González Ortega, Martha Alejandra (Date of defense: 2015-07-27)
The use of the EAF steel slags as aggregate in the production of concrete has gained great interest with the increasing concern about the environment impact and the sustainability in the construction ...
Suárez Silgado, Sindy Sofía (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
The construction sector contributes to current environmental problems. It is responsible for the impact of the production of building materials and for the waste generated in construction works. Strategies ...
Mena Sebastiá, Francisco (Date of defense: 2015-07-08)
Despite the advance that has led the incorporation of Annex 15 in the Spanish EHE-08, the use of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is minimum in structural applications. This regulation limits the ...
Escrig Pérez, Christian (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
The global tendency to apply sustainability criteria in most of productive fields, as well as, the limited durability and the pathologies that suffer the reinforced concrete elements, are aspects that ...
Yamin Lacouture, Luis Eduardo (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
The probabilistic seismic risk assessment in terms of economic losses for building portfolios aims at the estimation of the probability distribution functions of losses. This can be done for a specific ...
López Carreño, Rubén-Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-07-31)
The construction and conservation of road networks represent a major part of public expenditure. For instance, the EU-28 countries annually spend approximately EUR 20.000 million on roadway preservation. ...
Pujol Sánchez, Mireia (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)
The use of externally bonded fibre reinforced polymers, FRP, for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams or columns is an alternative to other traditional strengthening techniques due to its high ...
Torres Quezada, Jefferson Eloy (Date of defense: 2018-11-07)
The central scope of this thesis is the architectonic element THE ROOF within the context of regions with warm and humid climates near the equator. The constant population growth in the world has been ...
Ribé, Óscar (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
Energy recovery elements play a major role in the efficiency and sustainability of building ventilation systems. The use of a sensible or total energy recovery ventilator is a key decision for ventilation ...
Aguilar Urquidez, Pavel (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)
(English) This doctoral thesis aims to develop an Additive Manufacturing technique for the production of Ceramic Building Elements with controlled variable density. The research seeks to provide an ...