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, ...
Tarragó Munté, Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-06-03)
The starting point of this thesis is the failure of part of a quay wall under construction. The quay was divided in two phases, failure affected Phase 1 only. The failure and all the relevant associated ...
Cañas Gallart, Jordi (Date of defense: 2016-04-19)
Pervious concrete is a special material with high permeability usually obtained by reducing the amount of fine aggregates in the composition of concrete. The properties of pervious concrete not only ...
Sossa Arancibia, Viviana Alejandra (Date of defense: 2021-03-11)
This thesis aims to studythe capacities and limitations of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to support inspection, assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation tasks, helping to earlydetection and evaluation ...
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 ...
Jarauta Arabi, Àlex (Date of defense: 2016-03-30)
Fuel cells are promising alternatives to conventional energy conversion devices. Cells fueled with hydrogen are environmentally friendly and their effciency is up to 3 times higher than that of ...
Celigueta Jordana, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2019-11-14)
The work presented in this Thesis is a set of developments focused on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) and its applicability in several fields in Civil Engineering. The PFEM had already been ...
Mao, Yanxin (Date of defense: 2018-09-06)
The hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils during freezing and thawing is a coupled multi-physics process that has important practical applications. To cite but a few examples, on artificial ground freezing ...
Ikumi Montserrat, Tai (Date of defense: 2017-10-30)
The external sulfate attack (ESA) is a complex degradation process typically compromising the durability of underground foundations, nuclear or industrial waste containments and tunnel linings exposed ...
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 ...
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