Peer reviewed publications (recent or of particular interest)
Silva-Araya, W., Rodriguez-Quiñones, Enrique, Vegetative Flow Resistance for Erosion Control using Grass Species from the Caribbean Region, Special Issue "Soil and Water Conservation: Discussing Erosion, Climate and Land Use Changes, and Ecosystem Services", Sustainability, 2023, 15(8), 6580, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086580)
Silva-Araya, W., Rivera-Santos, J., Puerto Rico Planning Board Regulation No. 40: Regulations for Design, Operation Criteria and Maintenance of Stormwater Systems in Puerto Rico, Planning Board of Puerto Rico, Office of the Governor, December 2022. (In Spanish).
Santiago-Collazo, Felix and Silva-Araya, Walter, Computational Model for Gradually Varied Flow in Channel Networks with Hydraulic Structures, May 2019, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 145(6), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001388.
Santiago-Collazo, F., Silva-Araya, W., Modelo Hidráulico para Redes de Canales con Estructuras Hidráulicas, presentado en el Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Ingeniería Agrícola (CLIA-2018), 4 al 7 de Junio, San José, Costa Rica. (In Spanish)
Silva-Araya, W. F., Santiago Collazo, F.L., Gonzalez Lopez, J. and Maldonado Maldonado, J., Dynamic Modeling of Surface Runoff and Storm Surge during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Events, Hydrology 2018, 5(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology5010013
F. Santiago-Collazo, W. Silva Araya, J. González-López and J. Maldonado-Maldonado, Flooding Effects Combining Storm Surge and Surface Runoff During Hurricane Georges on the Eastern Coast of Puerto Rico, Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil (2017). URL https://www.scipedia.com/public/draft_Silva Araya_402876172. (in Spanish)
Silva-Araya, W., Rivera Santos, J. Guías para la Elaboración de Estudios HidrológicosHidráulicos en Puerto Rico, Junta de Planificación, Oficina del Gobernador, Junio, 2016. http://jp.pr.gov/Plan-Fisica/Guías (in Spanish)
Silva-Araya, W., Rivera Santos, J., Guías para la Elaboración de Estudios de Transporte de Sedimentos para la Extracción de Material en los Ríos de Puerto Rico, Publicado por el Depto. de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales de Puerto Rico, Diciembre, 2016. (in Spanish)
Silva-Araya, W.F., Impacts and Design Alternatives for Erosion and Sedimentation Control (E&SC) in Highway Projects, El Puente Newsletter, PRLTAP, 29 (2), 2015 (in Spanish).
Silva-Araya, W.F. Detrés, Y., Ruiz, I. and San Juan, J., Controlled Experiments to Demonstrate Potential Use of Halophytes in Conservation Buffers Near Coastal Areas, Proceedings of the Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 1-3, 2015.
Silva-Araya, W, Vargas, V., Hydraulic Design of Lateral Weirs System on Vegetative Strip. World Conference on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Costa Rica, San Jose Costa Rica, July 27th -30th, 2014. http://CIGRProceedings.org
Silva-Araya,W. and Rivera-Santos, J., Suazo-Davila, D., Methodology for Scour Evaluation at US Army Installation Bridge: A proposed evaluation for scour risk and channel instability, ERDC/GSL TR-13-1, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, January, 2013.
Reddy, H.P., Silva-Araya, W. and Hanif, M.H (2012). Estimation of Decay Coefficients for Unsteady Friction for Instantaneous Acceleration Based Models, J. of Hydraul. Eng., ASCE, 138 (3), 260-270.
Silva-Araya, W., Hydrodynamic and Salinity Study for Boquerón Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico Water Resources Research Institute, Project Report, 2012.
Silva-Araya, W.F. Waterhammer Analysis of the Puerto Rico North Coast’s Super Aqueduct before September 1999, AWRA 2010 Summer Specialty Conference and 8th Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress on Tropical Hydrology and Sustainable Water Resources in a Changing Climate”, San Juan, P.R., Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 2010.
Silva-Araya, W. F, Alva-Solary, L., Hanif. M.H., Experimental Study of Levee Breach Erosion. 21 Century Watershed Technology: Improving Water Quality and Environment, American Society of Agricultural and Environmental Engineers (ASABE), EARTH University, Costa Rica, February 21 - 24, 2010 (CD-ROM).
Silva-Araya, W., “Processes and mathematical models of superficial erosion”, 2do. Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Agrícola, Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ingeniería Agrícola (ALIA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, (CDROM in Spanish), 2009.
Silva-Araya, W., Ruiz, R. and Garcia, G., Selection of Sediment Transport Functions in St. Thomas Guts, Proceedings of the AWRA 2008 Conference, New Orleans, October 2008.
Silva-Araya, W., Rojas, A., Numerical Simulation of Rivers in Floodplains, Proceedings of the Seventh Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress, St. Croix, USVI, October, 2007.
Garcia-Galeano, E., Silva-Araya, W. Wave Velocity in Liquid-Gas Mixtures during TwoPhase Transient Flow Conditions, Proceedings of the 23 rd Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SECTAM XXXIII), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, May, 2006.