A model for railway induced ground vibrations in the frame of preliminary assessment studies 

    Arcos Villamarín, Robert (Fecha de defensa: 2007-07-13)

    This thesis focuses on the development of an analytical model for the generation and propagation parts of a global model of ground induced vibrations to be used in preliminary assessment studies for the case of at-grade ...

    Contribución al estudio de las vibraciones producidas por el contacto rueda-carril y su transmisión al entorno 

    Otero Yugat, Jesús (Fecha de defensa: 2010-02-11)

    La principal causa de las vibraciones generadas por la circulación de un tren reside en el contacto rueda-carril, concretamente en las fluctuaciones de la fuerza de contacto provocadas por las irregularidades del perfil ...

    Estudio para la mejora del acabado superficial de superficies complejas aplicando un proceso de deformación plástica (Bruñido con Bola) 

    Travieso Rodríguez, José Antonio (Fecha de defensa: 2010-09-21)

    Mejorar el acabado superficial de una pieza plana o cilíndrica, se puede hacer de manera relativamente sencilla, utilizando para ello un proceso de rectificado. Sin embargo lograr un buen acabado superficial en una superficie ...

    Viabilitat tècnica i ambiental de biocombustibles: oli de colza i estella forestal 

    Esteban Dalmau, Bernat (Fecha de defensa: 2011-07-06)

    La dependència actual dels combustibles fòssils en la majoria de sectors industrials i domèstics no és sostenible ni a curt ni a llarg termini. Això està obligant a plantejar alternatives a la majoria de sectors industrials ...

    Ús de l'oli vegetal cru com a biocarburant per autoconsum agrícola: avaluacio de la sostenibilitat del sistema a Catalunya 

    Baquero Armans, Grau (Fecha de defensa: 2011-07-06)

    La introducció de la colza en la rotació de conreus i la producció i ús d’oli vegetal cru (OVC) com a biocarburant per autoconsum agrícola presenten alguns avantatges respecte al sistema tradicional de conreu de la ...

    Experimenal study of the aerodynamics of a horizontal axis wind turbine 

    Campo Gatell, Vanessa del (Fecha de defensa: 2013-03-22)

    One of the challenges of the wind energy community today is to improve the existing background on the aerodynamic phenomena of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT), the prediction of the wind speed distribution on the ...

    Passive acoustic method for aircraft localization 

    Martín Román, Sara-Regina (Fecha de defensa: 2013-07-15)

    The present thesis investigates a passive acoustic method to locate maneuvering aircraft. The method is based on the acoustical Doppler effect, as a particular effect of the signals received by a mesh of spatially distributed ...

    Integración de conocimiento en la subcontratación estratégica de diseño de producto 

    Genovese, Pablo A. (Pablo Alberto) (Fecha de defensa: 2013-09-03)

    La motivació d'aquesta tesi és entendre com pot ser gestionada la integració de coneixement en projectes de subcontractació estratègica de disseny de producte. Una participació activa de l'empresa durant la realització de ...

    Fluid dynamic characterization of vortex generators and two-dimensional turbulent wakes 

    Fernández Gámiz, Unai (Fecha de defensa: 2013-11-26)

    The main objective of this PhD thesis is the fluid dynamic characterization of the flow behind vortex generators (VG) as well as to investigate their influence in the separation of the boundary layer. CFD simulations have ...

    Analysis and design of a capillary driven blood plasma separation microfluidic device 

    Madadi, Hojjat (Fecha de defensa: 2014-01-17)

    Recently, the emergence of lab-on-a-chip devices has seen in a variety of applications especially in clinical analys is and diagnostics. ln particular the lack of suitable microdevices for separation of plasma from whole ...

    Detection of failure mechanisms of tool steels by means of acoustic emission technique 

    Martínez González, Eva (Fecha de defensa: 2014-01-30)

    This thesis is focused on the calibration of the Acoustic Emission (AE) technique to detect and identify damage mechanisms in tool steels. The AE measurement procedure has been calibrated for two mechanical tests: fracture ...

    A dynamical model of a double-deck circular tunnel embedded in a full-space 

    Clot Razquin, Arnau (Fecha de defensa: 2014-02-20)

    This thesis presents a three-dimensional dynamic model of a double-deck circular tunnel embedded in a full-space. The model uses the receptance method to obtain the response of the complete structure from the response of ...

    Experimental investigation of induced supersonic boundary layer transition 

    Bottini, Henny (Fecha de defensa: 2014-03-28)

    Turbulence onset within an initially laminar flow is one of the most common phenomenon in Fluid Mechanics, yet is an open field of research. This is due to the many and diverse causes that can trigger turbulence, which ...

    Mecanismes de lleves conjugades amb palpador de corrons. Aportació a l'estudi de la fallada per fatiga superficial 

    Català, Pau (Fecha de defensa: 2014-05-06)

    This thesis presents the dynamic study of conjugate cam mechanisms with rollers follower and translational movement, to design them with the aim of retard the surface fatigue failure in the rollers. The premature failure ...

    Study of the exfoliation process in epoxy-clay nanocomposites 

    Shiravand, Fatemeh (Fecha de defensa: 2014-06-03)

    Cured epoxy resins are highly cross-linked polymers which are increasingly important in high performance engineering field due to the stiffness, high strength, heat resistance and solvent resistance. However one major ...

    Contribució als algoritmes de construcció de models del món per a la implementació en Arquitectures Àgils de Fabricació 

    Minguella i Canela, Joaquim (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-16)

    The present work composes a contribution towards the Construction of World models for its implementation in 'Agile Manufacturing Architectures', aiming to take a step further the control programs for manufacturing systems, ...

    Design tools applied to a trochoidal gear pump 

    García Vílchez, Mercedes (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-31)

    Positive displacements pumps, as currently designed, produce significant flow pulsations that result in pressure pulsations. These pulsations contribute to the global noise generated by the installation. Moreover, they ...

    Analysis of the dynamic behaviour of rotating disk-like structures submerged and confined 

    Presas, Alex (Fecha de defensa: 2014-11-27)

    The analysis of the dynamic behaviour of rotating turbomachinery components is of relevant interest to avoid damages or fatigue problems in these parts. To determine the dynamic behaviour of a part of a structure it is ...

    Direct current insulator based dielectrophoresis (DC-iDEP) microfluidic chip for blood plasma separation 

    Mohammadi, Mahdi (Fecha de defensa: 2015-04-10)

    Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) integrated microfluidics has been a powerful tool for new developments in analytical chemistry. These microfluidic systems enable the miniaturization, integration and automation of complex biochemical ...

    Estudio del proceso de bruñido con bola asistido por una vibración 

    Gómez Gras, Giovanni (Fecha de defensa: 2015-04-17)

    The aim of this thesis is studying and characterizing a ball burnishing process assisted with vibrations. By introducing vibrations in the overall process, results are enhanced if compared to the ones derived from a ...