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Recent Submissions

Novel tools for port environmental management systems 

Morell Villalonga, Mariano Nicolás (Date of defense: 2023-11-24)

(English) This thesis addresses the development and evaluation of novel tools and strategies for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation in ports for water quality. Integrating computer vision-based systems ...

A methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of community and impact-based flood warnings 

Meléndez Landaverde, Erika Roxana (Date of defense: 2023-11-13)

(English) The present thesis focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive community and impact-based early warning system (EWS) framework to support the protection actions of authorities and citizens ...

Design, management, and simulation of mixed station-based and free-floating vehicle-sharing systems 

Jiménez Meroño, Enrique (Date of defense: 2023-11-15)

(English) This thesis provides tools, based on mathematical modelling, for the analysis, optimization and simulation, of vehicle-sharing systems. The thesis addresses various implementation levels of such systems, from ...

Sedimentación fina y corrientes de turbiedad en embalses. Caso de estudio: Embalse Amaluza (Ecuador) 

Larriva Villarreal, Hernán Javier (Date of defense: 2023-11-06)

(English) Turbidity currents in reservoirs are of strong scientific interest because they can be responsible for the contribution of large amounts of fine sediments that can cause early sediment filling. The case study ...

Quick assessment through analytical solutions of induced seismicity in geo-energy applications 

Wu, Haiqing (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

(English) Understanding the triggering mechanisms of induced seismicity remains one of the most critical challenges in geo-energy applications. This Thesis aims at assessing (1) fault stability and induced seismicity ...

Topology optimization of incompressible structures for fluid-structure interaction problems 

Castañar Pérez, Inocencio (Date of defense: 2023-07-24)

(English) Topology optimization of incompressible structures, in which the loads on the structure come from the stresses exerted by a surrounding fluid, is a highly complex problem. This work presents a compilation of the ...

Assessment of groundwater hydrology of the Quaternary aquifer of Lake Chad Basin 

Salehi Siavashani, Nafiseh (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

(English) This thesis aims to enhance the conceptual model of the Lake Chad Basin's quaternary aquifer by gathering updated hydrological, geological, meteorological, and groundwater data. Objectives include analyzing natural ...

Experimental velocity profile distribution characterization of mountain rivers 

Marin-Esteve, Blanca (Date of defense: 2023-05-18)

(English) The aim of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the behaviour of mountain rivers and to predict their morphological functioning under conditions of low relative submergence. Mountain rivers have received ...

Metodología para estimación del daño sísmico en edificios en base a modelos numéricos avanzados y monitorizaciones RAR 

Cabrera Vélez, Esteban Marcelo (Date of defense: 2023-02-16)

(English) In post-seismic scenarios, the rapid and safe evaluation of structural damage is essential to develop an effective response during the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction stages. The development of new ...

New updated reference Lagrangian smooth particle hydrodynamics framework for large strain solid dynamics ans its extension to dynamic fracture 

Refachinho de Campos, Paulo Roberto (Date of defense: 2022-09-27)

(English) This work presents a new updated reference Lagrangian Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) algorithm for the analysis of large deformation by introducing a novel system of first order conservation laws. Both ...

Finite element simulation of additive manufacturing with enhanced accuracy 

Moreira Filho, Carlos Augusto (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)

This thesis develops numerical methods to improve the accuracy and computational efficiency of the part-scale simulation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) (or 3D printing) metal processes. AM is characterized by multiple ...

Model order reduction methods for sensor data assimilation to support the monitoring of embankment dams 

Nasika, Christina (Date of defense: 2022-06-28)

The latest monitoring and asset management technologies for large infrastructures involve digital representations that integrate information and physical models, exist in parallel to the real-life structures, and are ...

Anàlisi de susceptibilitat torrencial en conques d’alta muntanya a partir de la proposta de paràmetres indicadors : construcció d'una base de dades multidisciplinària per al desenvolupament d'una zonificació de perillositat torrencial : cas específic d’Andorra 

Riba Porras, Sergi (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)

Over the last 40 years, in Europe in general and in many mountainous regions in particular, there have been major instances of severe flood episodes (more than 100) which have resulted in more than 700 deaths and billions ...

Evaluación de proyectos de infraestructuras de transporte en dos etapas con impactos de no directa monetización 

Regalado López, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2022-06-22)

The constant and rapid population growth goes hand in hand with an increased demand for services that governments have the duty to satisfy with the problem of limited financial resources. Transport infrastructure is one ...

Identification of material properties and phase distribution of heterogeneous materials through data-driven computational methods : towards an enhanced constitutive space 

Valdés Alonzo, Gabriel Rolando (Date of defense: 2022-06-03)

Identifying the constitutive relations of materials is an essential task to understand their behavior. Classical methods like testing can be effective in understanding these relationships, but introducing models can lead ...

Static and dynamic global stiffness analysis for automotive pre-design 

Cavaliere, Fabiola (Date of defense: 2022-04-06)

In order to be worldwide competitive, the automotive industry is constantly challenged to produce higher quality vehicles in the shortest time possible and with the minimum costs of production. Most of the problems with ...

Development of a machine learning based methodology for bridge health monitoring 

Delgadillo Ayala, Rick Milton (Date of defense: 2022-03-23)

In recent years the scientific community has been developing new techniques in structural health monitoring (SHM) to identify the damages in civil structures specially in bridges. The bridge health monitoring (BHM) systems ...

Modelling thermo-mechanical response of metal canister disposed in engineered barrier systems 

Khadivipanah, Peiman (Date of defense: 2022-02-03)

The main objective of this thesis is to describe and implement a rate-dependent (viscoplastic) constitutive equations for copper based canister using a single internal state variable and use it for modelling disposal schemes ...

Direct numerical simulation of multi-phase flow in complex media 

Hashemi, Mohammad Reza (Date of defense: 2022-02-22)

In numerous applications, two-phase liquid-gas transport at sub-millimeter length scales plays a substantial role in the determination of the behavior of the system at hand. As its main application, the present work focuses ...

Assessing the socio-economic impacts of flash floods for early warning at regional, national, and continental scales 

Ritter, Josias Manuel Gisbert (Date of defense: 2021-07-16)

Flash floods are one of the most devastating natural hazards, claiming numerous lives and tremendous economic losses. One of the main reasons for their catastrophic potential is the limited time available for precautionary ...

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