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• Cenizas volantes de papelera aplicadas a la construcción de carreteras: experiencias a gran escala del proyecto PaperChain 

  Cepriá, Juan José; Orejana Gonzalez, Roberto; de la Vega, Zaira; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Barra Bizinotto, Marilda; Aponte Hernández, Diego Fernando; Baloochi, Hani (2019-11)
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  El proyecto PaperChain “New Market Niches for the Pulp & Paper Industry Waste based on Circular Economy Approaches” reúne a 20 socios de 5 países europeos, así como a un gran número de colaboradores unidos con el objetivo ...
• Constrained observability techniques for structural system identification using modal analysis 

  Peng, Tian; Nogal, María; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Lozano Galant, José Antonio; Turmo Coderque, José (2020-08)
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  The characteristics of civil structures inevitably suffer a certain level of damage during its lifetime and cheap, non-destructive and reliable methods to assess their correct performance are of high importance. Structural ...
• Pile supported self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete flat slabs 

  Aidarov, Stanislav; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Mena Sebastià, Francisco (2019-06)
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  A challenging application of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) is in pile supported flat slabs. The implementation of this relatively new material for this type of structures could provide considerable advantages in ...
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  Dovelas innovadoras de alta durabilidad reforzadas sólo con fibras no metálicas 

  Navarro, Paz; Sánchez, María; Martín, Elena; Segura Pérez, Ignacio; Cruz Romero, Janill Marie de la; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2019-09)
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  Los anillos de dovelas prefabricadas de HRF son un revestimiento habitual en túneles excavados con tuneladora. DRAGADOS-gGRAVITY Engineering-UPC han querido ir un paso más allá estudiando el comportamiento de dovelas ...
• Infrastructures and society: from a literature review to a conceptual framework 

  Josa i Culleré, Irene; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2019-11)
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  While economic and environmental aspects of civil engineering have attracted the greatest attention among contemporary academy, its social side has frequently been set aside. However, the social impact that infrastructures ...
• Design-oriented approach to determine FRC constitutive law parameters considering the size effect 

  Galeote Moreno, Eduardo; Blanco Álvarez, Ana; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2020-05)
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  Tensile strength constitutive laws for fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) are commonly defined through the parameters of flexural tests conducted on standard prismatic specimens. However, there are no specific criteria to ...
• Crack width design approach for fibre reinforced concrete tunnel segments for TBM thrust loads 

  Nogales Arroyo, Alejandro; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (Elsevier, 2020-04)
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  Concentrated loads induced during the excavation stage by Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) is still a matter of discussion into the tunnelling construction field, this having a strong impact from both the technical (e.g., ...
• Multi-criteria decision-making model to assess the sustainability of girders and trusses: case study for roofs of sports halls 

  Josa i Culleré, Irene; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2020-03)
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  The first, and probably the most determining, decision that structural designing teams need to make when facing the design of any infrastructure is the choice of both an appropriate material and the suitable structural ...
• In-plane shear behaviour by diagonal compression testing of brick masonry walls strengthened with basalt and steel textile reinforced mortars 

  Garcia Ramonda, Larisa; Pelà, Luca; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Camata, Guido (Elsevier, 2020-04)
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  This paper presents an experimental study of the structural behaviour of masonry walls retrofitted with Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) to improve their in-plane shear strength and deformation capacity. The experimental ...
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  Proyecto de implantación de un BRT entre Santa Coloma de Gramenet y Sant Adrià de Besós 

  Solé Frexas, Albert; Ainchil Lavín, Javier Pablo (2019-10)
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  En el PDI 2011-2020 de la región metropolitana de Barcelona se contempla, en la actuación TPC 06, la creación de una plataforma segregada que permita la puesta en servicio de un bus que conecte Santa de Coloma de Gramenet ...
• Influence of recycled limestone filler additions on the mechanical behaviour of commercial premixed hydraulic lime based mortars 

  Segura Domingo, Jorge; Aponte Hernández, Diego Fernando; Pelà, Luca; Roca Fabregat, Pedro (Elsevier, 2020-03)
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  This paper presents an experimental programme aimed at investigating the use of limestone filler additions to modify the mechanical properties of commercial premixed hydraulic lime based mortars. The influence of adding ...
• Water network renewal strategy: a case study of Aigües de Barcelona 

  Roigé Montornés, Núria; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Cardús González, Jaume; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2020-04)
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  This paper presents a consistent and transparent methodology for the prioritisation of the pipeline sections to be renewed in the whole Aigües de Barcelona (AB) urban water network. The prioritisation index for pipeline ...

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