Escuain i Poole, Lara Sofia (Date of defense: 2019-03-28)
The brain is a complex organ whose activity spans multiple scales, both spatial and temporal. The computational unit of the brain is thought to be the neurone. At the microscopic level, neurones communicate ...
Mushyam, Aditya (Date of defense: 2016-11-23)
The aim of this Ph.D. thesis, "Effects of flow control on flow past bluff bodies" is to study and analyzes the effects of Flow Control on various aspects and proverbs of flow past bluff bodies. Flow ...
Calmet, Hadrien (Date of defense: 2020-11-10)
As we inhale, the air drawn through our nose undergoes successive accelerations and decelerations as it is turned, split, and recombined before splitting again at the end of the trachea as it enters the ...
Zappalà, Dario (Date of defense: 2019-04-04)
The dynamics of the climate system plays a crucial role in the sustainability of life on Earth, and this motivates research to understand and characterise our climate and predict its evolution. In this ...
Álvarez Farré, Xavier (Date of defense: 2022-09-05)
(English) Continuous enhancement in hardware technologies enables scientific computing to advance incessantly and reach further aims. Since the start of the global race for exascale high-performance ...
Javadzadeh Moghtader, Mostafa (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is an essential tool for engineering design and analysis, especially in applications like aerospace, automotive and energy industries. Nowadays most commercial codes ...
Muela Castro, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
The present thesis is devoted to the development and implementation of mathematical models and numerical methods in order to carry out computational simulations of complex heat and mass transfer phenomena. ...
Mestres Junqué, Pau (Date of defense: 2017-09-07)
Optical trapping and manipulation have emerged as powerful tools to investigate single microscopic objects in a controlled environment. Using the momentum carried by light, forces can be exerted to ...
Urgell Flores, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-03-30)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted the attention of the scientific community since their discovery in the 90s. They are an excellent material for the development of research fields as diverse as ...
Morell Bennasser, Nicolás (Date of defense: 2018-12-17)
Suspended monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) aremembranes that combine ultralow mass and exceptional optical prop-erties, making them intriguing materials for opto-mechanical applica-tions. ...