November 2020
Presentation at FIB Symposium 2020 (Online).
Testing of full-size concrete buildings structures under sudden column removal.
Research funded by: BBVA foundation and LIC.
January 2020
Invited lecture at the 1st SIRMA Workshop at the University of Vigo.
Large-scale testing and monitoring for resilient buildings and bridges.
October 2019
Presentation at CoRASS2019 (Coimbra 2019).
Experimental research on progressive collapse assessment of RC building structures under corner-column failure scenarios.
Research funded by: BBVA Foundation and LIC.
July 2019
April 2019
Talk given to those who attended the second test on the specimen building.
Research financed by the BBVA Foundation and LIC.
June 2018
Presentation at the Cinpar Congress 2018 (Florence 2018).
Masonry cross vaults subjected to settlements in the supports.
Experimental and computational research.
Research funded by: the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, MAPEI, CALSENS, Grupo Puma, and LIC.
May 2018
Presentation at the Structural Faults and Repair Congress (Edinburgh 2018).
Robustness of buildings under construction.
Design and use of structural fuses (load limiters) to avoid shoring system failures in buildings under construction.
Research funded by: the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Valencia Regional Government, Alsina Formworks, and LIC.
September 2017
Presentation at the IF CRASC’17 Congress (Milan 2017).
Using numerical models for the analysis of structural failure.
A review of recent articles published in the Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (ASCE).