ListarUndergraduate Research Program for Honor and Outstanding Students por tema "Earthquakes--Puerto Rico"

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    • Assessment of Structural Damages due to the Earthquakes in Puerto Rico Occurred on January 2020 

      García Torres, Edgardo J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021-09-17)
      The objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive classification and documentation of the failures in buildings that occurred in Puerto Rico in January 2020 as a result of the southern earthquakes, determine ...

    • Risk & Vulnerability Assessment on Water Treatment Infrastructure against Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico 

      Lugo Montes, Abdiel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020-11-13)
      This research focused on the use of FEMA’s Hazus-Multi Hazard GIS modeling software for the performance of a risk and vulnerability assessment on drinking water treatment plants in Puerto Rico against natural hazards. ...

    • Vulnerability of Bridges to Natural Events 

      León Malavé, Patricia (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020-11-13)
      This project utilized the HAZUS program and ArcGIS to perform vulnerability assessments on the bridges in Puerto Rico After conducting earthquake scenarios, the most probable bridge to experience failure or distress was ...

    • Vulnerability of schools in Puerto Rico to tsunami events 

      Torres Rodríguez, Verónica A.; Cohen Vázquez, Joel A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021-09-17)
      Puerto Rico is in an area of high seismicity, due to the presence of seismic faults around and within the Island These faults have the potential to generate earthquakes that cause tsunamis, as occurred in 1918 in the ...