Performance evaluation of structures with reinforced concrete columns retrofitted with steel jacketing

Several existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings fail to conform with current seismic codes, increasing its susceptibility to damage and collapse during earthquakes. A concern for building upgrading and rehabilitation has grown considerably in the last decades. However, there is limited information related to the seismic performance of RC buildings retrofitted with steel jacketing. Retrofitting of RC buildings leads to different techniques that have been developed in the last decades. The selection of adequate techniques commonly depends on desired performance levels, financial criteria, or other non-technical judgment. This paper assesses the seismic performance of a six-story RC building retrofitted with steel jacketing that is located in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). The building was designed and constructed in 2010 without considering the requirements prescribed by the NSR-10 Colombian code. In 2017, another building collapsed in the same city for several non-compliances with Colombian seismic code. This investigation focuses on the seismic upgrading of the building, studying the influence of different material properties of the existing building and load scenarios on the building behavior. The proposed steel jacketing improves the compressive and flexural capacity of retrofitted columns, along with the ductility of the building

Automorfismos de códigos binarios auto-duales doblemente pares y extremales

En el presente trabajo se presentan algunas de las técnicas introducidas por Huffman y trascendidas por Yorgov en el año de 1982 para obtener tipos de automorfismos de los códigos binarios auto-duales, doblemente pares y extremales, con parámetros [24,12,8], [48,24,12] y [120,60,24]. El planteamiento consiste encontrar inicialmente todos los tipos posibles para el código en cuestión, para luego ir excluyendo aquellos que no son posibles, dadas algunas condiciones necesarias que deben cumplir los códigos extremales tipo II, lo que permite excluir algunos primos del orden del grupo de automorfismos correspondiente a cada uno de estos códigos, y pudiéndose incluso al final llegar a la obtención del mismo. Esto en particular, es el caso de los dos primeros códigos enunciados, dado que el tercero es un caso aún abierto y es objeto de estudio de tesis doctorales a nivel internacional.MaestríaMagister en Matemática

Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment

The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation or refutation of theDAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal in the low energy detection rate, using the same target and technique, at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in Spain. ANAIS-112, consisting of nine 12.5 kg NaI(Tl) modules produced by Alpha Spectra Inc. in a 3x3matrix configuration, is taking data smoothly in "dark matter search" mode since August, 2017, after a commissioning phase and operation of the first detectors during the last years in various setups. A large effort has been carried out withinANAIS to characterize the background of sodium iodide detectors, before unblinding the data and performing the first annual modulation analysis. Here, the background models developed for all the nine ANAIS-112 detectors are presented. Measured spectra from threshold to high energy in different conditions are well described by the models based on quantified activities independently estimated following several approaches. In the region from 1 to 6 keVee the measured, efficiency corrected background level is 3.58+-0.02 keV-1 kg-1 day-1; NaI crystal bulk contamination is the dominant background source being 210Pb, 40K, 22Na and 3H contributions the most relevant ones. This background level, added to the achieved 1 keVee analysis threshold (thanks to the outstanding light collection and robust filtering procedures developed), allow ANAIS-112 to be sensitive to the modulation amplitude measured by DAMA/LIBRA, and able to explore at three sigma level in 5 years the WIMP parameter region singled out by this experiment.Comment: Final version for publicatio

Sobre automorfismos de códigos extremales de tipo II

En el presente artículo se muestran algunas técnicas para obtener tipos de automorfismos de los códigos binarios auto-duales, doblemente pares y extremales, también denominados extremales de tipo II, con parámetros [24, 12, 8], [48, 24, 12] y [120, 60, 24]. El objetivo central es obtener información sobre el correspondiente grupo de automorfismos a partir de la exclusión de algunos números primos de su orde

Sobre automorfismos de códigos extremales de tipo II

En el presente artículo se muestran algunas técnicas para obtener tipos de automorfismos de los códigos binarios auto-duales, doblemente pares y extremales, también denominados extremales de tipo II, con parámetros [24, 12, 8], [48, 24, 12] y [120, 60, 24]. El objetivo central es obtener información sobre el correspondiente grupo de automorfismos a partir de la exclusión de algunos números primos de su ordenIn this article we present some techniques to determine the types of automorphisms of extremal doubly even binary self-dual codes, also called extremal type II codes, with parameters [24, 12, 8], [48, 24, 12] and [120, 60, 24]. We aim to obtain information about the automorphism group considering the exclusion of some prime numbers from its order

Estudio de la calificación del acuerdo verbal que vinculaba a Iluminaciones Zaragoza S.L. y Buenas Iluminaciones S.L. y las consecuencias jurídicas del mismo

Este dictamen trata de dar una calificación adecuada al acuerdo verbal que vinculaba a ambas sociedades mercantiles y las consecuencias jurídicas que tendría dicha calificación frente a la demanda presentada por Buenas Iluminaciones S.L

First Results on Dark Matter Annual Modulation from the ANAIS-112 Experiment

ANAIS is a direct detection dark matter experiment aiming at the testing of the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation result, which, for about two decades, has neither been confirmed nor ruled out by any other experiment in a model independent way. ANAIS - 112, consisting of 112.5 kg of sodium iodide crystals, has been taking data at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, Spain, since August 2017. This Letter presents the annual modulation analysis of 1.5 years of data, amounting to 157.55 kg yr. We focus on the model independent analysis searching for modulation and the validation of our sensitivity prospects. ANAIS - 112 data are consistent with the null hypothesis (p values of 0.67 and 0.18 for [2-6] and [1-6] keV energy regions, respectively). The best fits for the modulation hypothesis are consistent with the absence of modulation (S-m = -0.0044 +/- 0.0058 cpd/kg/keV and -0.0015 +/- 0.0063 cpd/kg/keV, respectively). They are in agreement with our estimated sensitivity for the accumulated exposure, which supports our projected goal of reaching a 3 sigma sensitivity to the DAMA/LIBRA result in five years of data taking