Zubillaga Eceiza, Lierni (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)
In the last decades, the use of laminated composites, such as Carbon Fiber Reinforce Polymer has increased in many industrial sectors. Different failure mechanisms different damage mechanism can appear ...
Sarrado Molina, Carlos (Date of defense: 2015-06-11)
The present thesis aims at developing robust numerical and experimental methods for the simulation of composite adhesive joints. Firstly, a new method for the experimental characterization of adhesive ...
Guillamet Busquets, Gerard (Date of defense: 2016-07-11)
Departing from an emerging technology such as the spread tow thin-ply technology, in which the ply thickness can be significantly reduced, the overall purpose of this thesis is motivated by the industry ...
Manterola Najera, Julen (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)
Advanced joining technologies such as bonded joints play an important role to develop more efficient and durable structures. The present Thesis gives a step forward and proposes different solutions to ...
Carreras Blasco, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)
The overall purpose of this Ph.D. thesis is to contribute to the reliable design of composite structures subjected to fatigue-driven delamination. The aim is motivated by a wish to reduce the amount of ...
Quintanas Corominas, Adrià (Date of defense: 2019-10-11)
his doctoral thesis aims at developing and implementing a computational framework for performing virtual testing of composite structures using a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment. In this ...
Duran Sureda, Imma (Date of defense: 2021-05-11)
NSM strengthening technique under the influence of temperature and relative humidity, in which the interaction between materials involved is analyzed, is studied in this PhD. Therefore, this work is ...
Baena Muñoz, Marta (Date of defense: 2011-02-14)
El uso de barras de materiales compuestos (FRP) se propone como una alternativa efectiva para las tradicionales estructuras de hormigón armadas con acero que sufren corrosión en ambientes agresivos. La ...
Abdel Monsef, Said Ahmed Ibrahim (Date of defense: 2020-07-02)
Cohesive zone models are widely used for modelling delamination and bonded joints under different loading conditions. In the current thesis, an objective inverse method has been developed to extract the ...
Miàs Oller, Cristina (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)
In this work, long-term behaviour of FRP RC beams has been investigated both analytically and experimentally to further extend the knowledge in this particular research domain. In this respect, a new ...