Skip to main content

Memorial Tributes Volume 24 (2022) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

LEONARDO ZEEVAERT WIECHERS
Pages 390-395

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 391...
... In his professional practice as a consulting engineer, he car ried out soil mechanics surveys and performed analysis and design of structures and foundations for nearly 700 projects during his career of more than 50 years. He developed sev eral foundation systems for highly compressible soils such as those encountered in Mexico City, including the concept of 391
Read the entire page →
From page 392...
... , both built in Mexico City. He did the analysis and design of foundations for electric power turbine generators at several industrial plants and provided advice for the foundation design of an atomic energy plant in San Jose, California.
Read the entire page →
From page 393...
... These data were subsequently used in the preparation of the building code for seismic design in the city's Federal District. He also developed a method to determine subsoil resonance periods, for use in the design of tall buildings subjected to seismic forces, and sought in his research to solve problems in coastal engineering and in dewatering systems.
Read the entire page →
From page 394...
... selected him to deliver the Terzaghi Lecture at the convention in Anaheim, CA. He was a member of the Asociación de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de México, Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México, American Concrete Institute, ASCE, Geological Society of America, Seismological Society of America, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and Sociedad Mexicana de Mecánica de Suelos (now Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica)
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • foundation engineering
  • mexico city
  • earthquake engineering
  • difficult subsoil
  • latinoamericana tower

  • national university
  • sociedad mexicana
  • eliminating columns
  • diverse topics
  • tall buildings

  • international society
  • power turbine
  • ground surface
  • technical work
  • official delegate

  • deliver lectures
  • ingenieros civiles
  • allied professions
  • american concrete
  • husband alberto

  • van nostrand
  • conducted soil
  • determine subsoil
  • subsoil conditions
  • civil engineering

  • energy plant
  • work earned
  • ground floor
  • coastal engineering
  • response spectra


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.