Casquero Modrego, Núria (Date of defense: 2016-07-12)
Buildings are considered to be one of the primary contributors to the socioeconomic development of a country. However, they use a large portion of energy and available natural resources. With the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pieralisi, Ricardo (Date of defense: 2016-04-13)
Pervious concrete is a special material with high permeability usually obtained by reducing the amount of fine aggregates in the composition of concrete. The properties of pervious concrete not only ...
Soltanalipour, Milad (Date of defense: 2023-05-10)
(English) Composite structures are frequently used in the construction of high-rise buildings due to their high ductility and strength. This article-based doctoral thesis has multiple objectives related ...