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, ...
González Guitiérrez, Ramiro Arturo (Date of defense: 2012-01-09)
Degeneration and age affect the biomechanics of the intervertebral disc, by reducing its stiffness, flexibility and shock absorption capacities against daily movement and spinal load. The biomechanical ...
Mohammadi, Mahdi (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) integrated microfluidics has been a powerful tool for new developments in analytical chemistry. These microfluidic systems enable the miniaturization, integration and automation of ...
Baghaei, Masoud (Date of defense: 2020-07-24)
One of the main advantages of fluidic oscillators is that they do not have moving parts, which brings high reliability whenever being used in real applications. To use these devices in real applications, ...
Bellafont Peralta, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2021-01-25)
The Future Circular Hadron Collider (FCC-hh) is a proposal for a 100 km long hadron collider conceived as the successor of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The FCC-hh is designed to reach 50 TeV of beam ...
Rallo Tolós, Héctor (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)
The mobility of the future undoubtedly involves the electrification of vehicles. The increase in social awareness towards a reduction in CO2 emissions, together with the introduction of new laws regulating ...
Arcos Villamarín, Robert (Date of defense: 2007-07-13)
This thesis focuses on the development of an analytical model for the generation and propagation parts of a global model of ground induced vibrations to be used in preliminary assessment studies for ...
Awan, Muhammad Rizwan (Date of defense: 2021-11-02)
The aim of this research is to provide an in-depth understanding of energy consumption in abrasive disc cutting processes. The specific energy consumed in cutting is measured,analysed, and then characterised ...
Sohrabi, Shahin (Date of defense: 2022-03-11)
Active noise cancellation is a unique approach that helps passive noise control in reducing sound levels at low frequencies; nevertheless, successful use of active noise cancellation necessitates ...
Farré Lladós, Josep (Date of defense: 2015-04-28)
Manufacturers of wind turbines have observed a new phenomenon that appears in high power wind turbines: excessive wear in the teeth located at 0º in the pitch bearing. In order to design more efficient ...