Pinzón Ureña, Luis (Date of defense: 2020-09-18)
Earthquakes are defined as a "violent shaking of the Earth's crust and mantle, caused by forces acting inside the Earth". In most cases, these forces are caused by an energy release process generated ...
Díaz Loaiza, Manuel Andrés (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)
Floods and Drought are some of the most catastrophic natural disasters for humanity, averaging 1 to 5 billion dollar of annually damage for flood events and 6 to 8 billion dollars respectively for drought ...
Poliotti, Mauro (Date of defense: 2020-11-04)
Modern guidelines for design and assessment of reinforced concrete structures under seismic and other extreme loads require nonlinear analysis. The complex structural response can be obtained by means ...
Gibert Armengol, Vicente (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
Evidence from progressive deterioration of the urban building stock is well known. This brings about a large social and economic impact due to maintenance costs and associated personal hazards. This ...
Álvarez Palau, Eduard (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
The relationship between the railway network and the city system has been the subject of numerous studies in recent decades. The railway has assumed great importance as a key element of transport ...
Hernández Sánchez, Juan Manuel (Date of defense: 2013-02-19)
Esta metodología está orientada a evaluar el impacto medioambiental de los edificios, su coste económico y su efecto social, teniendo en cuenta todo el ciclo de vida, de una manera sistematizada, flexible, ...
Liao, Lin (Date of defense: 2015-09-25)
Concrete technology has changed greatly in the past decades. Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is an example of the development in this field. It is obtained by adding fibres that act as a reinforcement ...
Cárdenas Díaz, Octavio Enrique (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
This thesis studies the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a compacted clayey sand under generalised stress state. The study, which is mainly experimental, focuses on the analysis of the shear strength at ...
Gobbi, Andressa (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)
A significant part of the pathologies found in concrete dams is related with the presence of unsound aggregates that react with the cement paste. Such reactions may lead to expansions, causing damage ...
Ferrero, Chiara (Date of defense: 2021-07-20)
Since ancient times, master builders have used arches to cover large spans in masonry structures. As a consequence, nowadays the safety assessment of these structural elements plays a fundamental role ...
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