Cafiero Díaz, Mailhyn E. (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)
The aim of this work is to develop, implement and validate a technique for information transfer, in the domain decomposition methods, able to address coupled thermomechanical problems, with mixed ...
Franci, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2015-05-07)
The objective of this thesis is the derivation and implementation of a unified Finite Element formulation for the solution of uid and solid mechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) and coupled thermal ...
Kouhi Esfahani, Mohammad (Date of defense: 2013-09-30)
This work covers a contribution to two most interesting research elds in aerodynamics, the fi nite element analysis of high-speed compressible flows (Part I) and aerodynamic shape optimization (Part ...
Otín, R. (Rubén) (Date of defense: 2011-05-04)
En esta tesis se presenta una alternativa a la formulación clásica de elementos finitos basada en elementos de arista (edge elements) y las ecuaciones de Maxwell curl-curl. Este enfoque alternativo se ...
Pelà, Luca (Date of defense: 2009-03-26)
The present work focuses on the formulation of a Continuum Damage Mechanics model for nonlinear analysis of masonry structural elements. The material is studied at the macro-level, i.e. it is modelled ...
Viglialoro, Giuseppe (Date of defense: 2007-03-14)
Las membranas son estructuras (sin rigidez a flexión) que conforman una superficie en el espacio, con espesor mínimo. Se aproximan a una superficie geométrica y trabajan sólo mediante esfuerzos de ...
Gil Espert, Lluís (Date of defense: 1997-02-14)
El contenido de la tesis que se presenta se ha organizado de la manera siguiente:<br/><br/>A lo largo del capítulo 2 se describen los aspectos generales del estado del arte del análisis de sensibilidad, ...
Moreno, E. (Elvira) (Date of defense: 2014-02-26)
The objective of this thesis is to develop and evaluate a methodology for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for Bingham Herschel-Bulkley viscoplastic fluids using stabilized mixed velocity/pressure ...
Comellas Sanfeliu, Ester (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Living biological tissues are complex structures that have the capacity of evolving in response to external loads and environmental stimuli. The adequate modelling of soft biological tissue behaviour ...
Badillo Almaraz, Hiram (Date of defense: 2012-04-16)
A multi-domain homogenization method is proposed and developed in this thesis based on a two-scale technique. The method is capable of analyzing composite structures with several periodic distributions ...