A new computational approach to topology optimization in solid mechanics problems 

    Yago Llamas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-01-24)

    This doctoral thesis addresses topology optimization problems at a single scale. Based on this purpose, a new topology optimization approach is developed in order to improve existing and widespread techniques in the research ...

    Improved condition monitoring of hydraulic turbines based on artificial intelligence techniques 

    Zhao, Weiqiang (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)

    As a type of renewable energy that can provide rapid response to the requirement of the power grid, hydropower plays a fairly important position in the energy market. In recent years, with the enormous entrance of new ...

    Modelización de los procesos de conformado en caliente de los aceros microaleados de medio carbono mediante la aplicación de redes neuronales artificiales 

    Alcelay Larrión, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2015-09-10)

    In this thesis a study was performed to obtain a model of artificial neural network that is able to predict the flow behavior of steel under hot deformation conditions. The hot compression tests are performed on two types ...

    A novel optimization methodology of modular wiring harnesses in modern vehicles : weight reduction and safe operation 

    Rius Rueda, Armand (Date of defense: 2017-06-02)

    The weight of electric and electronic components of cars has been uninterruptedly increasing through the last decades, and thus the weight of their wiring harnesses. This fact has awakened the interest of car manufacturers ...

    Numerical investigation and modelling of the unsteady behavior and erosion power of cloud cavitation 

    Geng, Linlin (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)

    Cloud cavitation is a unwanted phenomenon taking place in many hydraulic machines which damages the surfaces of the solid walls due to the erosive aggressiveness induced by the collapse process. Therefore, it is necessary ...

    Numerical tools for computational design of acoustic metamaterials 

    Roca Cazorla, David (Date of defense: 2020-09-07)

    The notion of metamaterials as artificially engineered structures designed to obtain specific material properties, typically unachievable in naturally occurring materials, has captured the attention of the scientific and ...

    On the changes in dynamic behavior produced by the hydraulic turbine runner damage 

    Zhang, Ming (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)

    Hydropower plays a very important role in the world electricity generation nowadays. Hydropower is one type of renewable energy and is the only renewable energy source that can provide a wide range of power regulation with ...