Li, Bin (Date of defense: 2016-03-08)
Fracture mechanics of brittle materials has focused on bulk materials with isotropic surface energy. In this situation different physical principles for crack path selection are very similar or even ...
Casazza, Daniele (Date of defense: 2016-10-28)
Let K|Q be a number field and let Z(K,s) be its associated complex L-function. The analytic class number formula relates special values of Z(K,s) with algebraic invariants of the field K itself. It ...
Dachs Cadefau, Ferran (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)
The aim of this memoir is to study multiplier ideals in two-dimensional local rings having at worst rational singularities. We also want to extend this study to the case of mixed multiplier ideals. The ...
Anaya Vejar, Maribel (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)
The need of ensure the proper performance of the structures in service has made of structural health monitoring (SHM) a priority research area. Researchers all around the world have focused efforts on ...
Asadipour, Nina (Date of defense: 2016-03-04)
We present a cell-centred model for the simulation of multicellular soft tissues that takes into account the underlying active process at the cytoskeletal level, and allows for active and passive cell-cell ...
Roig Maranges, Abdó (Date of defense: 2016-01-26)
The traditional way to study algebraic cycles on an algebraic variety uses the Chow groups. However, in the beginnings of the 90's, Blaine Lawson and Eric Friedlander developed a different way to study ...
Torre Pedraza, Azahara de la (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
My research is based on non-local elliptic semilinear equations in conformal geometry. The fractional curvature is defined from the conformal fractional Laplacian and it is a non-local version of some ...