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Sau Valenzuela, Núria (Fecha de defensa: 2021-11-19)
(English) Deep geological disposal of heat-emitting and long-lived radioactive waste is the solution internationally accepted that offers the most viable and safest way to manage this kind of wastes. ...
Kalkbrenner, Philip (Fecha de defensa: 2021-11-03)
Cutting-edge methods in the computational analysis of structures have been developed over the last decades. Such modern tools are helpful to assess the safety of existing buildings. Two main finite ...
Fernández Sánchez, Pablo Gonzalo (Fecha de defensa: 2021-12-20)
Reinforced concrete members, especially when subjected to concentrated loads, can fail in shear. This is an undesirable and brittle failure mode preventing the structure from deforming and reaching ...
Villarraga Díaz, Claudia Juliana (Fecha de defensa: 2018-02-28)
The environmental conditions may play a relevant role in the stability of rock slopes. In fact, weathering can contribute to the reduction of strength of the material, while atmospheric actions may ...
Gonzalez‐Blanco, Laura (Fecha de defensa: 2017-05-31)
Deep geological disposal remains the preferred option at present for the management of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste, which consists of confining the waste during a very long period ...
Collico, Stefano (Fecha de defensa: 2022-06-13)
The task of geotechnical site characterization includes defining the layout of ground units and establishing their relevant engineering properties. This is an activity in which uncertainties of different ...
Martirosyan, Razmik (Fecha de defensa: 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 (Fecha de defensa: 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 ...
Maso Sotomayor, Miguel (Fecha de defensa: 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 (Fecha de defensa: 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 ...