A new computational approach to topology optimization in solid mechanics problems 

    Yago Llamas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-01-24)

    This doctoral thesis addresses topology optimization problems at a single scale. Based on this purpose, a new topology optimization approach is developed in order to improve existing and widespread techniques in the research ...

    A virtual environment to evaluate and predict recovery of human hand motion post-stroke 

    Padilla Magaña, Jesús Fernando (Date of defense: 2022-11-18)

    (English) The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) is a measurement tool to assess post-stroke upper extremities motor function. However, ARAT scoring can be subjective and limited only to determining performance quality. ...

    Clinical evaluation towards the development of a lower limb exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injury: from gait biomechanics to motor learning 

    Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)

    (English) People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may suffer lifelong sequels that influence every aspect of their lives, including motor and/or sensory impairment, difficulty breathing and/or swallowing, bladder/bowel weakness, ...

    Improved condition monitoring of hydraulic turbines based on artificial intelligence techniques 

    Zhao, Weiqiang (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)

    As a type of renewable energy that can provide rapid response to the requirement of the power grid, hydropower plays a fairly important position in the energy market. In recent years, with the enormous entrance of new ...

    Numerical investigation and modelling of the unsteady behavior and erosion power of cloud cavitation 

    Geng, Linlin (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)

    Cloud cavitation is a unwanted phenomenon taking place in many hydraulic machines which damages the surfaces of the solid walls due to the erosive aggressiveness induced by the collapse process. Therefore, it is necessary ...

    Numerical tools for computational design of acoustic metamaterials 

    Roca Cazorla, David (Date of defense: 2020-09-07)

    The notion of metamaterials as artificially engineered structures designed to obtain specific material properties, typically unachievable in naturally occurring materials, has captured the attention of the scientific and ...