Díaz Alvarado, Sergio Alberto (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)
The main objective of this thesis is the probabilistic assessment of the expected seismic damage in steel buildings located in Mexico City. Although a deterministic analysis is performed both, seismic ...
Herrera Gonzalez, Reyes Indira (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)
In this research, the seismic response, the vulnerability and the expected damage in rein-forced concrete residential buildings, with irregular plants, are analyzed. This irregularity is mainly due to ...
Martín Cañizares, María del Pilar (Date of defense: 2015-11-16)
Building a high-speed line requires significant investment and its design strongly influences the operation, with the aggravating circumstance that subsequent modifications not initially planned are not ...
López Carreño, Rubén-Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-07-31)
The construction and conservation of road networks represent a major part of public expenditure. For instance, the EU-28 countries annually spend approximately EUR 20.000 million on roadway preservation. ...
Castellón López, Javier (Date of defense: 2020-02-18)
Soil behavior in the range of small strains should be considered in the analysis of geotechnical problems when sensitive elements are affected, which is very common in urban environments. However, some ...
Pérez Casas, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)
The informal settlement’s associated predicament must be addressed by concurrent remediation and prevention urban policies. Nevertheless, the growing social pressure to respond to the situation through ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Gerardo (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
This doctoral thesis presents the use of an opto-electronic system so-called OBR (Optical Backscattered Reflectometer) as an alternative of measurement in structural health monitoring (SHM) processes ...
Duarte Gómez, Noemí (Date of defense: 2023-05-12)
(English) Performance-based design (PBD) is a philosophy for structural design that puts emphasis on the realistic estimation of the structural behaviour and its relationship with the objectives of the ...
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