Cerro Gálvez, Elena (Date of defense: 2019-09-19)
Increasing amounts of organic synthetic chemicals are currently emitted to the environment by human activities. The more recalcitrant fraction of this pollutant mixture reaches marine ecosystems mainly ...
Badia Rodriguez, Hugo (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
This thesis discusses which transit network structure is the best option to serve urban mobility. As a consequence of the evolution of urban form, cities have undergone a dispersion process of their ...
Kalkbrenner, Philip (Date of defense: 2021-11-03)
Cutting-edge methods in the computational analysis of structures have been developed over the last decades. Such modern tools are helpful to assess the safety of existing buildings. Two main finite ...
Martínez Pérez, Laura (Date of defense: 2020-07-09)
Seawater intrusion (SWI) causes not only salinization of coastal aquifers, but also a reduction submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and nutrient fluxes to marine ecosystems. We have developed a small ...
Fernández Sánchez, Pablo Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)
Reinforced concrete members, especially when subjected to concentrated loads, can fail in shear. This is an undesirable and brittle failure mode preventing the structure from deforming and reaching ...
Carles Brangarí, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Most of the microorganisms on Earth are found in sophisticated colonies called biofilms. Such microbial communities may proliferate everywhere life can exist as long as nutrients are available and surface ...
Villarraga Díaz, Claudia Juliana (Date of defense: 2018-02-28)
The environmental conditions may play a relevant role in the stability of rock slopes. In fact, weathering can contribute to the reduction of strength of the material, while atmospheric actions may ...
López Montero, Teresa (Date of defense: 2018-06-19)
Asphalt mixtures cracking is one of the most common deterioration mechanisms in flexible pavements. This phenomenon is due to both the application of loads and the degradation of the material as a result ...
Gonzalez‐Blanco, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-05-31)
Deep geological disposal remains the preferred option at present for the management of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste, which consists of confining the waste during a very long period ...
González Guzmán, Carlos Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-03-18)
The efficient and equitable use of urban road space considered as a public good and a scarce resource, leads to giving priority to sustainable transport modes (walking, cycling and public transport). ...
624 - Civil and structural engineering in general (157)
55 - Earth Sciences. Geological sciences (105)
69 - Building (construction) trade. Building materials. Building practice and procedure (63)
004 - Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing (52)
628 - Public health engineering. Water. Sanitation. Illuminating engineering (35)