Linkages have been widely used in machines and deployable structures, but these mechanisms have rarely been employed in the design of movable bridges. This paper explores the use of linkages both to actuate the kinematic ...
Trujillo Rodríguez, César Leonardo; Velasco de la Fuente, David; Figueres Amorós, Emilio; Garcerá Sanfeliú, Gabriel; Ortega, Rubén(Elsevier, 2011-08)
[EN] This paper presents the modeling and control of a push-pull converter integrated into a two-stage photovoltaic microinverter operating in island mode without backup energy storage components (batteries). A push-pull ...
The Mancha Oriental System (MOS, 7,260 km2) is one of the largest aquifers within Spain, and is encompassed by the Jucar River Basin. Over the past 30 years, socioeconomic development within the region has been largely due ...
Calvo, José Vicente; Feito-Sánchez, Norberto; Miguélez, María Henar; Giner Maravilla, Eugenio(Elsevier, 2022-05-01)
[EN] Laminate composite materials such as CFRPs are highly susceptible to delamination, being one of the common failure modes in composite laminates. The combination of severe delamination with uniaxial compressive loads ...
Ortiz Carmona, Diego(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-04-09)
[ES] En los últimos años, ha existido un gran interés por conseguir que los denominados cristales de sonido puedan ser utilizados como pantallas acústicas. El mecanismo de control de ruido utilizado por estos dispositivos ...
The biologically induced precipitation processes can be important in wastewater treatment, in particular treating raw wastewater with high calcium concentration combined with Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal. Currently, ...
Contaminated water resources have important implications on health and the environment. Nitrate contamination of the groundwater is a serious problem in the European Union. A method based on the statistical process control ...
RIBEIRO, Tatiana S. A.; Serna Ros, Pedro(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-12-23)
Here, a simple numerical model for steel fiber concrete, based on a reinforced concrete
model is presented. In the proposed model concrete is modeled using a finite element
dedicated to brittle materials, available at ...
Macián Pérez, Juan Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-02)
[ES] El resalto hidráulico constituye uno de los fenómenos más complejos con aplicación en el campo de la ingeniería hidráulica. Por un lado, las propias características del resalto, entre las que se encuentran las grandes ...
[EN] For composite beams using novel steel sheeting, the current Eurocode 4 rules sometimes overestimate the load bearing capacity of the shear connector. This is due to the larger rib heights and the smaller rib widths ...
[EN] Different methods of two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical resolution models have been used to predict the air¿water interaction in pipe systems in the early twenty-first century, where reliable and adequate ...
Mezquida Alcaraz, Eduardo José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-05-30)
[ES] El principal objetivo de la presente tesis es el desarrollo de una completa metodología para el modelado numérico del UHPFRC desde el material hasta el elemento estructural. Se pretende contribuir al avance del ...
[EN] Rapid transit construction projects are major endeavours that require long-term planning by several players, including politicians, urban planners, engineers, management consultants, and citizen groups. Traditionally, ...
Berjano, Enrique; Saiz Rodríguez, Francisco Javier; Ferrero Corral, José María(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002)
[EN] We present a theoretical model for the study of cornea heating with radio-frequency currents. This technique is used to reshape the cornea to correct refractive disorders. Our numerical model has allowed the study of ...
Moliner Cabedo, Emmanuela; Museros Romero, Pedro; Martínez Rodrigo, María de los Dolores(Elsevier, 2012-07)
This paper presents a study on the energy-absorbing capacities of viscoelastic dampers (VEDs) for reducing the resonant vibrations of simply supported high-speed railway bridges of short to medium span. The proposed solution ...
Portoles Flaj, José Manuel; Romero, Manuel L.; Filippou, Filip C.; Bonet Senach, José Luís(Elsevier, 2011-05)
This paper proposes an efficient numerical model for the simulation of the behavior of slender circular
concrete-filled tubular columns subjected to eccentric axial load with single curvature, for the cases of
both normal ...
Guillén Guillamón, Ignacio Enrique; Gómez Lozano, Vicente; Fran Bretones, José Mª; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo(Elsevier, 2014)
[EN] In this paper, different sorts of façades have been analyzed considering their thermal performance along a 24 h period. A numerical model was developed and compared with experimental measurements considering two ...
Carlos Alberola, María del Mar; Arregui de la Cruz, Francisco; Cabrera Marcet, Enrique; Palau, C.V.(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)
[EN] Water transients with entrapped air can originate large pressure peaks that can severely damage distribution networks. Entrapped air can have a damping or amplifying effect on these undesirable pressure peaks. ...
Ramírez Solana, David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-08-01)
[ES] Las pantallas acústicas basadas en cristales de sonido constituyen una de las más prometedoras apuestas tecnológicas en los últimos años en el campo de la acústica ambiental [1]. Los cristales de sonido se pueden ...