Vilanova Marco, Irene (Date of defense: 2015-10-20)
In this work, a methodology has been developed to implement the bond behaviour between concrete and GFRP bars in the numerical modelling. Based on experimental results and applying the inverse method, ...
Sasikumar, Aravind (Date of defense: 2019-07-18)
Despite the weight savings, composite materials are vulnerable to impact loads mainly due to the alarming reduction in the compression after impact strength (CAI). This thesis exploits the potential of ...
Blanco Villaverde, Norbert (Date of defense: 2005-01-21)
La majoria de les fallades en elements estructurals són degudes a càrrega per fatiga. En conseqüència, la fatiga mecànica és un factor clau per al disseny d'elements mecànics. En el cas de materials ...
Vázquez Lepe, Elisa (Date of defense: 2014-05-20)
The development of new products with micro-metric characteristics and complex geometries has been a manufacturing trend in different industrial sectors, particularly for electronic, military, biomedical ...
Falcó Salcines, Olben (Date of defense: 2014-04-10)
Currently, the use of Automated Fiber Placement technology allows, large composite aircraft components to be manufactured with high quality materials and introduce new laminate concepts. Among such ...
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 ...
Domingos, Marco (Date of defense: 2013-10-04)
This research work proposes a novel automated and integrated system for the production and in vitro culture of scaffolds, called BioCell Printing. The main goal of the present research work, besides the ...
Ferrer Real, Inés (Date of defense: 2007-04-23)
En el proceso de diseño se toman decisiones que pueden afectar a la fabricabilidad del producto. Cuando el diseñador es experto, considera las limitaciones, las propiedades y el coste de fabricación en ...
Catalán Artigas, Albert (Date of defense: 2012-05-09)
This document presents a methodology that (using tunable finite element models) allow validating during the development phase of the project, the behavior that equipment and mechanical systems will have ...
Soto Masip, Albert (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)
Fiber reinforced composite materials are nowadays used in several industrial applications that pursue structural weight reduction to reduce fuel consumption. The stiffness-to-weight and strength-to-weight ...