Algunos Aspectos del Impacto

Internacional y Nacional del Sistema

de Ingeniería de la Fuerza Terrestre
LOS TERREMOTOS DESNUDAN LAS
FORTALEZAS Y LAS DEBILIDADES
DE LA INGENIERÍA
 OUTLINE
PAPERS
 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering  16th European
Conference on Earthquake  Paper 6 Seismically Isolated Bahia Bridge Seismic
Behavior

PUBLICACIONES
 Internacionales Nacionales (Universidades)

SEMINARIOS Y SIMPOSIOS
 Internacionales (Peru, NY)  Nacionales (CICP, Camicon)  Blast Engineering
(Junio)

COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL Y NACIONAL

 Politecnico di Torino Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building
Engineering  Buffalo University  MIDUVI 
Los Caras Isolated Bridge in the 2016, Muisne Ecuador
Earthquake: Performance of Synchronizing Devices

Los Caras Bridge in Muisne Earthquake: Design, Testing

and Performance of Large Displacement Seismic Joints

Los Caras Isolated Bridge In The 2016 Muisne Ecuador

Earthquake: Behavior Of Piers And Deep Pile Foundations

Los Caras Isolated Bridge In The 2016 Muisne Ecuador

Earthquake: Soil-structure Failure Mechanisms
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Prof. A. Whittaker, U. Buffalo
Seismic Risk and GSMT, New York City
Mitigation Technologies May 30, 2017

2016 Mw7.8 Ecuador Earthquake: Relevance to NYC & US Critical Infrastructure

EERI-NYNE and ASCE Met Section Infrastructure Group Mini-Symposium
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Prof. A. Whittaker, U. Buffalo

• Seismic Performance of the Seismically Isolated Los Caras Bridge

Seismic Risk and GSMT, New York City
Mitigation Technologies May 30, 2017

• Congreso de Ingeniería Sísmica, Estructural y Geotécnica

Enseñanzas del Sismo del 16 de Abril de 2016

• Diplomados

2016 Mw7.8 Ecuador Earthquake: Relevance to NYC & US Critical Infrastructure

EERI-NYNE and ASCE Met Section Infrastructure Group Mini-Symposium
BLASTING ANALYSIS
Topic Instructor Tentative #
of hours
1 Introduction to blast engineering : 3
2 Response of structures to dynamic loadings: 3
3 SDOF analysis and P-I diagrams : 3
4 Air blast loadings, clearing effects: 6
5 Equivalent SDOF analysis for blast loadings: 6
5 Implicit and explicit finite element analysis : 3
6 Wave propagation in air and solids :3
7 Analysis for blast loading using FE and CFD
analysis
- LS DYNA tutorials -- 3
- Student presentations -- 9
- Internal explosions, testing methods,
underwater explosions, explosives chemistry,
facades, fragmentation, progressive collapse
ASW If time
permits
1970-1989

Date Where Attack IDEs

Dec. 1956 to Vietnam War, Vietnam, Laos, The Vietcong made use of IEDs during the The most common IEDs were Suicide
1
April 1975 and Cambodia Vietnam War Bomb and Vehicle IDEs.
IRA developed and counter-developed The most common IEDs were Suicide
2 1969-1997 Northern Ireland and England.
devices and tactics. Bomb and Vehicle IDEs.
A suicide bomber driving a van, 2000
3 18-Apr-83 Lebanon, Beirut. U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63.
pounds of explosives.
Beirut airport, killing 241 Marines and
Equivalent 12000 pounds of TNT(largest
4 23-Oct-83 Lebanon, Beirut. injuring 60. Second bomb, killing 58 French
truck bomb history).
paratroopers.
Administrative Department of
A truck with an estimated 500 kg of
5 6-Dec-89 Colombia, Bogota. Security (DAS) building, killing 52 and
dynamite.
injuring 1.000.

Colombia 1989, from el espectador news

 Conclusiones
The Las Caras Bridge at 2 km length is the longest bridge in Ecuador.

It stretches across the Bahia de Caraquez'es bay and was significantly affected by the April 16, 2016
M7.8 earthquake offshore the west coast of northern Ecuador.

It is seismically isolated with a triple FP isolation system designed to have a displacement capacity of
585 mm.

The bridge remained functional during and after the earthquake and it represented a significant link in
reaching the most affected cities by the earthquake for providing aid.

Records of ground shaking at stations before and after the bridge in the direction of propagation of
the earthquake rupture show peak ground accelerations between 0.5g and 1.4g.
It was evident that was significant variability in the ground shaking from pier (within about 120 m) as
the bearing displacement recorded varied from about 100 mm to about 650 mm. This was without
doubt the largest ever recorded motion of a seismically isolated structure.

It demonstrated the significance of a proper philosophy for design that ensures a small enough risk of
damage and collapse.