established in the defined rubric.