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Alcoverro Bassols, Jordi (Date of defense: 2024-07-25)
(English) Unsaturated soils are particular instances of porous materials, which are characterized by a solid skeleton and a number of fluids that can move through the skeleton. At the microscale, a porous material is made ...
Fabra Ruiz, Arnau (Date of defense: 2023-10-16)
(English) This thesis presents novel approaches and computational methods for solving wave propagation problems in acoustics and linear elasticity. Stabilized finite element methods in the context of the variational ...
Salas Olivares, Héctor Manuel (Date of defense: 2021-09-14)
(English) he textile industry consumes a large volume of water in various activities and is an importan! wastewater generator. Colorless dyes that emit fluorescence when exposed to UV light are used in the optical whitening ...
Montalbán Turón, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-06-30)
(English) In this PhD Dissertation the structural performance of buildings with stairs submitted to lateral loads, is investigated. Because of the historical neglect of the interaction effects between the main structure ...
Rueda Hernández, Estel (Date of defense: 2022-07-18)
(English) Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is one of the most interesting alternatives to conventional plastics, because it has similar properties to polypropylene, it is more biodegradable than other bioplastics, it has really ...
Canelles Garcia, Arnau (Date of defense: 2022-07-13)
(English) Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a key strategy to increase freshwater resources in many regions facing water scarcity. The success of a MAR facility implies both technical (water quality and quantity as main ...
Cid Escobar, Daniela (Date of defense: 2024-06-27)
(English) Sustainable groundwater management in rural areas presents multifaceted challenges stemming from hydrogeological complexities, socio-economic disparities, and governance issues. This thesis aims to provide ...
Grossmann, Florian (Date of defense: 2023-09-05)
(English) The sustainable management of coastal regions requires profound understanding of the physical processes that govern them. Here, a central aspect is the onshore and offshore migration of sandbars, transporting ...
Marín Vindas, Carolina Alexandra (Date of defense: 2023-09-06)
(English) Marine microorganisms are fundamental for life on Earth. For example, they have produced most of the oxygen existing in our planet and are essential in biogeochemical cycles and energy flow to different trophic ...
Piracha, Aqeel (Date of defense: 2024-02-16)
(English) It was not until 1982 that Gösta Walin proposed a formal framework to connect heat input from the sun to the large-scale thermal circulation of the ocean through quantifying a sur- face ”drift” of water from high ...
Fernández Tejedor, Margarita (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)
(English) The increase in the production of marine bivalves targets the sustainable development of aquaculture to improve global food and nutrition security. Bivalve aquaculture is currently facing challenges and threats ...
Prades Valls, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-11-30)
(English) The term rockfall applies to blocks or masses of rock that, after separating from a steep wall, experience free fall and then impact against the ground, with the consequent rebound and possible rolling and sliding ...
In 't Veld, Marten (Date of defense: 2023-11-29)
(English) Air pollutants can be classed as either primary or secondary pollutants. Primary air pollutants are those that are directly emitted into the atmosphere, whereas secondary air pollutants are generated in the ...
Francescangeli, Marco (Date of defense: 2023-10-30)
(English) The Monitoring of coastal marine ecosystems has been traditionally carried out with man and vessel-assisted methodologies. In the last decades, new technologies have been progressively integrated by platforms ...
Janeras Casanova, Marc (Date of defense: 2023-10-23)
(English) In the Montserrat Mountain, high hazard of rockfall and high human exposure by visitors to both Monastery and Natural Park converge. It is a relevant geological risk difficult to mitigate since it is necessary ...
Leon Medina, Jersson Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
(English) In the last years, the condition monitoring of structures has evolved and improved using technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensor networks, and industry 4.0 because of the multiple advantages these ...
Bu, Xiangbo (Date of defense: 2023-11-09)
(English) Recent decades have witnessed varying degrees of damage in underground structures, including instances of structural collapse, reported during post-earthquake hazard investigations. Therefore, the research on ...
Soltanalipour, Milad (Date of defense: 2023-05-10)
(English) Composite structures are frequently used in the construction of high-rise buildings due to their high ductility and strength. This article-based doctoral thesis has multiple objectives related to different ...
Sanz Lanzas, Claudia (Date of defense: 2023-05-26)
(English) The circular economy is an emerging concept presented as a solution to counteract the damage caused by the linear economic scheme followed in the past decades. It is based on the principle of "closing the life ...
Ballesteros Mascarell, Ainara (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)
(English) Jellyfish stings cause discomfort to users of the marine environment, who sometimes require medical assistance. Although jellyfish stings are common today, the scientific community remains in disagreement on how ...