Alós Moya, José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-02)
[EN] Bridge fires are a major concern because of the consequences that these kind of events have and because they are a real threat. However, bridge fire response is under researched and not covered in the codes. This work ...
Zheng Lu, Jia Wei(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-10-24)
[EN] The present document is a study about the fire resistance of an experimental structural element made in the campus of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. This structural element tries to resemble a composite bridge ...
Vicedo García, Josep(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-11-02)
[ES] El presente estudio de rehabilitación de la vivienda se emplaza en la calle Mayor de la población, de céntrica ubicación. La vivienda data de finales del siglo XIX, es por ello que ha sufrido varias transformaciones, ...
Rinaudo, Paula(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-09-01)
[EN] Disasters such as the fires in the Tauern tunnel (2000), St. Gotthard tunnel (2001) and Wuxi Lihu (2010) show the importance and the necessity of monitoring structures vulnerable to fire. Through this strategy, the ...
Torres Górriz, Benjamín(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-12-15)
La monitorización estructural es un campo que últimamente está recibiendo una gran atención. Ello impulsa al desarrollo de métodos que ayuden a reducir las operaciones de mantenimiento de las estructuras, permitiendo un ...
Peris Sayol, Guillem; Alós Moya, J.; Payá Zaforteza, Ignacio Javier; Hospitaler Pérez, Antonio(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2014)
[EN] Bridge fire response is a barely studied topic not covered in current design codes despite the frequency and consequences of this kind of events. Within this context, this paper analyzes the response of a multi-girder ...
Membrilla Alonso, José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-09-24)
[ES] DESCRIPCIÓN
El trabajo consiste en el diseño de una pasarela peatonal y cicloturista, mediante la cual se pretende rehabilitar los antiguos caminos que bordeaban la zona del embalse, anteriores a la puesta en ...
Lidón Rocamora, Ana(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-17)
[EN] The road network of any country constitutes a heritage of strategic importance. A poor state of the road network affects, not only traffic safety, but also the cost of transport and, therefore, its sustainability. A ...
Hernández Rivera, Medardo Alexander(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-23)
[ES] Este trabajo de fin de máster tiene como objetivo aplicar la tecnología de sensores de forma a dos tipologías diferentes de tableros de puentes, específicamente celosía metálica y viga artesa, así como a un forjado ...
Rinaudo, Paula; Paya-Zaforteza, Ignacio; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Sales Maicas, Salvador(ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, 2016-03)
Gas temperature is a key variable in many high temperature applications. Sensors for measuring gas temperatures must be selected according to many different criteria, response time being one of the most important. Response ...
[EN] Heritage and historic buildings possess an important architectural and cultural value which fire significantly threatens. However, current codes very rarely address the peculiarities of such buildings vis-à-vis fire ...
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is presently having a great development. Strains and temperatures are usually the key parameters to be monitored due to their relevance when explaining structural behavior. Several types ...
Rinaudo, Paula; Paya-Zaforteza, Ignacio; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio(Elsevier, 2016-02)
Monitoring temperatures during tunnel fires is of major importance for both the firefighters extinguishing the fire, and the engineers in charge of the subsequent repair work. However, current methods of assessing fire ...
Coret Peris, Germán(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-06-13)
[EN] The Quentar Dam, located on the Aguas Blancas river (Granada), was built in the 20th century and is one of the most important works of the spanish engineer Carlos Fernández Casado. The structure is a double curvature ...
Monitoring temperatures in structures during fires provides valuable information to 1) the firemen engaged in extinguishing it, 2) those who assess its security, and 3) the organizations who have to decide on its possible ...
[EN] Fire is one of the main hazards that can affect steel buildings and bridges and was responsible, e.g., for the collapse of the Plasco building in Tehran, Iran, and the I-65 bridge in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This ...
Pallares Muñoz, Myriam Rocío(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-05-16)
[ES] El fuego es uno de los principales riesgos que pueden afectar a las estructuras de acero. El impacto del fuego en estas estructuras es muy adverso y complejo de simular, principalmente en escenarios de fuego realistas, ...
Payá Zaforteza, Ignacio Javier(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-02-27)
El objetivo de esta Tesis es el diseño de algoritmos robustos y flexibles que permitan automatizar el diseño óptimo de los pórticos de hormigón armado habitualmente empleados en edificación y extraer conclusiones generales ...