FUNDASISMICA

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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

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
Shear Box Test
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 BOOK^a "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:

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.

More programs click this link

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING BOOKS FOR SALE (in Spanish):
click in the links above for details

DINAMICA DE SUELOS Y ESTRUCTURAS

INTERACCION DE SUELOS Y ESTRUCTURAS

INTERACCION DE SUELOS Y ESTRUCTURAS

ELEMENTOS DE ESTRUCTURAS INDETERMINADAS

Spanish site click here

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO:
FundaSísmica