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    • New analytical model to generalize the Barcelona Test using axial displacement 

      Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2013)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The Barcelona Test has proved to be very suitable for the systematic control of the tensile properties of Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC). Nevertheless, the need to measure the total circumferential opening displacement ...
    • Performance-based procedure for the definition of controlled low-strength mixtures 

      Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2015-11)
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      Accés obert
      Controlled low-strength material (CLSM) is a self-consolidating cementitious material used as backfill in narrow trenches. The high content of aggregates and water in CLSM leads to a special behavior that is closer to soil ...
    • Plastic fibres as the only reinforcement for flat suspended slabs: Experimental investigation and numerical simulation 

      Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2014-01-27)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      This paper focuses on the study of the structural response of hyperstatic concrete flat suspended slabs reinforced only with structural plastic macro-fibres. First, the experimental program is described and then the results ...
    • Plastic fibres as the only reinforcement for flat suspended slabs: Parametric study and design considerations 

      Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Grünewald, Steffen; Blom, C.B.M.; Walraven, Joost C. (2014-11-15)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The use of constitutive equations from the standards to model flat suspended slabs reinforced only with plastic fibres leads to an overestimation of the experimental response of these elements. To address such problem, a ...
    • Proyecto constructivo de la EDAR y colectores de Losar de la Vera 

      Blanco Álvarez, Ana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-01-09)
      Projecte/Treball Final de Carrera
      Accés obert
      En el proyecto se desarrollan los trabajos correspondientes a la construcción de los colectores y la Estación Depuradora de Aguas Residuales para el municipio de Losar de la Vera (Cáceres).
    • Sand-cement concrete in the century-old Camarasa dam 

      Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Segura Pérez, Ignacio; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Chinchón Payá, Servando; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2016-08)
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      Sand-cement emerged in the early twentieth century as an alternative binder in infrastructures that required a significant amount of concrete volume in order to reduce the costs associated with portland cement. This binder ...
    • Self-compacting concrete in the temple of Sagrada Familia 

      Rodríguez, Gemma; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2017-09)
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      Accés obert
      The Temple of Sagrada Familia presents singularities in terms of both the original design by architect Antoni Gaudí and the duration of the construction, which started more than 120 years ago. In fact, its design was ...
    • Shear behaviour of sprayed concrete 

      García Vicente, Tomàs; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique (2016-10)
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      Accés obert
      Shear in sprayed concrete (SC) may govern the design criteria in certain applications subjected to seismic loads or in bolted areas. However, it has been scarcely studied given the complexity of reproducing the production ...
    • Size effect on post-cracking strength of high performance fibre-reinforced concrete 

      Galeote Moreno, Eduardo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Goodier, Chris; Austin, Simon (Springer, 2017)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The size effect is a well-known phenomenon in the design of reinforced concrete structures. Although it has been studied extensively for conventional concrete with or without traditional reinforcement, its influence on ...
    • Structural diagnosis of a concrete dam with cracking and high non-recoverable displacements 

      Campos, André; López Garello, Carlos María; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2016-10)
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      Accés obert
      Expansions in concrete dams may be caused by chemical or physical sources; however in certain occasions the evidences observed in the dam may not be attributed to a single cause. Mequinenza is an example of a concrete dam ...
    • Structural fibre-reinforced cement-based composite designed for particle bed 3D printing systems: case study Parque de Castilla Footbridge in Madrid 

      Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Galeote Moreno, Eduardo; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique (2022-07)
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      This paper presents the material and process-related research that underpinned the realisation of the Parque de Castilla Footbridge in Madrid in 2016, going from the laboratory to the industrial scale. The fibre-reinforced ...
    • Structural safety analysis of the aqueducts 'Coll de foix' and 'Capdevila' of the Canal of Aragon and Catalonia 

      Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Alegre Heitzmann, Vicente; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Cavero Irure, Teresa; Quintilla Blanco, Roberto (2018-12)
      Article
      Accés obert
      The Canal of Aragon and Catalonia (CAC) is 134 km long and irrigates 105,000 ha (131 irrigation user communities) and it is owned by the River Ebro’s Water Agency. The aqueducts are located between km 67 and 71 of the canal ...
    • Sustainability analysis of steel fibre reinforced concrete flat slabs 

      Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2016)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés obert
      Fibre reinforced concrete has been used in concrete structures without any additional reinforcement when the design is determined by transient load stages (e.g. precast segments for tunnels), in elements with favourable ...
    • Sustainability assessment of different reinforcement alternatives for precast concrete segmental linings 

      Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2016)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés obert
      Nowadays, several tunnels bored with Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) are already in service and various dozens are being constructed around the world. The internal support of these usually consist of precast concrete segmental ...
    • Sustainability assessment of trenches including the new eco-trench: a multi-criteria decision-making tool 

      Casanovas Rubio, Maria del Mar; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Pardo Bosch, Francesc; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2019-11)
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      Accés obert
      Narrow trenches are a common technique for the installation of utility pipelines of small diameter. Theexcavated soil is not always appropriate as landfill and, in those cases, an appropriate soil from some-where else (ex. ...
    • Sustainability based-approach to determine the concrete type and reinforcement configuration of TBM tunnels linings. Case study: Extension line to Barcelona Airport T1 

      Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Armengou, Jaume; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2017-01)
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      Accés obert
      Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) is a suitable alternative to the traditional reinforced concrete used in the manufacture of precast segments used to line tunnels excavated with a tunnel boring machine (TBM). Moreover, its ...
    • Sustainable deployment of energy efficient district heating: city business model 

      Pardo Bosch, Francesc; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Mendoza, Nora; Libreros, Bibiana; Tejedor Herrán, Blanca; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo (Elsevier, 2023-10-01)
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      Heating and cooling account for 50% of the European Union's energy consumption and, therefore, reducing its impact is essential to minimise dependency on energy imports (particularly fossil fuel), which are bound to ...
    • Sustainable strategy for the implementation of energy efficient smart public lighting in urban areas: case study in San Sebastian 

      Pardo Bosch, Francesc; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Sésé, Euken; Ezcurra, Félix; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo (Elsevier, 2022-01)
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      Accés obert
      Public lighting connects hundreds of millions of streetlights with access to power across the globe, being responsible for 19% of global electricity usage, 30% - 50% of a typical city's energy bill and the already exceeding ...
    • The need to consider flexural post-cracking creep behavior of macro-synthetic fiber reinforced concrete 

      Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (Elsevier, 2017-09)
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      Accés obert
      The flexural creep of plastic fiber reinforced concrete (PFRC) is a controversial issue since significant doubts regarding the suitability of this type of fiber and its influence in the long-term behavior of the material ...