Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Recent submissions
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Crioconcentración en bloque para jugo de granada (Punica granatum L.)
(English) One of the food industry's pressing global challenges is ensuring food security for a rapidly growing population. The enormous problems of water scarcity, climate change and high energy costs are barriers to ...
Contributions to RFI detection, mitigation, and excision for GNSS receivers and spaceborne microwave radiometers
(English) Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) poses significant challenges to remote sensing systems, particularly affecting Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) and microwave radiometry. This thesis ...
Improving real-time guarantees of cache coherence and advanced interconnections in real-time systems
(English) The dissertation, research on enhancing timing predictability and performance for Critical Real-Time Embedded Systems (CRTES), focusing on Multi-Processor Systems on Chip (MPSoCs). CRTES are essential in critical ...
Advancing solver performance in large-scale computational fluid dynamics: generalizing the linelet preconditioner for the pressure correction equation
(English) This thesis presents the Global Linelet Preconditioner (GLP), a preconditioning strategy designed to overcome these limitations and improve scalability in extreme-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications. ...
Continuous variable quantum communications: technologies and security
(English) With this Thesis, we will focus on diverse technologies as well as techniques relevant for the development of secure communication systems based on Quantum Mechanics. This theoretical analysis involves the ...
On the study of delamination and failure of composite materials under static and cyclic loads
(English) Composite materials, particularly fiber-reinforced polymers and fiber metal laminates have gained significant attention in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and marine engineering due to their high ...
Comportamiento de estructuras de hormigón pretensado con armaduras pretesas de polímeros reforzados con fibras (FRP).
(English) The effect of corrosion on reinforcement and its impact on the service life reduction of existing reinforced and prestressed concrete infrastructures has led to the search for alternatives to conventional steel ...
State estimation, diagnosis and control using set-based approaches for LPV systems
(English) Considering that Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) technique has been demonstrated as an effective way to represent nonlinear systems, results concerning the design of observers and controllers in LPV framework have ...
Advanced control strategies for the cathode module of automotive hydrogen fuel cell systems
(English) This industrial thesis work tackles primarily the challenges associated with the development of the cathode module and auxiliary cooling module for fuel cell electric vehicle applications. The development process ...
Deep learning methods for speaker verification and diarization
(English) The first part of this thesis is based on the use of attention models for speaker verification. SOTA systems for this task are based on speaker embedding extractors. These architectures are comprised by combinations ...
Biomedical signal interpretation and smartphone sensors for the assessment of trunk function and sleep disorders in patients with spinal cord injury
(English) Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. SCI causes motor and sensory impairment but is also associated with many other health problems. Two of these problems are trunk muscle ...
Physical properties, relaxation dynamics and applications of polymer solid dispersions
(English) Polymers can have a wide range of application, thanks to the capacity of designing them to meet specific requirements (e.g. mechanical, thermal, optical or electrical). In particular, polymeric materials with ...
Controlling the strong interaction between quantum emitters and plasmonic rod-dimers
(English) The growth of technology and climate change have increased the need for more efficient, biodegradable and ecologically sustainable electronic devices. With this in mind, different methods have emerged to improve ...
Improving grid stability by integration renewables using static synchronous generators
(English) The European Commission has plans to transition from classic power system to a net-zero emission power system, mainly by focusing on renewable sources. The power plants owners and power grid operators have technical ...
Numerical modelling of non-Newtonian shallow flows
(English) Numerical modelling of natural phenomena, particularly weather-related which are the 90 % of global disasters, is essential to analyse and predict hazardous situations for the people, the economy and the environment. ...
The impact of balanced scorecard on organizational well-being?
(English) The main functions of management science are planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and supervising. For management to perform its most basic functions, the activities conducted must be measured. Measurement ...
Software defined networking for autonomous and secure optical networks
(English) The increasing complexity and demands of modern telecommunications networks necessitate the development of autonomous and secure systems to ensure efficient, reliable, and secure communications. The integration ...
La urbe como conjunto ciudad-campo para su gestión ecológicamente más sostenible. Regeneración de los suelos hasta Pristinia: una nueva pauta de la planificación urbanística y del desarrollo regional
(English) This doctoral thesis explores the possibilities of improving the degree of ecological sustainability of the city, mainly an economic and energetic concept. It refers, that is, to a management of our house, the ...
Computational analysis and design of metamaterial-based panels for high-performance acoustic applications
(English) The concept of metamaterials has emerged as an exciting frontier. These are engineered structures designed to possess unique properties, often unattainable in nature. This concept has not only captured the ...
Structural behavior of fiber reinforced concrete bridges
(English) The application of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) in bridge structures presents a significant advancement in structural performance, reinforcement optimization, and serviceability enhancement. This study examines ...
