Development of low-cost sensors for structural health monitoring applications 

    Komarizadehasl, Seyedmilad (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)

    (English) There is increasing interest in developing low-cost sensors for economical structural health monitoring of civil engineering infrastructures. In addition to their price, they have the additional benefit of being ...

    Reduced order modeling for smart grids' simulation and optimization 

    Malik, Muhammad Haris (Date of defense: 2017-02-28)

    This thesis presents the study of the model order reduction for power grids and transmission networks. The specific focus has been the transient dynamics. A mathematical viewpoint has been adopted for model reduction. Power ...

    Station keeping analysis and design for new floating offshore wind turbines 

    Trubat Casal, Pau (Date of defense: 2020-03-12)

    In the framework of the reduction of the emissions of greenhouse gases, FOWT will be the technology that will exploit the wind resources in deep seas. In order to achieve a commercial deployment of this technology, a cost ...

    Structural damage monitoring based on machine learning and bio-inspired computing 

    Vitola Oyaga, Jaime (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)

    For a few decades, systems for supervising structures have become increasingly irnportant. In origin, the strategies had as a goal only the detection of damages. Furthermore, now monitor­ing the civil or military structures ...