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Can University Inspire STEM Vocations in Rural Areas?

open access: yesEducation Sciences
This paper evaluates the impact of a Service-Learning (SL) project designed to promote vocations in Civil Engineering. Two university students from UPM presented their Final Degree Projects to 73 high school students at a rural school in Torrelaguna ...
Sergio Blanco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving the Reinforcement of Polyolefin Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Infrastructure Applications

open access: yesFibers, 2015
The increase in the use of polyolefin fiber-reinforced concrete (PFRC) is in contrast to the limited amount of published research about its fracture behavior.
Marcos G. Alberti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate‐resilient water infrastructure: A call to action

open access: yesJournal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 17-29, Spring/Summer 2024.
Abstract The effects of climate change have put tremendous stress on our existing water infrastructure and necessitate rethinking of how we govern and manage these systems. This commentary is a call to action for placing a holistic understanding of climate resilience at the center of water governance, understanding and approaching the issues as ...
Joanne Vinke‐De Kruijf   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diseño de un modelo de planificación de zonas de actividades logísticas mediante el empleo de redes bayesianas

open access: yesIngenieria Industrial, 2013
La dificultad para el establecimiento de pautas de dimensionamiento de Plataformas Logísti-cas y, en especial, de las Zonas de Actividades Logísticas (ZAL), recae en la heterogeneidad del desarrollo de este tipo de nodos de transporte a nivel ...
Francisco Soler Flores   +4 more
doaj  

Influence of the storage conditions on prestressing steel relaxation losses

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2012
Stress relaxation losses on active reinforcement have significant impact on prestressed concrete structures. This is why relaxation tests are carried out on prestressing steel wires and strands after being manufactured.
F. Suárez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural integrity of a submersible sea cage exposed to extreme oceanographic conditions

open access: yesJournal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 55, Issue 3, June 2024.
Abstract This study focuses on the structural integrity analyses of a submersible cage with dimensions of 20 m in diameter and 10 m depth under extreme oceanographic conditions, including current speed of 0.5 and 1 m/s, combined with waves ranging from 2 to 5 m in height and a period of 7 s. Employing a dynamic simulation model based on finite elements,
Jesús López   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

La Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros y la ética en la ingeniería nacional

open access: yesCiencia e Ingeniería Neogranadina, 2000
La historia de la ingeniería colombiana en el período republicano se remonta a 1846 con la formulación e iniciación del Plan Vial de caminos del General Mosquera.
Heberto Jiménez Muñoz
doaj   +1 more source

METODOLOGÍA PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN DEL PERÍODO ÓPTIMO DE LIMPIEZA DE INTERCAMBIADORES DE CALOR UTILIZANDO EL CRITERIO DEL COSTO MÍNIMO

open access: yesRevista Centro Azúcar, 2015
Uno de los problemas más serios que presenta la Industria de Procesos en general es que  no se aplican al planificar los mantenimientos de los Equipos Intercambiadores de Calor  en general, metodologías basadas en criterios económicos para optimizar los ...
Yanileisy Rodríguez Calderón   +2 more
doaj  

Los últimos cargaderos minerales, la rehabilitación de bienes patrimoniales en un entorno ambiental agresivo

open access: yesInformes de la Construccion
La reciente rehabilitación de tres cargaderos minerales representativos de la revolución industrial y de nuestro Patrimonio, da pie a establecer una metodología de intervención en estas estructuras basadas en el correcto análisis de su mecanismo ...
Jose Antonio Martín-Caro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct Fracture Patterns in Construction Steels for Reinforced Concrete under Quasistatic Loading— A Review

open access: yesMetals, 2018
Steel is one of the most widely used materials in construction. Nucleation growth and coalescence theory is usually employed to explain the fracture process in ductile materials, such as many metals.
Fernando Suárez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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