Trujillo, José A. (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
The energy efficiency assessment of high-pressure pneumatic circuits is the aim of this dissertation. From a historical perspective the past and cur- rent activities with regards to the energy saving ...
Bottini, Henny (Date of defense: 2014-03-28)
Turbulence onset within an initially laminar flow is one of the most common phenomenon in Fluid Mechanics, yet is an open field of research. This is due to the many and diverse causes that can trigger ...
Campo Sud, David del (Date of defense: 2012-04-27)
Hydraulic machines are faced with increasingly severe performance requirements. The need to design smaller and more powerful machines rotating at higher speeds in order to provide increasing efficiencies, ...
Torre Rodríguez, Oscar de la (Date of defense: 2013-02-26)
The dynamic response of any structure submerged in water is significantly modified by the effect of added mass. The inertia of the fluid that the body must accelerate during its vibrational motion ...
Fernández Gámiz, Unai (Date of defense: 2013-11-26)
The main objective of this PhD thesis is the fluid dynamic characterization of the flow behind vortex generators (VG) as well as to investigate their influence in the separation of the boundary layer. ...
Viladegut Farran, Alan (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
Space re-entry is a challenging endeavor due to the harsh thermo-chemical environment around the vehicle. Heat flux being the reference parameter for Thermal Protection System (TPS) design, the total ...
Valentín Ruiz, David (Date of defense: 2018-01-23)
Nowadays, hydropower plays an essential role in the energy market. With the massive entrance of new renewable sources such as wind or solar power, hydropower is the only renewable generating source that ...
García Vílchez, Mercedes (Date of defense: 2014-07-31)
Positive displacements pumps, as currently designed, produce significant flow pulsations that result in pressure pulsations. These pulsations contribute to the global noise generated by the installation. ...
Campo Gatell, Vanessa del (Date of defense: 2013-03-22)
One of the challenges of the wind energy community today is to improve the existing background on the aerodynamic phenomena of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT), the prediction of the wind speed ...