Claudino Véras, Juliana (Date of defense: 2012-10-19)
A method for occupational risk assessment in construction sites is developed in this study. This method provides a system to perform exhaustive analysis of the situations that could result in serious ...
Moura, André Campos de (Date of defense: 2012-11-23)
The main objective of this thesis is to study the mechanical behavior of a dam concrete under internal expansive phenomena in both the macro-structural and the meso-structural level. An important ...
Sarmiento Comesías, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-11-23)
Spatial Arch Bridges (SABs) are defined as bridges in which vertical deck loads produce bending moments and shear forces not contained in the arch plane due to their geometrical and structural configuration. ...
Ribas Gonzalez, Carlos R. (Date of defense: 2013-12-09)
A pesar de que los forjados de vigueta pretensada y bovedilla se han utilizado desde los años 40 en prácticamente todo el mundo, los modelos que actualmente se utilizan para su cálculo frente al Estado ...
Cuerva Contreras, Eva (Date of defense: 2013-11-04)
El diseño de edificios siguiendo criterios de sostenibilidad y eficiencia energética se ha convertido en un imperativo en los países desarrollados, sobre todo a raíz de la Directiva europea 2010/31/UE ...
Díaz de Terán López, José Ramón (Date of defense: 2013-09-12)
Durante los últimos años se han venido realizando viaductos con cimbra autolanzable y una nueva secuencia evolutiva de la sección transversal. Esta nueva secuencia evolutiva consiste en alcanzar un ...
Fuente Antequera, Albert de la . (Date of defense: 2011-10-14)
The technical and economic suitability of using fibers has been proved in reinforced concrete pipes.However, the use of fibers in concrete pipe is slow, on the one hand due to the inertia to change in ...
Pardo Bosch, Francesc (Date of defense: 2014-10-17)
This doctoral thesis addresses jointly two paramount aspects in the management of the hydraulic structures in operating regime: the damage diagnosis and the investment prioritisation that should allow ...
Ahmed Elyamani Ali Mohamed (Date of defense: 2015-02-20)
Historical structures are vital to the realization of how the technical, artistic, and scientific skills of the human kind have developed over time. These structures are one of the motors of the tourism ...
Torrens Martí, David (Date of defense: 2013-10-16)
Portland cement is the most widely used building material. Is mainly composed of silicates, also has lesser proportion of aluminates and calcium sulfate. Its hydraulic nature generates in its hydration, ...