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    • A laboratory test aimed at demonstrating the potential of an Interferometric Radar to estimate the Seismic Risk of damaged buildings 

      Luzi, Guido; Palamá, Riccardo; González Drigo, José Ramón; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe (Curran Associates, Inc., 2024)
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      In the last decade, the use of interferometric Real Aperture Radar (RAR) to carry out the survey of static and dynamical behaviour of civil structures, such as bridges, consolidated. In the case of urban buildings, due to ...
    • Acquisition and processing of buildings’ vibrations using a Real-Aperture Radar, a non-invasive method 

      Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban; González Drigo, José Ramón; Luzi, Guido; Pinzón Ureña, Luis; Pujades Beneit, Lluís (2018)
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      In this paper, a simplified non-invasive method to diagnose the safety state of buildings is tested. The method is based in remote sensing measurements of the natural vibrations of actual buildings using an interferometric ...
    • Ambient modal identification applied to a school building in Girona (Spain) 

      Pujades Beneit, Lluís; González Drigo, José Ramón; Lantada, Nieves; Blázquez Boya, Antoni; Jara Salvador, José Antonio (2022)
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      The main results of the operational modal analysis of a school building are shown. The building has a four-stories framed-reinforced-concrete structure and it was instrumented with 7 triaxial accelerometers, recording along ...
    • Análisis estructural de muros de mampostería asistido mediante fotografía digital para la generación de la malla 

      Capua, Daniel di; Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega; González Drigo, José Ramón (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010)
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    • Assessment of post-earthquake damaged building with interferometric real aperture radar 

      González Drigo, José Ramón; Cabrera Velez, Esteban; Luzi, Guido; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; Ávila Haro, Jorge Arturo (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-12-01)
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      In this study the main results of a detailed analysis of an actual building, which was severely damaged during the Mw 5.1, May 11th 2011, Lorca earthquake (Murcia, Spain) are presented. The dynamic behavior of the building ...
    • Background clutter amplitude and frequency of GPR signals to analyse water content in sedimentary deposits: Urban infrastructure environment 

      Rasol, Mezgeen Abdulrahman Rasol; Pérez Garcia, Vega; Santos Assunçao, Sonia; González Drigo, José Ramón; Clapés Boixader, Jaime; Sossa Arancibia, Viviana Alejandra; Schmidt, Franziska (Elsevier, 2022-09-01)
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      Soil site studies are crucial in the analysis of seismic hazard in populated areas. This study focusses on the use of the Ground Penetrating Radar as a non-destructive geophysical method to analysis the water content of a ...
    • Cálculo de elementos estructurales 

      Sánchez Molina, David; González Drigo, José Ramón (Iniciativa Digital Politècnica, 2011)
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      El presente libro ha sido concebido como una introducción al cálculo de estructuras complejas y se dirige a estudiantes que ya han superado un primer curso de resistencia de materiales. Los capítulos 1 y 2 explican el ...
    • Digital photogrammetry, GPR and computational analysis of structural damages in a mediaeval bridge 

      Arias, P; Armesto, J; Capua, Daniel di; González Drigo, José Ramón; Lorenzo, H; Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega (Elsevier, 2007-02)
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      Traditional architectonic heritage elements are fragile and irreplaceable resources, signs of the ancient ways of life and the history of the modern societies, and essential valuable elements of the own landscape of a ...
    • Distribución de Q de coda y análisis de la atenuación sísmica intrínseca y dispersiva en la Península Ibérica 

      González Drigo, José Ramón; Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Canas Torres, José Antonio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2003)
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      Este estudio recoge los principales resultados del trabajo sobre modelización de la anelasticidad en la Península Ibérica a partir de ondas de Coda correspondientes a una selección de 935 registros sísmicos digitales ...
    • Dynamic monitoring of a mid-rise building by real-aperture radar interferometer: advantages and limitations 

      Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; González Drigo, José Ramón; Luzi, Guido; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Pinzón Ureña, Luis (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-03)
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      In this paper, remote and in situ techniques to estimate the dynamic response of a building to ambient vibration are reported: data acquired through a real-aperture radar (RAR) interferometer and conventional accelerometers ...
    • Energy-related parameters and structural damage in nonlinear dynamic analysis 

      Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban; González Drigo, José Ramón; Ávila Haro, Jorge Arturo; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Pinzón Ureña, Luis (2022)
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      Non Linear Dynamic Analysis (NLDA) is increasing its popularity not only for research but also for the Performance-Based Design (PBD) and analysis of actual buildings. The standards and codes offer guidance and minimum ...
    • Estimation of the dynamic seismic response of buildings through transfer functions: a probabilistic approach 

      Tirado Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Javier; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; González Drigo, José Ramón; Zapata Franco, Ana Maria (National Technical University of Athens, 2023)
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      The significant number of seismic ground motion records to be considered when designing or assessing civil structures is a common restriction. This is because the large computational time involved in the calculation of the ...
    • Estimators for structural damage detection using principal component analysis 

      Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Martín Balet, Alejo; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; González Drigo, José Ramón; Clapés Boixader, Jaime (2022-09)
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      Structural damage detection is an important issue in conservation. In this research, principal component analysis (PCA) has been applied to the temporal variation of modal frequencies obtained from a dynamic test of a ...
    • Estructura anelástica de coda-Q en la Península Ibérica 

      González Drigo, José Ramón (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2001-12-14)
      Doctoral thesis
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      Este estudio recoge los principales resultados del trabajo sobre modelización de la anelasticidad en la Península Ibérica a partir de ondas de Coda correspondientes a una selección de 935 registros sísmicos digitales ...
    • GPR Backscattering intensity analysis applied to detect paleochannels and infilled streams for seismic nanozonation in Urban Environments 

      Santos Assunçao, Sonia; Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega; Salinas Naval, Víctor; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; González Drigo, José Ramón; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Lantada, Nieves (2016-01-29)
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    • GPR resolution in cultural heritage applications 

      Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega; Capua, Daniel di; González Drigo, José Ramón; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Salinas Naval, Víctor (2010-06-21)
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      The non-destructive study of historical buildings, archaeological sites and other Cultural Heritage structures requires high resolution methodologies and a good knowledge of the potential of the different methods. Laboratory ...
    • Ground-penetrating radar evaluation of the ancient Mycenaean monument Tholos Acharnon tomb 

      Santos Assunçao, Sonia; Dimitriadis, Klisthenis; Konstantakis, Yiannis; Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega; Anagnostopoulou, Eirini; González Drigo, José Ramón (2016-04-01)
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      The assessment of cultural heritage requires high-resolution and non-destructive methodologies. Ground-penetrating radar is widely applied in the inspection of historical buildings. However, some structures with curved ...
    • Guía para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad de edificios esenciales (E4.2.1) 

      Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Lantada, Nieves; González Drigo, José Ramón (2022)
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      En esta comunicación se resume una guía para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad sísmica de edificios esenciales, elaborada en el marco del proyecto EFA158/16/POCRISC. La guía incluye los antecedentes, los métodos de primer ...
    • Guía para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad sísmica 

      Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Lantada, Nieves; González Drigo, José Ramón; Blázquez Boya, Antoni; Meza, Kristel (2021-12-23)
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      Este documento se enmarca en el proyecto “POr una Cultura común del RIesgo SísmiCo” (POCRISC), de referencia EFA158/16/POCRISC, que es un proyecto Interreg-POCTEFA de la Unión Europea. POCRISC persigue proveer conocimiento, ...
    • High-rise unreinforced masonry buildings: influence of the floor system on the global seismic response 

      Jiménez Pacheco, Juan; González Drigo, José Ramón; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro; Pujades Beneit, Lluís (2018)
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      The studies about the effects of the flexibility of the floor diaphragm on the seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry buildings (URM-buildings) have focused on low-rise buildings. It should be borne in mind, however, ...