Giuntoli, Guido (Date of defense: 2020-01-30)
This thesis aims to develop a High-Performance Computing implementation to solve large composite materials problems through the use of the FE2 multi-scale method. Previous works have not been able to ...
Rivero, Matias Ignacio (Date of defense: 2018-04-27)
In the field of nonlinear computational solid mechanics, contact problems deal with the deformation of separate bodies which interact when they come in touch. Usually, these problems are formulated as ...
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 ...
Hashemi, Mohammad Reza (Date of defense: 2022-02-22)
In numerous applications, two-phase liquid-gas transport at sub-millimeter length scales plays a substantial role in the determination of the behavior of the system at hand. As its main application, the ...
Zugasti Uriguen, Ekhi (Date of defense: 2014-01-16)
L’objectiu de la Monitorització de la salut estructural (SHM) és la verificació de l’estat o la salut de les estructures per tal de garantir el seu correcte funcionament i estalviar en el cost de ...
Rheinheimer, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2012-11-30)
This thesis aims at providing new knowledge on the, otherwise poorly known, molecular-scale mechanisms that operate during hydration of cement phases and dissolution of their hydrates. In order to pursue ...
Verdugo Rojano, Francesc (Date of defense: 2013-10-15)
The finite element method is a valuable tool for simulating complex physical phenomena. However, any finite element based simulation has an intrinsic amount of error with respect to the exact solution ...
Quiroga Méndez, Jabid E. (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
This thesis presents some approaches for guided wave based stress monitoring as a part of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). SHM systems include different levels, from damage detection to prognosis, ...
Moreira Filho, Carlos Augusto (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)
This thesis develops numerical methods to improve the accuracy and computational efficiency of the part-scale simulation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) (or 3D printing) metal processes. AM is characterized ...
Puigferrat Pérez, Albert (Date of defense: 2021-07-20)
The objective of the thesis is to develop a numerical tool to describe how the concentration of one or more substances distributed in a fluid environment changes under the effect of three transport ...