Pujol Sánchez, Mireia (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)
The use of externally bonded fibre reinforced polymers, FRP, for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams or columns is an alternative to other traditional strengthening techniques due to its high ...
Tejedor Herrán, Blanca (Date of defense: 2019-01-24)
Within the European framework, most of residential buildings do not satisfy the minimum thermal specifications. In fact, the renovation rate across the EU is estimated at 1% per year. To fulfil with the ...
Jiménez Ramirez, Belén (Date of defense: 2021-01-13)
The seismic vulnerability of urban assets exposed to earthquake hazard represents a growing concern in the engineering field due to the potential risk of collapse for the buildings, and the associated ...
Yubero de Mateo, Maria Teresa (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)
The urban tunneling may generate significant problems. One of the main concerns is the unavoidable ground movements generated; before, during and after the tunneling operations. In this context, the ...
Faneca Llesera, Gerard (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Inside the studies of intelligent materials and considering concrete as one of the most building material used, getting new functionalities to him, would provide new uses and applications to the usual ...
Barrias, António (Date of defense: 2018-11-05)
In this doctoral thesis it is proposed to research and assess the performance of the use of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS), more specifically the case of the optical backscattered reflectometry ...
Fernández Rubio, Cristina (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
The shrinkage of concrete and the current methods to mitigate this phenomenon are mainly based on the realization of retraction joints approximately 24 hours after the mixing. These joints represent a ...
Jiménez Pacheco, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Currently, there are very few programs specialized in seismic analysis of unreinforced masonry buildings. Most studies have focused on the seismic behavior of the walls or (in a 3D level) have not ...
Saloustros, Savvas (Date of defense: 2017-11-29)
Numerical methods aid significantly the engineering efforts towards the conservation of existing masonry structures and the design of new ones. Among them, macro-mechanical finite element methods based ...
Borralleras Mas, Pere (Date of defense: 2019-11-15)
The presence of clays in the sands used for concrete production interferes with the development of the fluidity of concrete, producing an instantaneous slump loss just after batching and the premature ...