LACCEI

Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

LACCEI 2006 Papers and Presentations
  Natural And Technological Hazards
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32.  Investigations into Grinding under Cryogenic Cooling.
Richard Paul Daisley, Boppana V. Chowdary 
University of the West Indies, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Paper

46.  The "Three Little Pigs" full-scale testing facility. 
Gregory Kopp
University of Western Ontario, CANADA
Paper


74.  Landslides in Trinidad - A Geotechnical Study
V. Kanithi and C. Kanhai
University of West Indies, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Paper

104.    Impact of windborne debris on storm shutters. 
Alexander Borges, Ricardo R. Lopez, Luis A. Godoy
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, USA
Paper

156.  An Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation for Trinidad
Francis Jaggernath1, Gyan Shrivastava2 
1Ministry of Works, Government of Trinidad & Tobago, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
2The University of the West Indies, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Paper

197.  Wind Load Determination Using Field Data and Wind Tunnel Studies on Residential Buildings.
Zhuzhao Liu1, David O. Prevatt1, Kurtis Gurley2, Timothy Reinhold3, Forrest J. Masters4
1Clemson University, USA
2Florida University, USA Institute for Business and Home Safety
3Institute for Business and Home Safety, USA
4Florida International University, USA
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200.  Hurricane Wind Loads on Residential Structures: Full-Scale Measurements and Analysis from 2004 and 2005.
Luis D. Aponte,  Kurtis Gurley
University of Florida, USA
Paper

201.  Evacuation Decision-Support Model for Bus Dispatch.
Martha Centeno, Pablo Charosky, Juan A. Fernández, Leandro Margulis,
Florida International University, USA
Paper

216.  Advancing Hurricane Mitigation Research: The Wall of Wind. 
Ivan Canino, Forrest Masters
Floridainternational University, USA
Abstract

228. Building Damage Estimation due to Riverine Floods, Storm Surges and Tsunamis: A Proposed Methodology.
Norberto C. Caraballo-Nadal, Raúl E. Zapata-López, Ismael Pagán-Trinidad
University of Puerto Rico At Mayaguez, USA
Paper

229. Temporal Rainfall Distributions: A Significant Element on Watershed Response in Puerto Rico.
Victor González, Ismael Pagán-Trinidad
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, USA
Abstract

242. Recent Developments in Probabilistic Dynamics and Risk Assessment
Isaac Elishakoff
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Abstract

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