Ruiz Gorrindo, Félix (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
To make the inspection and diagnosis of buildings is useful be able to quantify how far the existing deficiencies are serious or not, in order to facilitate the decision making and prioritize therapeutic ...
Fernández Pérez, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2015-07-20)
Many reinforced concrete structures suffer damage due to aging and due to the environmental agressivity, thus affecting their serviceability performance and safety. Structural evaluation of a deteriorated ...
Jiménez Fernández, Cristián (Date of defense: 2015-07-02)
Due to the related problems and the ongoing awareness on environmental issues is that efforts are put in different areas of knowledge, in order to determine, analyze and formulate solutions towards a ...
Bock Montero, Marina (Date of defense: 2015-02-06)
This thesis examines the response of stainless steel members when subjected to transverse and normal forces triggering the instability phenomena called web crippling and local buckling, respectively. ...
Sandoval Mandujano, Cristián Eliseo (Date of defense: 2011-05-27)
A large part of the building stock of the Spanish and European cities consists of load-bearing wall buildings made of brick masonry. The structural safety of such constructions, in the occasion of a ...
Soares Klein, Nayara (Date of defense: 2012-10-26)
Water is one of the fundamental components of concrete, not only for its role on the hydration of Portland cement, but also because of the physical functions it develops, which are associated with the ...
Drougas, Anastasios (Date of defense: 2015-04-20)
The aim of this thesis is to present a framework for the application of micro-modeling techniques for the analysis of unreinforced masonry structures. Finite element analyses of case studies from the ...
Valenzuela Saavedra, Matías Andrés (Date of defense: 2012-03-23)
Según estudios estadísticos a nivel mundial, una de las principales causas de fallos en puentes corresponde a problemas relacionados con la interacción entre estructura e hidráulica produciendo altos ...
Arnau Delgado, Oriol (Date of defense: 2012-03-16)
The increasing use of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) has entailed their own evolution and the improvement of the construction processes applied, allowing the construction of tunnels on more complex ...
Macarulla Martí, Marcel (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
Literature usually suggests that construction organization can reduce the costs derived from rework implementing quality management systems. Most common challenges and obstacles that construction ...