Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental
Enviaments recents
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Particle methods for reactive transport modeling in heterogeneous aquifers
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-01-16)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Aquifers are naturally heterogeneous systems across multiple scales, which poses a known difficulty for grid-based solvers of solute transport. When advection is the dominant transport mechanism, concentrations ... -
Use of alternative materials in soil stabilization: mechanical and environmental aspects
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-03-17)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Currently, the two most raw material consumer industries are civil engineering and the pulp and paper industry. Meanwhile, these sectors face severe criticism due to their environmental impact. Additionally, by ... -
On the use of decadal predictions for agricultural climate services: bridging the gap between service providers and users
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-01-26)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Unfavorable and extreme climate events such as drought and heat stress heavily impacts the agriculture sector and food security globally, and the impact of these climate hazards is expected to increase over the ... -
Return of the marine heterotrophic flagellates: diversity, distribution and gene expression patterns
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-01-27)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Marine heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are very small (2-5 µm) unpigmented protists that are dominant bacterial grazers in the ocean, where they link the transfer of carbon from bacterial cells to higher trophic ... -
Influence of axial compression ratio in building columns
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-12-15)
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Accés obert(English) Axial forces in columns of moment-resisting frames (MRF) have a paramount role for the seismic performance of these structural systems. Nonetheless, there are significant gaps in the literature entailing the ... -
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)
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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)
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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)
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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 ...