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  • The uplifting effect of embedded footings on the dynamic response of steel braced frames 

    Guanchez Reyes, Edinson Asdrubal; Weyler Pérez, Rafael; Sánchez Romero, Montserrat (2024)
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    The aim of this research is to evaluate the dynamic response of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) considering the nonlinear response of embedded footings in granular soils through the Beam on Nonlinear Winkler ...
  • Influence of printing parameters in the inter-layer bonds formation in thermoplastic polyurethane 

    Crupano, Walter; Adrover Monserrat, Bàrbara; Llumà Fuentes, Jordi; Travieso Rodríguez, José Antonio (2024)
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    Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is a copolymer that has high flexibility together with good mechanical properties. These advantages are used to manufacture parts through 3D printing for applications in different industrial ...
  • Study of discretization schemes for a hybrid methodology for the assessment of ground-borne noise in buildings 

    Arcos Villamarín, Robert; Soares, Paulo; Clot Razquin, Arnau; Conto Quispe, Kenny Fernando; Alves Costa, Pedro; Godinho, Luis (2023)
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    In this article, a hybrid experimental/numerical methodology for the assessment of ground-borne noise and vibration in buildings to be constructed close to ground vibration sources is studied in a three-dimensional context. ...
  • A 2.5D hybrid SBM-MFS methodology for the evaluation of free-field vibrations induced by underground railway infrastructures 

    Liravi, Hassan; Arcos Villamarín, Robert; Clot Razquin, Arnau; Godinho, Luis; Conto Quispe, Kenny Fernando (2023)
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    In this paper, a new meshless methodology to predict underground railway-induced vibrations is presented. In contrast to previous approaches, the proposed method uses meshless methods to model both the railway tunnel ...
  • Exploring the artificial compressibility method in high-pressure transcritical fluids 

    Abdellatif, Ahmed Mohammed Abdelfattah; Ventosa Molina, Jordi; Grau Barceló, Joan; Torres Cámara, Ricardo; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2023)
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    This work presents the investigation of a solution to accelerate computations of high-pressure transcritical fluids at low-Mach number regimes based on the artificial compressibility method. The highly adaptable nature of ...
  • Non-dissipative large-eddy simulation of high-pressure transcritical turbulent flows: formulation and a priori analysis 

    Bernades, Marc; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís; Capuano, Francesco (European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence, and Conbustion (ERCOFTAC), 2023)
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    This work presents a filtered set of equations suitable for the large-eddy simulation of high-pressure transcritical turbulent flows. The formulation is derived from a novel kinetic-energy- and pressureequilibrium- preserving ...
  • Machine learning-based recovery of thermophysical information from velocity data in supercritical fluids turbulence 

    Masclans Serrat, Núria; Vázquez-Novoa, Fernando; Bernades, Marc; Badia Sala, Rosa Maria; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence, and Conbustion (ERCOFTAC), 2023)
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    Recent research has shown the possibility to achieve microconfined turbulence utilizing supercritical fluids under high-pressure transcritical conditions. This has generated increasing interest in the hybrid nature of the ...
  • Direct numerical simulation of wall-bounded turbulence at high-pressure transcritical conditions 

    Bernades, Marc; Capuano, Francesco; Jofre Cruanyes, Lluís (Springer Nature, 2022)
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    Supercritical fluids are commonly utilized in energy conversion and propulsion applications due to the higher power and efficiencies they provide. Their increased performance is connected to the thermophysical properties ...
  • Proximal fibular osteotomy vs high tibial osteotomy: an in-silico finite element study 

    Morales Ávalos, Jorge Eduardo; Morales Avalos, Rodolfo; Perelli, Simone; Monllau, Joan Carles; Sánchez Egea, Antonio José; Serrancolí, Gil (Springer, 2022)
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    Typical treatments against Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) are performed surgically, such as knee arthroplasty or High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO). In recent years, Proximal Fibular Osteotomy (PFO) has been proposed as a solution ...
  • Effects of tendon compliance on the prediction of human squatting motion 

    Maceratesi, Filippo; Febrer Nafría, Miriam; Font Llagunes, Josep Maria (2022)
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    Predictive simulations of human motion have the potential to aid the design of assistive devices, foresee surgical outcomes, and analyse isolated muscular features, which would otherwise be difficult to measure experimentally1. ...
  • Characterization of the fluid damping in simplified models of pump-turbines and high head Francis runners 

    Moraga González, Greco Alonso; Valentín Ruiz, David; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Zhou, Lingjiu; Presas Renom, Andreu (IOP Publishing, 2022)
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    In order to satisfy the power demand in the electrical grid, hydraulic turbine units frequently work under off-design operation conditions and pass through transient events. These operation conditions can lead to high ...
  • A Legendre-Gauss pseudospectral collocation method for trajectory optimization in second order systems 

    Moreno Martín, Siro; Ros Giralt, Lluís; Celaya Llover, Enric (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    Pseudospectral collocation methods have proven to be powerful tools to solve optimal control problems. While these methods generally assume the dynamics is given in the first order form xdot = f(x, u, t), where x is the ...

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