Marques, André Canal (Date of defense: 2016-02-23)
The growing demand for innovation and the ever-shorter product lifespan result in a great amount and diversity of waste disposal at dumps and landfills. One of the fastest growing waste types nowadays ...
Yalamanchili, Phani Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-11-09)
Physical vapor deposited hard coatings comprised of cubic (c) transition metal (TM)-Al-N, and (TM)-Si-N are the current work horse materials for a large number of metal cutting and wear resistant ...
Safari, Alaleh (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)
Total hip replacement (THR) has been one of the most successful surgeries in the 21st century. Ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) shows favorable mechanical and tribological properties ...
Punset Fuste, Miquel (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Material engineering has always played a defining role in industry by improving materials and tribological properties, increasing lite time use and thus ultimately reducing material costs. Over the ...
Wang, Lei (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
In the current thesis, two TWIP steels with different chemical composition were successfully subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation with Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) at warm temperature (300°C), ...
Gómez Monterde, Javier (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
The present PhD thesis is framed within the Industrial Doctorate Plan promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and has been developed in cooperation between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Ba ...
Tarragó Cifre, Jose María (Date of defense: 2016-09-13)
Hardmetal industry is continuously seeking for high-performance products at reduced costs. In addition, it is strongly struggled by the high and volatile prices of raw materials. At this juncture, ...
Juan Muñoz, Jaime (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
A problem is not a problem anymore if no solution exists; therefore, in the present dissertation, a novel manufacturing technique, the In Situ Forming of a Liquid Infused Preform (ISFLIP), is proposed ...
Muñoz Bolaños, Jairo Alberto (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)
Ultrafine grain size Armco iron has been obtained through severe plastic deformation through equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature, using a die with interna! angle et> = 90 º, and ...
Pujante Agudo, Jaume (Date of defense: 2015-12-21)
Press hardening, also known as hot stamping, is a hot sheet metal forming technique which allows producing lightweight components with complex geometry and outstanding mechanical properties. For this ...
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66 - Chemical technology. Chemical and related industries (14)
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems (3)
617 - Surgery. Orthopaedics. Ophthalmology (2)
004 - Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing (1)