Cruz Romero, Janill Marie de la (Date of defense: 2020-07-27)
The use of the fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) as a construction material has expanded beyond the traditional applications since the publication of design codes and structural guidelines. Fibre reinforced ...
Hidalgo Leiva, Diego (Date of defense: 2017-01-30)
The damage assessment of structures under seismic actions, must seek the implementation of new theories, tools and procedures that reduce the uncertainty associated to the expected structural response ...
Quirós Collazos, Lucía (Date of defense: 2022-06-27)
The present PhD thesis is focused on the paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Pacific Ocean equatorial upwelling conditions, east of the Galapagos Islands, over the last 160.000 years. This region is of ...
Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)
The time required to inspect damaged structures after an earthquake has a direct impact on the social and economic consequences of the event, which can be catastrophic. Developing tools to aid the ...
Salinas Naval, Victor (Date of defense: 2015-11-25)
A complete and reliable Seismic Soil Response prediction requires a thorough knowledge of the Geotechnical and Geological structure, as well as algorithms to find the transfer function. This fact entails ...
Herrera Mesén, Carlos Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
Sprayed cementitious materials are widely used in the construction industry, from buildings to infrastructure. The process of construction consists of spraying a concrete mix that consolidates once it ...
Rivas Becerra, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)
Water is essential for life, human activities and ecosystems. The global climate change together the population increase causes an imbalance between the demand of water and the available water resources.. ...
Gibert Armengol, Vicente (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
Evidence from progressive deterioration of the urban building stock is well known. This brings about a large social and economic impact due to maintenance costs and associated personal hazards. This ...
Morillo Carbonell, Pablo (Date of defense: 2020-01-16)
The illegal on-street parking is one of the traffic elements that has more effect in urban environments provoking the presence of bottlenecks in the different roads and, consequently, facilitating the ...
Cárdenas Díaz, Octavio Enrique (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
This thesis studies the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a compacted clayey sand under generalised stress state. The study, which is mainly experimental, focuses on the analysis of the shear strength at ...
624 - Civil and structural engineering in general (32)
69 - Building (construction) trade. Building materials. Building practice and procedure (19)
55 - Earth Sciences. Geological sciences (10)
620 - Materials testing. Commercial materials. Power stations. Economics of energy (10)