Soares Klein, Nayara (Date of defense: 2012-10-26)
Water is one of the fundamental components of concrete, not only for its role on the hydration of Portland cement, but also because of the physical functions it develops, which are associated with the ...
Valenzuela Saavedra, Matías Andrés (Date of defense: 2012-03-23)
Según estudios estadísticos a nivel mundial, una de las principales causas de fallos en puentes corresponde a problemas relacionados con la interacción entre estructura e hidráulica produciendo altos ...
Osorio Bustamante, Edison (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)
Durante un terremoto, las columnas de hormigón armado pueden verse sometidas a movimientos bidireccionales que pueden afectar su capacidad resistente y ductilidad. Sin embargo, las normas de diseño y ...
Contreras López, Catalina del Pilar (Date of defense: 2012-03-23)
The box-girder is currently the solution for large prestressed concrete bridges, being most used today in steel and mixed structures. Their widespread use is due to the strength characteristics and ...
Claudino Véras, Juliana (Date of defense: 2012-10-19)
A method for occupational risk assessment in construction sites is developed in this study. This method provides a system to perform exhaustive analysis of the situations that could result in serious ...
Moura, André Campos de (Date of defense: 2012-11-23)
The main objective of this thesis is to study the mechanical behavior of a dam concrete under internal expansive phenomena in both the macro-structural and the meso-structural level. An important ...