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FOUNDATION
FOR THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF SEISMIC ENGINEERING
P.O.Box 01-108
San Salvador,
El Salvador, Centro América
TeleFax: (503)
224-1376,
updated: may
1, 2002
Email: racosel@amnetsal.com
and fundasismica@amnetsal.com
Iglesia
del Perpetuo Socorro |
Vista Aerea
Nuevo Hospital Militar |
Torres del
Salvador del Mundo |
Shear Box |
Hidraulic
drill |
Consolidation
Test |
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ABOUT FUNDASISMICA:
FUNDASISMICA* is a salvadorean
foundation on Seismic Research and Structural Engineering, directed by
Rafael Colindres Selva (Civil Engineer with over 40 years structural engineering
experience in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico and other
countries. FUNDASISMICA is interested in establishing cooperative
programs to continue developing Seismic Research projects with prestigious
Institutions and universities in North America and around the World. Main
Areas of interest are: Soil Dynamics, Soil Structure Interaction,
and Seismic Risk
* (Executive
Agreement N0.90, september 3, 1996, Diario Oficial No.181, volume 332,
september 27, 1996)
[Acuerdo ejecutivo
N°90, del tres de septiembre de 1996, Diario Oficial N°181, tomo
332, veinte y siete de septiembre de 1996]
RESEARCH ARTICLES
(in Spanish):
"RIESGO
SISMICO DE SAN SALVADOR"
"RIESGO
SISMICO EN EL SALVADOR (continuación)
"OBTENCION DE CONSTANTES DE RESORTE PARA EL SUELO"
"UN METODO PARA OBTENER LA INTERACCION SUELO-ESTRUCTURA"
"SOBRE
LAS VENTAJAS Y DESVENTAJAS DE CONSTRUIR EN ACERO O CONCRETO REFORZADO"
Clover Technology
Programa donado por Clover technology
(a traves de Mr Keith Stewart)
a FundaSísmica para investigar
las fallas de Estabilidad de Taludes debido a los terremotos del
enero13 y febrero13 de 2001 en
El Salvador
SERVICES OFFERED
BY FUNDASISMICA:
CONSULTING
SERVICES, in Latin America and the World
SEISMIC
RISK ANALYSIS, using Dynamic Soil Properties for buildings, bridges
and industrial factories
LABORATORY
SERVICES:
-
Triaxial Test
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Shear Box Test
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Consolidation
-
Obtaining of the Modulus (Free Torsion
Test)
SEISMIC
ANALYSIS, by Finite Element Method. Dynamic Analysis
ADVANCED
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES COURSES (VisualBasic, C/ C++, Pascal, and others)
WEB
PAGE DESIGNING, DATABASE INSTALLING ON INTERNET
FUNDASISMICA´s
FUTURE PROJECTS:
IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING SEISMIC RISK ZONES IN SAN SALVADOR AND OTHER AREAS
ESTABLISHING
ACCELERATION SPECTRA FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE MAIN CITIES OF THE COUNTRY
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
FUNDASISMICA
IS CURRENTLY OFFERING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS COURSES, SPECIALIZED IN SOIL
INTERACTION
WE
ARE PREPARING THE SECOND EDITION OF THE BOOKa
"ESTRUCTURAS HIPERTESTATICAS" (HYPERSTATIC STRUCTURES)
WE HAVE CO-DEVELOPED A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SOFTWARE
CADRE
PRO [FEM] (DEVELOPED BY JIM HAYNES, SEATTLE). THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS TO
RESOLVE STRUCTURES. IT ALSO SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF SOIL -STRUCTURE INTERACTION
WITH SEISMIC EFFECTS. IT WILL BE OF GREAT USE IN SEISMIC RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE DEVELOPED
BY FUNDASISMICA:
SOIL DYNAMICS vol. I, (available on cd-rom or diskette) which contains
3 programs:
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SUSCOL,
Calculates the period of a building structure, in an easy way, and provides
the rigidity/ stiffness of the frame in each floor.
-
RESCOL
(Wolf Method), Calculates spring constants, loads, and displacements for
soil-structure interaction of footings and foundations. Natural period
of stratified soils.
-
RESCOL (Classic Method), Calculates spring constants, loads, and displacements
for soil-structure interaction of footings and foundations. Natural period
of stratified soils.
STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING BOOKS FOR SALE (in Spanish):
click in
the links above for details
Spanish
site click here
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
TO:
FundaSísmica