Gargallo Peiró, Abel (Date of defense: 2014-07-25)
In this thesis, a new framework to validate and generate curved high-order meshes for complex models is proposed. The main application of the proposed framework is to generate curved meshes that are ...
Fuad Mohammad Naser, Mohammad (Date of defense: 2014-01-30)
Hysteresis is a nonlinear behavior encountered in a wide variety of processes including biology, optics, electronics, ferroelectricity, magnetism, mechanics, structures, among other areas. One of the ...
Araúz Lombardía, Cristina (Date of defense: 2014-06-19)
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the field of discrete boundary value problems on finite networks. Boundary value problems have been considered both on the continuum and on the discrete fields. ...
Rabiei, Nima (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Limit analysis is relevant in many practical engineering areas such as the design of mechanical structure or the analysis of soil mechanics. The theory of limit analysis assumes a rigid, perfectly-plastic ...