García-Blanco, Raquel (Date of defense: 2017-02-09)
The Power Flow model is extensively used to predict the behavior of electric grids and results in solving a nonlinear algebraic system of equations. Modeling the grid is essential for design optimization ...
Gürkan, Ceren (Date of defense: 2018-11-22)
This thesis proposes a new numerical technique: the eXtended Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (X-HDG) Method, to efficiently solve problems including moving boundaries and interfaces. It aims to ...
Dachs Cadefau, Ferran (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)
The aim of this memoir is to study multiplier ideals in two-dimensional local rings having at worst rational singularities. We also want to extend this study to the case of mixed multiplier ideals. The ...
Hernández Barrios, Víctor (Date of defense: 2022-04-19)
In this work we generalize the construction of p-adic anticyclotomic L-functions associated to an elliptic curve E/F and a quadratic extension K/F, by defining a measure µ_f^p attached to K/F and an ...
Ponce de León Puig, Nubia Ilia (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)
This doctoral thesis exposes the development of a redesigned Predictive Control strategy that uses hysteresis to improve the performance of the controlled systems in different fields of application. The ...
Coulson, Matthew John (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)
We consider some models of random graphs and directed graphs and investigate their behavior near thresholds for the appearance of certain types of connected components. Firstly, we look at the critical ...
Huerta Muñoz, Diana Lucia (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
In this thesis the Flexible Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem is introduced and studied. In this problem a carrier must establish a distribution plan to serve a given set of customers over a planning ...
Agis Cherta, David (Date of defense: 2020-12-21)
This thesis describes a structural health monitoring (SHM) strategy to detect and classify changes in structures that can be equipped with sensors. SHM is an area of great interest, because its main ...
Chrysokentis, Georgios (Date of defense: 2019-04-03)
This thesis develops a large eddy simulation framework for engineering applications using the finite element method. It focuses on the numerical formulation, the wall modelling approach as well as the ...
Casanellas, Glòria (Date of defense: 2020-03-05)
This work is the result of an Industrial Doctorate developed through a partnership agreement between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the company Horizons Optical. This thesis solves the ...