Tesis
Tesis doctorals llegides a la UPC.
Tesis doctorales leídas en la UPC.
Doctoral theses defended at the UPC.
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An integrated framework for trajectory optimisation, prediction and parameter estimation for advanced aircraft separation concepts
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessSince the birth of commercial aviation, the applications and benefits of aircraft have grown immensely. This, in perfect synchrony with the average increase of purchasing power of the society, has rocketed the number of ... -
Discrete-continuum hybrid modelling of flowing and static regimes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-29)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessBulk handling, transport and processing of granular materials and powders are fundamental operations in a wide range of industrial processes and geophysical phenomena. Particulate materials, which can be found in nature, ... -
Avaluació d'alternatives industrials per a l'obtenció de nous materials que valoritzen residus queratínics
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe worldwide poultry industry generates a large amount of wastes which, accordingly to the current law, are mostly discarded. These wastes include chicken feathers, keratin structures which 109.056.179 ton were generated ... -
Communication reduction techniques in numerical methods and deep neural networks
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessInter-node communication has turned out to be one of the determining factors of the performance on modern HPC systems. Furthermore, the situation only gets worse with the ever-incresing size of the cores involved. Hence, ... -
BIM implementation in architectural practices : towards advanced collaborative approaches based on digital technologies
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-06)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWe are at a stage where Building Information Modelling (BIM) has reached a maturity level to be widely adopted by the professionals and organizations within the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. ... -
Small-scale testing of micromechanical response of cemented carbides
(2019-11-11)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessCemented carbides are composite materials widely used in different industry fields within applications involving wear, due to their outstanding wear resistance. The most commonly used are WC-Co grades, for Co wettability ... -
Development of microcellular conductive foams based on polyetherimide with graphene nanoplatelets
(2019-11-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe aim of this dissertation was to develop and investigate novel cellular foams based on polyetherimide (PEI) and carbonbased nanoparticles such as, graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) and carbon nanotubes (CNT), using two main ... -
Diseño en flexión activa con neumáticos recuperados : análisis de la morfología bio-inspirada en la estructura del cactus
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis thesis deals with the methodology and development of a case study of biomimicry applied to the architectural design process. The case study integrates aspects of plant biology with architectural design in a theoretical ... -
Imaging and discrete modelling of sand shape
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe shape of particles is known to play an important role in soil behaviour, with significant effects of engineering responses. Investigating how the shape of particles can be measured and quantified is therefore considered ... -
Nuevo método de detección espectral para sistemas multiportadoras basado en la radio cognitiva
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessNowadays, the growing demand for frequency-free bands for new emerging wireless technologies and fixed frequency allocation policies in the use of the radio spectrum have resulted in a saturation of the radio frequency ... -
Resource allocation and management techniques for network slicing in WiFi networks
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-01)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessNetwork slicing has recently been proposed as one of the main enablers for 5G networks; it is bound to cope with the increasing and heterogeneous performance requirements of these systems. To "slice'' a network is to ... -
The role of community-based tourism in sustainable rural development : case studies from Ecuador
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe global environmental change affects rural communities in an unprecedented way and brings transformations in the livelihoods in rural households. Rural households have a growing vulnerability to climate and non-climate ...
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