Departament de Física Aplicada (fins octubre 2015)

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  • Behavior of NiTi wires for dampers and actuators in extreme conditions 

    Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Auguet Sangrá, Carlota E.; Grau, R.; Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Cinca i Luis, Núria; Fernández, J. (2015-09-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Shape memory alloys are considered smart materials because of their singular thermo-mechanical properties, due to a thermoelastic martensitic transformation, enabling possible uses as actuators (because of mechanical ...

  • Availability of crop by-products in Spain: new raw materials for natural thermal insulation 

    Palumbo Fernández, Mariana; Avellaneda Diaz-Grande, Jaime; Lacasta Palacio, Ana María (2015-06-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Vegetal materials were one of the first construction materials used by humans, but the development of petrol-based synthetic materials in the last century replaced them in mainstream construction techniques. However, since ...

  • The Scientific and International Dimension of European Space Cooperation - Panel Discussion 

    Garcia Sabaté, Anna (Beauchesne, 2015)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    How do we see space contributing to a knowledge-based society? What is the ESA High Level Science Policy Advisory Committee and how can it help students?

  • DA white dwarfs from the LSS-GAC survey DR1: the preliminary luminosity and mass functions and formation rate 

    Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto; Cojocaru, Elena Ruxandra; Torres, S.; García-Berro Montilla, Enrique; Liu, X.; Yuan, H-B.; Xiang, M.-X.; Huang, Y.; Koester, D.; Hou, Y.; Li, G.; Zhang, Y. (2015-06-11)
    Article
    Open Access
    Modern large-scale surveys have allowed the identification of large numbers of white dwarfs. However, these surveys are subject to complicated target selection algorithms, which make it almost impossible to quantify to ...

  • Aftershock sequences of three seismic crises at southern California, USA, simulated by a cellular automata model based on self-organized criticality 

    Monterrubio Velasco, Marisol; Lana Pons, Francisco Javier; Martínez Santafé, Maria Dolors (2015-03-01)
    Article
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    Several properties of aftershock series related to the main shocks of Landers, Northridge and Hector Mine (southern California, USA) are reproduced by the Dynamic Fiber Bundle Model, DFBM. Optimum values for the three ...

  • Montaje experimental para el estudio de la mezcla generada por penachos turbulentos 

    Lopez Gonza, Pilar; Cano Marchante, Jose Leandro; Redondo Apraiz, José Manuel; Tijera, Manuel (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), 2009-09-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Se presenta un sencillo modelo de laboratorio para generar mezcla turbulenta entre dos fluidos miscibles que están en una situación inicial inestable en un campo gravitatorio. El proceso de mezcla se genera por medio de ...

  • Amorphous carbon modified nano-sized tungsten carbide as a gas diffusion electrode catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction 

    Liu, Zhiwei; Li, Ping; Zhai, Fuqiang; Wan, Qi; Volinsky, Alex A.; Qu, Xuanhui (2015-01-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Nanostructured tungsten carbide with high surface area and containing amorphous carbon is prepared by a low temperature combustion synthesis method. The nanostructured tungsten carbide is used as the catalyst in a gas ...

  • Lifted temperature minimum during the atmospheric evening transition 

    Blay-Carreras, Estel; Pardyjak, Eric; Pino González, David; Hoch, Sebastian; Cuxart Rodamillans, Joan; Martínez, Daniel; Reuder, Joachim (2015-06-29)
    Article
    Open Access
    Observations of lifted temperature minimum (LTM) profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer were first reported in 1932. It was defined by the existence of a temperature minimum some centimetres above the ground. During the ...

  • Flash heat and flash cold phenomena in the Iberian Peninsula since 1900 

    Mazon, Jordi; Cortés, Jacob; Almarza, Victor; Pino González, David (2015)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    Rapid and sudden changes in air temperature can be classified as extreme events, having a risk for human activities, human health and ecosystems. Flash heat and flash cold events are investigated in the Iberian Peninsula ...

  • Transdisciplinary and multiscale reconstruction of the major floods 

    Mazon, Jordi; Romero, Laura; Pino González, David; Balasch Solanes, Josep Carles; Ruiz Bellet, Josep Lluís; Tuset Mestre, Jordi; Barriendos Valve, Mariano (2015)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    Floods are the most severe natural hazard in the western Mediterranean basin. Flash floods in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula are caused by a limited array of meteorological processes, which must be identified and ...

  • Frontogenesis at the whole mesoscale in the West Mediterranean basin: from raincells to rainbands 

    Mazon, Jordi; Pino González, David (2015)
    Conference lecture
    Open Access
    The mesoscale is one of the common scales in which atmospheric phenomena occur. Its length scale ranges from few to thousands kilometers, and time lapse from few minutes to few days (Orlanski, 1975), and depths from ...

  • Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition 

    Darbieu, Clara; Lohou, Fabienne; Lothon, Marie; Vilà Guerau de Arellano, Jordi; Couvreux, Fleur; Durand, Pierre; Pino González, David; Patton, Edward; Nilsson, Erik; Blay-Carreras, Estel; Gioli, Beniamino (2015-09-09)
    Article
    Open Access
    We investigate the decay of planetary boundary layer (PBL) turbulence in the afternoon, from the time the surface buoyancy flux starts to decrease until sunset. Dense observations of mean and turbulent parameters ...

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