The mechanical behavior of cement-based materials is greatly affected by crack propagation under general stress states. The presence of one or more dominant cracks in structural members modifies its response, possibly ...

Da alcuni anni la questione energetico - ambientale è ormai diventata di dominio pubblico, perdendone magari dal punto di vista scientifico, ma diventando in grado di condizionare i comportamenti di una parte sempre crescente ...

Lo studio rivolge l'attenzione ai problemi di difesa dalle piene, ed in particolare all'analisi delle precipitazioni estreme. nelle regioni mediterranee, le caratteristiche climatiche risultano drammaticamente favorevoli ...

In the present thesis different SOFC stack models have been presented. The results shown were obtained in the general framework of the GENIUS project (GEneric diagNosis Instrument for SOFC systems), funded by the European ...

Combustion engines have been for a long time the most important prime mover for transportation globally. A combustion engine is simple in its nature; a mix of fuel and air is combusted, and work is produced in the operating ...

In the present thesis an automated laser welding apparatus was designed and developed in order to perform laser , that allows to achieve laser welding in a controlled, versatile, efficient, reliable, simple, and economical ...

Discrete Event System (DES) are systems whose behavior is governed by discrete events occurring asynchronously over time and solely responsible for generating state transitions. DESs are particularly used in the field of ...

Nel presente lavoro si sono definiti dei parametri antropometrici atti a descrivere i gradi di libertà, gli intervalli di movimento articolare e le posture ammissibili dal corpo umano. Sulla base di tale ricerca bibliografica, ...

In the last years the increasing concern toward environmental protection and source exploitation has guided the legislative development of measures aiming to the sustainable management of municipal solid waste, which implies ...

Our planet faces significant challenges in the twenty-first century because energy consumption is expected to double globally during the first half of this century. Faced with increasingly constrained oil supplies, humanity ...