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Tratamiento de Aguas Residual Domestica para el Complejo de Apartamentos “El Metro”, Villa Mella, Santo Domingo
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2009)
Resumen - El diseño de la planta de tratamiento de las aguas residuales domesticas para el complejo de apartamentos “El Metro”, surge de la necesidad del Ing. Juan Padilla de construir dicha planta para 416 viviendas, ya ...
Case study: Evaluation of a two-level residence structural plan (stilt house with open space on the first floor) and compliance recommendations for earthquake resistance in Puerto Rico using ACI318-14 code
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
The construction of two-level residences
on columns in Puerto Rico is quite common. This
type of structure is built for the purpose of having an
open space on the first floor (ground level) while the
main residence is ...
Change in the Precipitation Parameter Source and its Effect in Previously Designed Structures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
The impact of any development brings
with it a series of changes to the environment that
must be mitigated; thus, Hydrologic and Hydraulic
Studies become necessary to bring solution at the
design process. The ...
Inflow and Infiltration Affecting the Water Reclamation Facility #2 in Ocala, Florida
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
The Water Reclamation Facility #2
(WRF #2) of the city of Ocala, Florida, is receiving
high influent flows on heavy rain events. The
hypothesis is that stormwater inflow and infiltration
is coming into the sewer system ...
Gerencia del Proyecto de Nueva Entrada y Área de Acceso Peatonal de Estudiantes Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
En el 2014 la Universidad
Politécnica de Puerto Rico desarrolló un proyecto
para la construcción de La Nueva Entrada y Acceso
Peatonal de Estudiantes. Como parte de este
proyecto se desarrollarían dos principales
estructuras. ...
Piedras Blancas Landslide: Mitigation Works
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2009)
Abstract - The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority has conducted since the 1980s several geotechnical investigations about the Piedras Blancas Landslide in the Municipality of San Sebastian. This landslide has ...
Nitrogen and BOD Removal from Municipal Wastewater Using a Constructed Vegetate Plug Flow Multiple Stages Series System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - Most wastewaters contain nitrogenous compounds that have given rise to various negative phenomena in water environments, such as growth of algae causing eutrophication with damage to aquatic life, being toxic ...
Evaluation of the Horizontal Coefficient of Consolidation Determined by One Dimensional Consolidation Tests for Soft Saturated Soil
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
When determining time of
consolidation at a project site where a soft clay soil
profile is present the coefficients of vertical and
horizontal consolidation are key parameters, when
vertical drains are used. The ...
Hydrologic -Hydraulic Study for an Urban Project Adjacent to a River with no Base Flood
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)
The massive land development
increases the impervious areas of watershed, which
induces high runoff and downstream flooding
problems especially in areas adjacent to a river. It
is extremely important to determinate a ...
Efecto de las Extracciones en los Ríos de Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)
En Puerto Rico, desde la década del
50, se está llevando a cabo la extracción de
agregados en algunos ríos del país. El problema
que ha ocasionado esta actividad es la contribución
a la degradación de sus lechos. ...