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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0256-7024</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Geológica de América Central]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Geol. Amér. Central]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0256-7024</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0256-70242021000200430</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rgac.v0i65.46880</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto del terremoto de Limón de 1991 en el diseño estructural de puentes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Impact of the 1991 Limón Earthquake on structural design of bridges]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Roblero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lobo-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Alas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo-Barahona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rolando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Programa de Ingeniería Estructural Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (LanammeUCR)]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Ingeniería Civil ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Unidad de Puentes del LanammeUCR ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Programa de Ingeniería Estructural LanammeUCR ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>65</numero>
<fpage>430</fpage>
<lpage>446</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0256-70242021000200430&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0256-70242021000200430&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0256-70242021000200430&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En el presente artículo se describen los principales daños observados en puentes vehiculares como consecuencia del terremoto de Limón de 1991. También se muestra cómo este evento sísmico originó cambios en la normativa que regula el diseño y la construcción de obras civiles en Costa Rica, específicamente el diseño sismorresistente de edificaciones y puentes. Se plantea además que el impacto del terremoto de Limón puede identificarse también en especificaciones internacionales de diseño de puentes, ya que las fallas estructurales ocurridas como consecuencia de este terremoto y otros eventos sísmicos de los años noventa a nivel mundial, motivaron la revisión y modificación de las prácticas constructivas de los puentes en regiones sísmicamente activas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article describes the main damages observed in vehicular bridges as a consequence of the 1991 Limón earthquake. It also shows how this seismic event originated changes in the regulations that govern the design and construction in Costa Rica, specifically the seismic design of buildings and bridges. It is also argued that the impact of the Limón earthquake may also be identified in international bridge design specifications, since the structural failures that occurred as a consequence of this earthquake and other seismic events of the 1990s worldwide, motivated the revision and modification of the construction practices on bridges in seismically active regions.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Design Specifications]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Seismic Design]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bridges]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Seismic Vulnerability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Infraestructura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[especificaciones de diseño]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diseño sismorresistente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[puentes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vulnerabilidad sísmica]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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