Trechera Ruiz, Pedro (Date of defense: 2022-01-13)
The main objective of this PhD thesis is the study of coal mine dust patterns produced by different types of mining operations and different types of coal. In addition, the potential links between ...
Ritter, Josias Manuel Gisbert (Date of defense: 2021-07-16)
Flash floods are one of the most devastating natural hazards, claiming numerous lives and tremendous economic losses. One of the main reasons for their catastrophic potential is the limited time available ...
Sánchez Balseca, Joseph (Date of defense: 2021-11-15)
Air pollution is an environmental challenge that has an important influence on the life of human beings. Therefore, the development, implementation, and evaluation of new statistical approaches will ...
Cerralbo Peñarroya, Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
Using both observations and modelling tools, it is investigated the main hydrodynamic response mechanisms of a microtidal and shallow bay in the Mediterranean Sea: Alfacs Bay. Main objectives are ...
Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe (Date of defense: 2013-07-09)
Esta tesis propone una metodología de evaluación del daño sísmico basada en el método del espectro de capacidad pero con un enfoque probabilista que se apoya en simulaciones Monte Carlo. Así la acción ...
Butlanska, Joanna (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)
Cone penetration test (CPT) is a fast and reliable site investigation tool for exploring soils and soft ground. While the interpretation of the test results in clay has advanced considerably from a ...
Tirabassi, Giulio (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)
En una situación de grandes cambios climáticos, el conocimiento de el sistema Tierra ha devenido, en los últimos años, una de las tareas mas importantes para la comunidad científica. En los últimos diez ...
Rahbaralam, Maryam (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Random walk particle tracking methods are a computationally efficient family of methods to solve reactive transport problems. While the number of particles in most realistic applications is in the order ...
Domènech i Surinyach, Guillem (Date of defense: 2015-10-14)
Due to the exponential grown of the population within the last decades, the landslide hazard assessment of earthflows and rockfalls and their hazard mapping have become an essential tool for the territory ...
Rorato, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)
The shape of particles is known to play an important role in soil behaviour, with significant effects of engineering responses. Investigating how the shape of particles can be measured and quantified ...