Zheng, Yafeng (Date of defense: 2020-12-11)
Cemented carbides, also referred to as hardmetals, are composite materials consisting of brittle refractory carbide phase (generally WC) embedded in a metallic matrix. Such microstructure leads to an ...
Cailloux, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2016-01-21)
The purpose of this PhD thesis was to investigate the sensitivity of the rheological, thermal, mechanical and fracture behaviours on the topological changes induced in two commercial PLA grades. PLA ...
Ceseracciu, Luca (Date of defense: 2008-05-22)
La difusión de los materiales cerámicos en muchos campos de la industria es amplia y está en fuerte expansión, debido a las excelentes propiedades de estos materiales, ya sean mecánicas, térmicas, ...
Yang, Jing, 1988- (Date of defense: 2016-05-31)
This thesis assesses the influence of substrate surface integrity on different mechanical (flexural strength and contact damage resistance under spherical indentation) and tribological (scratch resistance ...
Vilà Ramírez, Narciso (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)
This PhD thesis investigated the incorporation of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) in thermoplastic base materials via melt-blending procedures. Particularly, a focus is taken on the ...
Botero Vega, Carlos Alberto (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)
Mullite coatings deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) have been introduced and proven as excellent candidates to protect silicon carbide (SiC) from severe pitting corrosion and recession, becoming ...
Doroudgarian, Newsha (Date of defense: 2016-03-18)
The presented work is a part of the ongoing effort on the development of high performance bio-based composites with enhanced durability, under static and dynamic mechanical loading including the exposure ...
Melk, Latifa (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)
In the last decades there has been growing interest in developing ceramic materials with high fracture toughness (Klc) and strength for structural applications. In the specific case of 3 mol% yttria-doped ...
Khurana, Kanupriya (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)
Bone is among the most transplanted tissues for regeneration of bone defects, caused by trauma, age-related bone loss or bone infections. Due to their similar characteristics to the mineral phase of ...
Buxadera Palomero, Judit (Date of defense: 2017-07-19)
Titanium dental implants are a commonly used solution for the replacement of lost teeth. Even though the success rate is high, the number of infections related to the placement of the implant is still ...
620 - Materials testing. Commercial materials. Power stations. Economics of energy (44)
66 - Chemical technology. Chemical and related industries (21)
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems (6)
617 - Surgery. Orthopaedics. Ophthalmology (4)