Pinyol i Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (Date of defense: 2010-09-13)
La ocurrencia de deslizamientos es uno de los principales problemas presentes durante el diseño, construcción y explotación de presas y embalses. La inundación del pie de los taludes, así como el ...
Alvarado de Menéndez, Clara Elena (Date of defense: 2017-05-18)
Rockfill is a coarse material widely used in geotechnical works such as earth-fill dams (shoulders and toe drains), as well as in embankments and well-graded quarry materials for railway infrastructures. ...
Zandarín Iragorre, María Teresa (Date of defense: 2010-11-22)
The thesis presents numerical and experimental studies on joints.<br/>A formulation for the coupled analysis of thermo- hydro- mechanical problems in joints is presented. The work involves the establishment ...
Ramon Tarragona, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Geological formations containing sulphates are commonly associated with the development of severe expansions when they are involved in tunnel excavation. The intensity of the observed expansive behaviour ...
Salami, Younes (Date of defense: 2017-01-11)
Au cours des dernières années, les analyses multi-échelles en mécanique des sols granulaires deviennent de plus en plus répandues. L’avantage de ce type d’approches réside dans leur capacité à établir ...
Alvarado Bueno, Mauricio (Date of defense: 2018-04-23)
Risk associated with landslides of natural or man-made origin depends on the prediction of the post-failure behaviour of the mobilized mass. Numerical models capable of integrating the landslide geometry ...
Parera Morales, Ferran (Date of defense: 2020-01-27)
The understanding of soil behavior is the foundation where the geotechnical engineering is built on. Experimentation is essential to improve this comprehension, and then to be able to translate it into ...