Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental
Enviaments recents
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WIM-based modelling of traffic load scenarios for extreme load effects in long-span bridges
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-11-28)
Tesi
Accés obert
Realitzat a/amb: Tong ji da xue(English) During the lifetime of long-span bridges, the traffic conditions are affected by the surroundings and will typically vary and also unpredictably change. In this thesis, a prior site-specific traffic load spatial ... -
Closing loops in intensive livestock systems: innovative strategies for nutrient recycling and emissions reduction
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-11-17)
Tesi
Accés obert
Realitzat a/amb: Universiteit Gent(English) The exponential growth of world population is leading to a high demand of food products and, consequently, to the development of intensive agricultural and livestock systems. In this sense, synthetic fertilizers ... -
Understanding size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in Morocco
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-06)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Atmospheric mineral dust is composed of a variety of mineral particles exhibiting distinct composition, shape, and size. The wide range of diameters exhibited by dust particles, spanning more than three orders ... -
Structural behaviour and plastic design of carbon and stainless steel frames in fire
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-22)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) This thesis investigates the response of carbon and stainless steel frames in fire, and proposes new and more efficient approaches for their design. The investigation is mainly focused on one bay frames comprised ... -
Activación alcalina de residuos urbanos e industriales para la construcción de piezas prefabricadas
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-27)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) A comprehensive evaluation of various industrial and urban by-products was conducted to determine their potential as precursors for alkali-activated materials (AAM) in Spain. Over 15 by-products were identified ... -
Modeling of container throughput in the European port system-analysis of container liner shipping networks
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-07)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) This thesis records the evolution of the container throughput dynamics of the European port system from 2001-2020, analyses the dynamics of the European container port hierarchy with methodologies that have not ... -
Real-time solutions of parametric thermo-hydro-mechanical problems with proper generalized decomposition
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-04)
Tesi
Accés obert
Realitzat a/amb: Université libre de Bruxelles(English) The Proper Generalized Decomposition (PGD) is a mathematical framework belonging to the Model Order Reduction (MOR) class of techniques. To the best of the author's knowledge, this methodology has not been applied ... -
On the evaluation of mixing in heterogeneous porous media: from laboratory characterization to the design of engineered chaotic flows for practical application
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-11)
Tesi
Accés restringit per acord de confidencialitat(English) Groundwater is now under high stress levels and its quality and quantity arise as one of the most interesting and necessary topics our community should address. This doctoral thesis is focused on the quality of ... -
Experimental and numerical analysis of the unsaturated soil shrinkage and swelling behaviour under different compaction conditions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06-20)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) The thesis presents part of an ongoing nvestigation on the Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) behaviour and cracking of deformable unsaturated soils undergoing cycles of drying and wetting. An experimental approach ... -
Study of hybrid FRP-FRCM superficial structural elements
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06-09)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) The most common composite materials for strengthening building structures are divided into two dif ferent types based on the matrix’s composition, organics (polymers) or inorganics (cement, lime). The hybrid ... -
Structural performance of continuous composite bridges with partial shear connection and double composite action
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06-19)
Tesi
Accés obert
Realitzat a/amb: Tong ji da xue(English) The steel-concrete composite structural solution has been widely applied in the execution of simply supported bridges since the merits of concrete compressive strength and steel tensile strength can be efficiently ... -
Determinación del grado de daño de una estructura mediante el análisis de la variación de frecuencias
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06-23)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) This thesis proposes to determine a damaged structure using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of modal frequency variation of sorne damaged and undamaged configurations. The estimators used are the accumulated ...