Marzeddu, Andrea (Date of defense: 2016-04-19)
The aim of this work is the study of laboratory effects on the measurement of wave impact induced loads on rigid maritime structures. A high number of experiments (more then 4000 using regular wave ...
Mahboob, Amir (Date of defense: 2021-11-30)
Creating sustainability and public infrastructure is a fairly recent subject the engineering community has been debating. Introducing new building materials or introducing new structural designs is a ...
López Carreño, Rubén-Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-07-31)
The construction and conservation of road networks represent a major part of public expenditure. For instance, the EU-28 countries annually spend approximately EUR 20.000 million on roadway preservation. ...
Arrayago Luquin, Itsaso (Date of defense: 2016-10-17)
This thesis investigates the cross-section and member behaviour of cold-formed stainless steel RHS and SHS elements and proposes an alternative and more efficient design approach. Combined with aesthetic ...
Makoond, Nirvan Chandra (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
Many cultural heritage sites across the globe consist of masonry structures. To ensure the preservation of such structures, an accurate evaluation of their current structural condition is often of utmost ...
Garcia Ramonda, Larisa (Date of defense: 2020-12-18)
As one of the main historical construction materials, masonry is abundant among the architectural heritage of earthquake-prone areas of the Mediterranean countries. Earthquake mitigation approaches are ...
Segura Domingo, Jorge (Date of defense: 2020-12-22)
Masonry has been used for millennia to build all sort of constructions. As a result, a significant part of the building stock around the world is made of masonry. In the need of structural assessment, ...