Gharibnezhad, Fahit (Date of defense: 2014-04-07)
This thesis is devoted to present some novel techniques in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). SHM is a developing field that tries to monitor structures to make sure that they remain in their desired ...
Amorim, Samuel (Date of defense: 2012-05-14)
Human and economic losses caused by landslides have attracted the interest of the scientific community for the identification of the threatened areas and preventing their consequences. The goal of the ...
Henri, Christopher (Date of defense: 2015-07-09)
Human impact on groundwater resources has led to a rapid growth of social concerns worldwide owing to an increasing presence of toxic chemicals released in the subsurface. Risk assessment provides the ...
Offeddu, Francesco G. (Date of defense: 2015-10-30)
Waters from mines (acid mine drainage-AMD), contain elevated concentrations of SO-24, Fe and other contaminant metals, which can persist in the environment during centuries. The purpose of AMD treatments ...
Sapriza Azuri, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
There is a growing concern about the combined effect of climate change and groundwater overexploitation on the availability of water resources in the Upper Guadiana basin (UppGb) in central Spain. General ...
Font Capó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2012-09-26)
A number of problems, e.g. sudden inflows are encountered during tunneling under the piezometric level, especially when the excavation crosses high transmissivity areas. These inflows may drag materials ...
624 - Civil and structural engineering in general (28)
55 - Earth Sciences. Geological sciences (21)
69 - Building (construction) trade. Building materials. Building practice and procedure (7)
628 - Public health engineering. Water. Sanitation. Illuminating engineering (4)