Identificación del Fenómeno Mecánico, a Partir de Lesiones Asociadas con Fisuras y Grietas en Vivienda de Esquina en el Barrio Manrique, en la Ciudad de Medellín

Abstract

The injuries presented in the patient “Three-level house, located in the Manrique neighborhood, in the City of Medellín”, due to a rotational movement defined as “Torsion”, which has as its origin the sum of several factors, which in themselves alone, they would be insignificant for the damage, the pathological reasons for the primary cause present in the patient are: 1. Location, because it is a corner house 2. Topography, as mentioned above, it is a corner house. 3. Insufficient maintenance, it is a house built more than 50 years ago and the lack of maintenance can be observed. 4. The rigidity of the materials. Rotational movement, as the primary cause of the injuries presented in the case study, due to the push generated by the neighboring homes (in ascending order in the direction of the slope); and understanding that this thrust forcé occurs due to the horizontal component of the self-weight of each of the homes located upward on the slope of the road (71st Street). The home under study, being a corner house, and suffering from the push generated by the homes on 71st Street; It has a jammed condition due to race 33; which prevents its movement and thus generates torsional movement. Keywords: structural torsion, building damage, corner housing, slope thrust of housing, insufficient maintenance, material rigidity.