Geng, Linlin (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)
Cloud cavitation is a unwanted phenomenon taking place in many hydraulic machines which damages the surfaces of the solid walls due to the erosive aggressiveness induced by the collapse process. Therefore, ...
Zhao, Weiqiang (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
As a type of renewable energy that can provide rapid response to the requirement of the power grid, hydropower plays a fairly important position in the energy market. In recent years, with the enormous ...
Yago Llamas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-01-24)
This doctoral thesis addresses topology optimization problems at a single scale. Based on this purpose, a new topology optimization approach is developed in order to improve existing and widespread ...
Roca Cazorla, David (Date of defense: 2020-09-07)
The notion of metamaterials as artificially engineered structures designed to obtain specific material properties, typically unachievable in naturally occurring materials, has captured the attention of ...