“ASPECTOS RELEVANTES EN LA REPARACIÓN DE PILOTES PREFABRICADOS DE HORMIGÓN ARMADO DAÑADOS POR SISMOS”

Abstract

In Ecuador it is in a geological fault, due to the subduction of the Nazca plate with the South American plate, which generates seismic movements. Depending on the degree of intensity and depth, it generates destruction in the buildings. There have been few studies on repairs of piles in piers. However, currently a development of a methodology is being sought as a guide in repairs of piles in wharves affected by telluric movements, it is proposed that the structure or the building is capable of resisting large-scale earthquakes without presenting the total collapse of the structure. This project proposes a methodology as a guide for repairing piles of springs that have suffered damages due to natural events and to counteract the vulnerability of the piles. The subject is being investigated because few studies have been carried out on repairs of prefabricated reinforced concrete piles that have been damaged by telluric events, while it is not feasible that the damaged piles are removed or extracted to drive new piles, but must be repaired. so that they have greater or equal load capacity than before the earthquake. The main objective of this project is to develop a guide on the most relevant aspects in repair of piles affected by seismic events based on the rehabilitation work of the International docks 1 and 2 of the port of Manta. The main results indicate that it should be a methodology of easy understanding and counteract the vulnerability of the piles that serve for all types of damage that occurs in the affected piles.