Mendizábal Dinucci, Virginia Dolores (Date of defense: 2023-03-23)
(English) Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) is a strengthening method that has been increasing its importance versus Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) due the lower cost and lower toxicity of its ...
Torrent Gelmà, Miquel (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)
(English) Pumps of positive volumetric displacement (PDVP) drive a volume of fluid from suction to discharge for each revolution of its shaft, called derived capacity, and therefore, in an ideal constant ...
Torres Chamorro, Lisbeth Alejandra (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)
(English This dissertation is an experimental assessment of the tool-part tribological interaction of continuous deformation processes: ball burnishing as a superfinishing process and wire drawing as a ...
Monshi Tousi, Navid (Date of defense: 2023-06-16)
(English) The PhD focuses on the study of the flow around an airfoil at different Angles of Attack (AoA) with and without the implementation of Active Flow Control (AFC), while maintaining the Reynolds ...
Adrover Monserrat, Bàrbara (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)
(English) The mechanical characterization of new materials used in the Material Extrusion technique (MEX) in 3D printing is essential. The use of this technique is growing and with it the possible ...
Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)
(English) People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may suffer lifelong sequels that influence every aspect of their lives, including motor and/or sensory impairment, difficulty breathing and/or swallowing, ...
Loaiza Duque, Julián David (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)
(English) The most common tremor disorders worldwide are Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor. The gold standard for diagnosing these movement disorders is medical evaluation by neurologists, but ...
Velázquez Corral, Eric (Date of defense: 2023-09-05)
(English) This thesis is an experimental investigation into the beneficial effects of the ultrasonic vibration-assisted ball burnishing process on the wear resistance and fatigue life-cycle enhancement ...
Miguel Fernández, Jesús de (Date of defense: 2023-11-17)
(English) The control strategies implemented in exoskeletons play a crucial role in determining the interaction between the device and user. However, it is unclear what is the most suitable control ...
Babici, Laura Mariana (Date of defense: 2023-12-21)
(English) In this study, the Weierstrass fractal function was used to model the surface roughness of railway tracks and, subsequently, the static coefficient of friction (COF) for Hertzian rail-wheel ...