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Geometric constraint solving in a dynamic geometry framework.

Hidalgo García, Marta R. (Date of defense: 2013-12-02)

Geometric constraint solving is a central topic in many fields such as parametric solid modeling, computer-aided design or chemical molecular docking. A geometric constraint problem consists of a set geometric objects on ...

Geometric Differential Operators for Shape Modelling

Gil Resina, Debora (Date of defense: 2004-06-03)

Les imatges médiques motiven la recerca en molts camps de visió per computador i processament d'imatges: filtratge, segmentació, modelat de formes, registració, recuperació i reconeixement de patrons. Degut a canvis de ...

Geometric function theory in fluid mechanics

Sengupta, Banhirup (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)

Aquesta tesi està dedicada a l’estudi de determinats camps vectorials plans i les propietats rotacionals dels seus fluxos. Hem utilitzat tècniques geomètriques fortes procedents de la Teoria de Funcions Geomètriques per ...

Geometric modeling and characterization of the circle of willis

Bogunovic, Hrvoje (Date of defense: 2012-09-28)

Los derrames cerebrales son una de las causas principales de morbilidad y mortalidad en los países desarrollados. Esto ha motivado una búsqueda de configuraciones del sistema vascular que se cree que están asociadas con ...

Geometric morphometrics and topographic analyses of dental wear in modern human populations

Cuesta Torralvo, Elisabeth (Date of defense: 2021-04-22)

Dental wear is a natural, complex, physiological process of gradual enamel tissue loss that occurs during an individual’s life span and provides information about dietary habits, food processing techniques and cultural ...

Geometrical aspects of contact mechanical systems and field theories

Rivas Guijarro, Xavier (Date of defense: 2021-12-17)

Many important theories in modern physics can be stated using the tools of differential geometry. It is well known that symplectic geometry is the natural framework to deal with autonomous Hamiltonian mechanics. This admits ...

Geometrical room acoustics: ray based simulation for room acoustics

Durany Vendrell, Jaume (Date of defense: 2016-09-14)

L’acústica de sales és la ciència encarregada d’estudiar la propagació del so en entorns tancats. La informació acústica de qualsevol entorn, coneguda com la resposta impulsional, s’expressa en termes del camp acústic ...

Geometrical structures of higher-order dynamical systems and field theories

Prieto Martínez, Pere Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-10-02)

Geometrical physics is a relatively young branch of applied mathematics that was initiated by the 60's and the 70's when A. Lichnerowicz, W.M. Tulczyjew and J.M. Souriau, among many others, began to study various topics ...

Geometrically non-linear analysis with stiffness reduction for the in-plane stability design of stainless steel frames

Shen, Yanfei (Date of defense: 2019-12-02)

In AISC 360-16, the Direct Analysis Method (DM) has been set as the primary method for the stability design of frames. DM, considering initial global sway imperfection, is essentially Geometrically Non-linear Analysis (GNA) ...

GEOMETRÍA Y COMPLEJIDAD. LA IRRUPCIÓN DE UN PARADIGMA ENTRE 1960 Y 1973

Lacasta Codorniu, Miquel (Date of defense: 2011-04-14)

El campo de esta investigación es sin duda la arquitectura, pero también la ciencia, más específicamente lo que Felix Guattari se refiere por ciencias duras en un artículo titulado Las tres ecologías: la termodinámica, la ...

Geometry Effects on the Electromagnetic Properties of Linear Magnetic Materials and Superconductors in the Critical State

Pardo Vivé, Enric (Date of defense: 2004-04-23)

Efectes de Geometria en les Propietats Electromagnètiques de Materials Lineals i de Superconductors en l'Estat Crític<br/>El comportament electromagnètic d'un cert material no només depèn de les seves propietats intrínseques ...

Geomorphic responses to natural and human disturbances in a mountain catchment at multiple temporal and spatial scales

Llena Hernando, Manel (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)

Aquesta tesis es centra en l’estudi de la transferència d’aigua i sediments des de les àrees font de sediments fins les zones de sedimentació a múltiples escales temporals (des de dades amb una freqüència de cinc minuts ...

Geophysical and geological characterization of fault-controlled geothermal systems: The Vallès Basin case of study

Mitjanas Colls, Gemma (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)

[eng] Geothermal energy is a renewable source of energy that harnesses heat from the Earth's interior. Temperature increases with depth, defining the geothermal gradient, which can be variable depending on the geological ...

Geophysical and geological characterization of the active structures and of the nature of the basement in the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary (SW Iberian Margin): Implications for regional geodynamics and seismic hazard assessment = Caracterització geofísica i geològica de les estructures actives i la natura del basament en el límit de plaques Euràsia-Àfrica (Marge SO d’Ibèria): Implicacions per la geodinàmica regional i per l’avaluació de la perillositat sísmica

Martínez Loriente, Sara (Date of defense: 2013-09-19)

In this PhD Thesis I present a new interpretation of: 1) active structures implicating old oceanic lithosphere; 2) the nature of the basement; and 3) the distribution of the basement domains and the geodynamic reconstruction ...

Geophysical and petrological characterization of the lithospheric mantle in Iberia and North Africa

Carballo, Alberto (Date of defense: 2015-06-12)

In this thesis I present a geophysical and petrological study that aims to define the lithosphere structure and the chemical variations in the compositions in the lithosphere mantle in the Iberian plate, the western ...

Geophysical constraints on the nature of geological domains of continental rifted margins: examples from the West Iberia margin and Ligurian Basin

Merino Perez, Irene (Date of defense: 2021-10-22)

In this PhD work, we carry out a geophysical and geological study of two classical examples of rifted continental margins: the Gulf of Lions (GoL), located in the Western Mediterranean, and the Tagus Abyssal Plain (TAP), ...

Geophysical evidence of the preparedness for a volcanic eruption: El Hierro 2011-2012

López Moreno, Carmen (Date of defense: 2017-09-05)

The observational data recorded by the monitoring networks during El Hierro 2011-2012 volcanic unrest and eruption, allowed us to conduct a study of the volcanic eruptive phenomena with that wide view. The lack of previous ...

Geopoética del agua. Reflexiones plásticas y visuales sobre el territorio.

Vélez Salamanca, Santiago (Date of defense: 2022-10-17)

[spa] Esta tesis se fundamenta en conceptos alrededor de la idea del agua y con ella la configuración de espacios físicos y mentales. Se articula a partir de la experiencia creativa de una serie de obras y proyectos que ...

Geopolitical and urban changes in Sarajevo (1995 – 2015)

Martín i Díaz, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)

During the collapse of Socialist Yugoslavia and amid a concomitant process to ethnically divide Bosnia, Sarajevo suffered through a siege which after three-and-a-half years resulted in a completely new social, political ...

The geopolitics of communication and religion. Abrahamic religions and social communications form a media, religion and culture perspective

Rocha Scarpetta, Joan Andreu (Date of defense: 2016-09-15)

Aquesta tesi doctoral proposa una aproximació entre l’àrea dels estudis de comunicació anomenada «Media, Religió i Cultura» i l'estudi de la globalització i de la geopolítica en relació amb les tres tradicions religioses ...