Herrero Casas, Albert (Date of defense: 2013-06-07)
Fluvial bifurcations are systems that have a great influence on human society. Their formation and evolution can affect to activities as agriculture or industry and a good knowledge of the mechanisms ...
Terán Cobo, Pablo (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)
This Thesis addresses common operational issues related to maritime container terminals. In the last decades, containerization of maritime transportation has grown very rapidly, forcing terminal operators ...
Mujal Colilles, Anna (Date of defense: 2013-05-13)
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is one of the most used experimental techniques in fluid mechanics to obtain the velocity field of a flow. One of its most celebrated characteristics is that it does not ...
Giné Garriga, Ricard (Date of defense: 2015-11-21)
Water and sanitation improvements together with good hygiene (WaSH) have well-known positive impacts on human development and poverty alleviation. However, universal access to safe drinking water and ...
Lin Ye, Jue (Date of defense: 2018-05-22)
Wave-storms are the responsible of the main changes in the Coast. Their detailed characterization results in a better design of any marine structure. The most common approach to describe wave-storms is ...