Karkoulias, Alexandros (Date of defense: 2020-06-17)
Simulations of incompressible flows are performed on a daily basis to solve problems of practical and industrial interest in several fields of engineering, including automotive, aeronautical, mechanical ...
Miranda Neiva, Eric (Date of defense: 2020-10-07)
This thesis addresses large-scale numerical simulations of partial differential equations posed on evolving geometries. Our target application is the simulation of metal additive manufacturing (or 3D ...
Refachinho de Campos, Paulo Roberto (Date of defense: 2022-09-27)
(English) This work presents a new updated reference Lagrangian Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) algorithm for the analysis of large deformation by introducing a novel system of first order conservation ...
Germano, Nicola (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
This thesis aims to propose and validate an innovative, fully open-source framework capable of performing multiscale analysis for the assessment of local wind flows within the urban fabric. Each part ...
Ritter, Josias Manuel Gisbert (Date of defense: 2021-07-16)
Flash floods are one of the most devastating natural hazards, claiming numerous lives and tremendous economic losses. One of the main reasons for their catastrophic potential is the limited time available ...
Khadivipanah, Peiman (Date of defense: 2022-02-03)
The main objective of this thesis is to describe and implement a rate-dependent (viscoplastic) constitutive equations for copper based canister using a single internal state variable and use it for ...
Giuntoli, Guido (Date of defense: 2020-01-30)
This thesis aims to develop a High-Performance Computing implementation to solve large composite materials problems through the use of the FE2 multi-scale method. Previous works have not been able to ...
Hashemi, Mohammad Reza (Date of defense: 2022-02-22)
In numerous applications, two-phase liquid-gas transport at sub-millimeter length scales plays a substantial role in the determination of the behavior of the system at hand. As its main application, the ...
Tosi, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2021-12-21)
Recent developments of high performance computing capabilities allow solving modern science problems employing sophisticated computational techniques. However, it is necessary to ensure the efficiency ...
Ortega Gelabert, Olga (Date of defense: 2020-12-18)
This thesis presents an efficient methodology to couple Model Order Reduction techniques within the framework of geophysical probabilistic inversion problems. Accurate models of the interaction between ...