Butlanska, Joanna (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)
Cone penetration test (CPT) is a fast and reliable site investigation tool for exploring soils and soft ground. While the interpretation of the test results in clay has advanced considerably from a ...
Zhan, Zhifeng (Date of defense: 2012-06-19)
Based on the laboratory, field and numerical results, the post-rupture strength defined firstly by Burland (1990) is verified and introduced in this thesis to describe the two-stage post-peak ...
Puig Montellà, Eduard (Date of defense: 2019-07-16)
Numerical simulations at the pore scale are a way to study the behavior of multiphase flows encountered in many natural processes and industrial applications. In this work, liquid morphology and capillary ...
Mánica Malcom, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2018-10-11)
Materiales arcillosos rígidos, que se encuentran en la zona de transición entre suelos duros y rocas blandas, están siendo considerados actualmente en varios países como la roca huésped para el ...
Ruiz Restrepo, Daniel Felipe (Date of defense: 2020-06-12)
Bentonite-based materials are being currently considered in several countries as a backfill component in the multi-barrier concept for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. The bentonite barrier ...