A brief history of the interactions between climate and Mexican hydraulic design

Abstract

Weather in Mexico is always extreme, for instance, in some portions of the desert of México the temperature can reach 134º F in the shade. On the other side in the Sierra Tarahumara, which is in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, high altitude produce in this place a cool oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cwb), characterized by mild days (38º F) and cold nights (-9.4º F).Traditionally the equipment and hydraulic infrastructure in this kind of extreme zones has been building for engineers, architects and industrial designers. A brief history is given of the development of hydraulic design, infrastructure works and technical design guidelines from antiquity to XX Century.