Montaña Peña, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2015-02-09)
A number of mid-height steel buildings have been erected recently in Bogotá. Their seismic risk might be high, given the new microzonation of Bogotá and the lack of comprehensive previous studies; ...
Ramon Tarragona, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Geological formations containing sulphates are commonly associated with the development of severe expansions when they are involved in tunnel excavation. The intensity of the observed expansive behaviour ...
Gharibnezhad, Fahit (Date of defense: 2014-04-07)
This thesis is devoted to present some novel techniques in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). SHM is a developing field that tries to monitor structures to make sure that they remain in their desired ...