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    De Gaudí a Miralles : cent anys d'estructura metàl.lica a Barcelona 

    Pons Poblet, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)

    The present project is aimed to analyze the steel structure from an evolutionary point of view. The study¿s context has been the 20th century on the Catalan capital city in order to see how the historical, normative and ...

    Particle finite element methods for modelling granular material flows 

    Dávalos Chargoy, César Emilio (Date of defense: 2014-06-19)

    The aim of this work is to present a new procedure for modelling industrial processes that involve granular material flows, using a numerical model based on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM). The numerical results ...

    Thermo-mechanical analysis of welding processes 

    Dialamishabankareh, Narges (Date of defense: 2014-03-12)

    This thesis deals with the numerical simulation of welding processes. The analysis is focused either at global level, considering the full component to be jointed, or locally, studying more in detail the heat affected zone ...

    Robust volume mesh generation for non-watertight geometries 

    Coll Sans, Abel (Date of defense: 2014-07-01)

    Nowadays large part of the time needed to perform a numerical simulation is spent in preprocessing, especially in the geometry cleaning operations and mesh generation. Furthermore, these operations are not easy to automatize ...

    Estudio de arcos estructurales obtenidos por embutición a partir de paneles nervados conformados en frío 

    Casariego Vales, Pedro (Date of defense: 2014-07-08)

    Since a few decades ago, the cold-formed steel industry has developed a press-forming procedure to bend trapezoidal commercial steel sheeting into an arched shape. The main quality of these arches is to be self-supporting, ...

    Elementos finitos mixtos estabilizados para flujos viscoplásticos 

    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 finite elements. ...

    Development and applications of the Finite Point Method to compressible aerodynamics problems 

    Ortega, E. (Enrique) (Date of defense: 2014-05-12)

    This work deals with the development and application of the Finite Point Method (FPM) to compressible aerodynamics problems. The research focuses mainly on investigating the capabilities of the meshless technique to address ...

    Numerical modeling of metal cutting processes using the Particle Finite Element Method 

    Rodríguez Prieto, Juan Manuel (Date of defense: 2014-03-06)

    Metal cutting or machining is a process in which a thin layer or metal, the chip, is removed by a wedge-shaped tool from a large body. Cutting is a complex physical phenomena in which friction, adiabatic shear bands, ...

    Analysis of unreinforced and TRM-strengthened brick masonry walls subjected to eccentric axial load 

    Bernat Masó, Ernest (Date of defense: 2014-02-07)

    A significant number of buildings are supported by load-bearing masonry walls. The preservation of these worldwide used structures is a sustainable alternative. However, there is little research about the structural response ...

    Análisis comparativo de la rigidez al desplazamiento antero-posterior de la rodilla canina completa, rodilla con rotura del ligamento cruzado anterior y rodilla reparada con la técnica de avance de la tuberosidad tibial 

    Musté Rodríguez, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-12-05)

    In canine traumatology, one of the most common knee pathologies is torn cruciate ligament (ACL), the diagnosis and treatment costs were 1.32 billion dollars in the U.S. during 2003. The short-term effects are instability ...

    Estudi teòric i experimental del comportament del lligament creuat posterior i del tendó patel·lar a les forces tallants del genoll caní: sa, amb escissió del lligament creuat anterior i reparat amb la tècnica d'avanç de la tuberositat tibial (TTA) 

    Pérez Guindal, Elsa (Date of defense: 2013-12-05)

    The knee joint is the largest and most complex both in humans and in canines. The internal forces that govern it, are not known exactly. Canine knee injuries are recurrent, especially in the anterior cruciate ligament, a ...

    Design of static intercell interference coordination schemes for realistic lte-based cellular networks 

    González González, David (Date of defense: 2014-01-29)

    Today, 3.5 and 4G systems including Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) support packet-based services and provide mobile broadband access for bandwidth-hungry applications. In this context of fast evolution, ...

    Anàlisi del comportament a compressió de perfils prims oberts d'acer conformats en fred 

    Bonada Bo, Jordi (Date of defense: 2014-01-23)

    Cold-formed thin-walled steel sections are frequently used in pallet rack structures. This type of cross-sections are normally used as a columns and contains perforations uniformly distributed enabling the connection between ...

    Evaluación del daño por impacto en laminados de material compuesto mediante la respuesta dinámica 

    Pérez Martínez, M. (Marco) (Date of defense: 2012-02-06)

    Composite laminates offer decisive advantages compared to more traditional materials, especially in structural applications where weight is a design-limiting factor. However, they have also shown a susceptibility to impact ...

    A contribution to the finite element analysis of high-speed compressible flows and aerodynamics shape optimization 

    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 II). The fi rst part ...

    On the theory of cell migration: durotaxis and chemotaxis 

    Diego Íñiguez, Javier (Date of defense: 2013-07-03)

    Cell migration is a fundamental element in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. Alteration of its regulatory mechanisms leads to loss of adhesion and increased motility, critical steps in the initial ...

    Computational model of the human urinary bladder 

    Silva Araujo Monteiro, Virginia (Date of defense: 2013-06-10)

    La propuesta de una vejiga artificial es un obstáculo a trasponer. El cáncer de vejiga está entre los casos más frecuentes de enfermedades oncológicas en Estados Unidos y Europa. Ese cáncer es considerado un problema médico ...

    A compressible Lagrangian framework for the simulation of underwater implosion problems 

    Kamram, Kazem (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)

    The development of efficient algorithms to understand implosion dynamics presents a number of challenges. The foremost challenge is to efficiently represent the coupled compressible fluid dynamics of internal air and ...

    Modelización numérica del comportamiento constitutivo del daño local y global y su correlación con la evolución de las frecuencias naturales en estructuras de hormigón reforzado 

    Paredes López, Jairo-Andrés (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)

    Esta tesis surge de la necesidad de establecer un método racional y práctico para identificar, a través del cambio de las frecuencias naturales , el daño en estructuras de hormigón armado. Por lo que se desarrolla un nuevo ...

    A constitutive model of human esophagus tissue with application for the treatment of stenosis 

    Sánchez Molina, David (Date of defense: 2013-11-07)

    This dissertation is a research about the mechanical behavior of the human esophagus. This work is intended to be applied in the treatment of stenosis and other esophageal diseases that frequently require a procedure of ...