Titscher, Thomas (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
Concrete is a complex material and can be modeled on various spatial and temporal scales. While simulations on coarse scales are practical for engineering applications, a deeper understanding of the ...
Shen, Yanfei (Date of defense: 2019-12-02)
In AISC 360-16, the Direct Analysis Method (DM) has been set as the primary method for the stability design of frames. DM, considering initial global sway imperfection, is essentially Geometrically ...
Kharazian, Alireza (Date of defense: 2017-11-23)
Collision between adjoining buildings is relevant, since the huge impact forces significantly modify the buildings dynamic behaviour. The separation required by the regulations avoids pounding; however, ...
Gorgani, Nourjemal (Date of defense: 2022-09-15)
Vegetable Fiber Reinforced Cement Composite Materials (VFRCC) have emerged as a potential construction material, providing adequate load-bearing capacity and ductility for non-structural applications. ...
Celada Blesa, Ulric (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Partially Prestressed Concrete (PPC) is an intermediate design approach between reinforced and totally prestressed concrete, that enables controlled cracks in service phase. Conversely, totally prestressed ...
Galeote Moreno, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) presents objectively proven advantages in terms of post-cracking strength and manufacturing procedures. As a result, FRC with structural responsibility is increasingly ...
Petracca, Massimo (Date of defense: 2016-04-13)
Masonry is an ancient building material that has been used throughout the history, and it is still used nowadays. Masonry constitutes the main building technique adopted in historical constructions, and ...
Ferrero, Chiara (Date of defense: 2021-07-20)
Since ancient times, master builders have used arches to cover large spans in masonry structures. As a consequence, nowadays the safety assessment of these structural elements plays a fundamental role ...
Sánchez Calderón, Luis Alberto (Date of defense: 2018-01-16)
A system that attempts to find cracks in a RGB picture of a concrete beam, measure the cracks angles and widths; and classify crack patterns in 3 pathologies has been designed and implemented in the ...
Piscal Arévalo, Carlos Mario (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
An important percentage of Colombian population is located in medium-to-high seismicity zones (NSR-10, 2010). Therefore, it is important to protect the buildings, principally the highly crowded ones, ...