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Hartl, Marco (Date of defense: 2020-07-03)
The objective of this work was the improvement and control of wastewater treatment using constructed wetlands operated as Microbial Fuel Cells (CW-MFCs) and Microbial Electrolysis Cells (CW-MECs). For this purpose, eight ...
Madrid Argomedo, Manuel Ricardo (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
The design and construction of vertical caisson breakwaters on soft soils represents a significant challenge for the engineering of marine structures. Past experience reveals that this type of structures is sometimes prone ...
Aznar Alemany, Òscar (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)
During the last couple of decades the demand for good quality water in sufficient quantity has increased. The administration is now aware that water is not a commercial product; that hydrological management needs to be ...
Martín Cañizares, María del Pilar (Date of defense: 2015-11-16)
Building a high-speed line requires significant investment and its design strongly influences the operation, with the aggravating circumstance that subsequent modifications not initially planned are not always feasible at ...
Tejedor Herrán, Blanca (Date of defense: 2019-01-24)
Within the European framework, most of residential buildings do not satisfy the minimum thermal specifications. In fact, the renovation rate across the EU is estimated at 1% per year. To fulfil with the goals stated by ...
Lomelí Quintero, Víctor Manuel (Date of defense: 2023-10-13)
(English) Climate change is a major issue that is having a significant impact on coastal areas globally. This phenomenon is generating processes of erosion, flooding and sea level rise, which is of great concern. These ...
Maso Sotomayor, Miguel (Date of defense: 2022-09-29)
(English) This thesis investigates numerical methods for the simulation of surface water flows, focusing on the interaction between the large scale and the local scale and its application to natural hazards. Several families ...
Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)
The time required to inspect damaged structures after an earthquake has a direct impact on the social and economic consequences of the event, which can be catastrophic. Developing tools to aid the inspection task is of ...
Requejo Castro, David (Date of defense: 2021-07-13)
We live in a complexand interconnected world which permeates ditterent scales. sectors or decision problems. This fact is acknowledged by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which underscores current ...
Casquero Modrego, Núria (Date of defense: 2016-07-12)
Buildings are considered to be one of the primary contributors to the socioeconomic development of a country. However, they use a large portion of energy and available natural resources. With the industrialization leading ...
Turon Pujol, Francesc (Date of defense: 2024-03-05)
(Engilsh) Modern composite materials, primarily based on the union of polymeric matrices and fibers of glass, carbon or any other fiber of remarkable rigidity, have paved the way for the design and manufacture of lightweight ...
Pérez Casas, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)
The informal settlement’s associated predicament must be addressed by concurrent remediation and prevention urban policies. Nevertheless, the growing social pressure to respond to the situation through decent and effective ...
Faneca Llesera, Gerard (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Inside the studies of intelligent materials and considering concrete as one of the most building material used, getting new functionalities to him, would provide new uses and applications to the usual structural or facing ...
Fernández Rubio, Cristina (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
The shrinkage of concrete and the current methods to mitigate this phenomenon are mainly based on the realization of retraction joints approximately 24 hours after the mixing. These joints represent a critical point in the ...
Salinas Naval, Victor (Date of defense: 2015-11-25)
A complete and reliable Seismic Soil Response prediction requires a thorough knowledge of the Geotechnical and Geological structure, as well as algorithms to find the transfer function. This fact entails a significant ...
Martín Balet, Alejo (Date of defense: 2023-06-23)
(English) This thesis proposes to determine a damaged structure using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of modal frequency variation of sorne damaged and undamaged configurations. The estimators used are the accumulated ...
González-Siso, Maria Rosa (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)
Aquesta tesi doctoral investiga els processos clau que controlen la mobilitat d'alguns dels radionúclids sensibles al redox presents en els residus (U, Pu i Tc) i Ni com a radionúclid crític, en el repositori “Swedish Final ...
Benavides, Jaime (Date of defense: 2020-02-18)
Air pollution is known to cause detrimental health effects in cities and specially on the most vulnerable population. Having access to reliable air pollutant concentration data at street-level in urban areas can be crucial ...
Martirosyan, Razmik (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
Nowadays, concrete pavements are one of the main traditional options of building roads and highways. Moreover, concrete pavements are used for various ground transport infrastructures such as sidewalks, streets and airport. ...
Komarizadehasl, Seyedmilad (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)
(English) There is increasing interest in developing low-cost sensors for economical structural health monitoring of civil engineering infrastructures. In addition to their price, they have the additional benefit of being ...