• openAccess   Fabrication of gold nanoparticles in Therminol VP-1 by laser ablation and fragmentation with fs pulses 

      Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Mendoza-Yero, Omel; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Lancis, Jesús; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys IOP Science (2014-10-22)
      This letter reports on a physical method to produce highly pure, size-controlled and well-dispersed spherical gold nanoparticles (NPs) in Therminol VP-1 by pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL) using a 30 fs Ti:Sapphire ...
    • openAccess   Fabrication of high stable gold nanofluid by pulsed laser ablation in liquids 

      Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Mendoza-Yero, Omel; Lancis, Jesús; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys Copyright © 2015 VBRI Press (2015-11)
      Laser ablation in liquids by femtosecond radiation has been used to generate gold nanoparticles in a heat transfer fluid to produce a high stable thermal nanofluid as a heat transfer intensification technique. In oil based ...
    • openAccess   Face-based constructive approach in 3D environmment to facilitate the interpretation of multiview orthographic projection to future engineers 

      Pérez-Belis, Victoria; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Plumed, Raquel; Gómez-Fabra, Miguel; Agost, Maria-Jesus; Piquer, Ana; González-Lluch, Carmen; Núñez García, Mariana Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València (2015-06-15)
      One of the main objectives of Engineering Graphics’ syllabus is to improve the capacity of spatial vision of students, as well as providing essential teaching of graphic representation techniques. In this course, students ...
    • openAccess   Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities 

      Prades Martí, Míriam; Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio; Ibáñez Gual, Maria Victoria Springer Verlag (2014-12-10)
      This paper analyzes the generation and composition of municipal solid waste in Spanish towns and cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, which altogether account for 87 % of the Spanish population. To do so, the total ...
    • openAccess   Fast simulation of railway bridge dynamics accounting for soil–structure interaction 

      Galvín, Pedro; Romero Ordóñez, Antonio; Moliner, Emma; Connolly, David P.; Martínez-Rodrigo, María D. Springer (2021)
      A novel numerical methodology is presented to solve the dynamic response of railway bridges under the passage of running trains, considering soil–structure interaction. It is advantageous compared to alternative approaches ...
    • openAccess   Fatigue Analysis of NiTi Rotary Endodontic Files through Finite Element Simulation: Effect of Root Canal Geometry on Fatigue Life 

      Roda-Casanova, Victor; Pérez-González, Antonio; Zubizarreta, Alvaro; Faus-Matoses, Vicente MDPI (2021-12-03)
      This article describes a numerical procedure for estimating the fatigue life of NiTi endodontic rotary files. An enhanced finite element model reproducing the interaction of the endodontic file rotating inside the root ...
    • openAccess   Fatty acid eutectic mixtures and derivatives from non-edible animal fat as phase change materials 

      Gallart-Sirvent, Pau; Martín Llop, Marc; Villorbina Noguera, Gemma; Balcells, Mercè; Solé, Aran; Barreneche, Camila; CABEZA, LUISA F.; Canela-Garayoa, Ramon Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)
      A set of compounds from non-edible fat waste was prepared and their thermal behavior was studied. The fat was hydrolyzed and crystallized in a simple and robust process to yield palmitic acid–stearic acid (PA–SA) mixtures. ...
    • openAccess   Features and design intent in engineering sketches 

      Plumed, Raquel; Varley, Peter Ashley Clifford; Company, Pedro ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2013)
      We investigate the problem of determining design intent from engineering sketches: what did the designer have in mind when sketching a component? Specifically, we consider the unidirectional reverse mapping from form ...
    • closedAccess   Fiber beam model for fire response simulation of axially loaded concrete filled tubular columns 

      Ibáñez Usach, Carmen; Romero, M. L.; Hospitaler, Antonio Elsevier (2013)
      This paper presents a fiber beam model for the fire response simulation of concrete filled tubular columns of circular section under concentric axial load. The model consists of two parallel components, one with a circular ...
    • openAccess   Final evaluation report 

      Menéndez Monzonís, Laura; Caraman, Iuliana Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      This document develops the final evaluation of the project: “Innovative Practices in Renewable Energies to Improve Rural Employability” (2014‐1‐ES01‐KA203‐004740) financed by the the European Union (Erasmus+ Programme).
    • openAccess   Finite element formulation to study thermal stresses in nanoencapsulated phase change materials for energy storage 

      Forner Escrig, Josep; Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Mondragon, Rosa Taylor & Francis (2020-03-09)
      Nanoencapsulated phase change materials (nePCMs) – which are composed of a core with a phase change material and of a shell that envelopes the core – are currently under research for heat storage applications. Mechanically, ...
    • openAccess   Fire and postfire compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete made with ceramic stoneware 

      Albero, Vicente; Reig, Lucía; Hernández-Figueirido, David; Roig-Flores, Marta; Melchor-Eixea, Antoni; Piquer, Ana; Pitarch-Roig, Angel-Miguel Elsevier (2024-04-18)
      This study investigated the possibilities of reusing ceramic stoneware (CS) waste, a particular type of tiles ceramic waste (TCW), provided by a treatment plant in Castellon (east Spain), as recycled aggregate in structural ...
    • openAccess   Fire design method for concrete filled tubular columns based on equivalent concrete core cross-section 

      Ibáñez Usach, Carmen; Aguado, José V.; Romero, M. L.; Espinós, Ana; Hospitaler, Antonio Elsevier (2015)
      In this work, a method for a realistic cross-sectional temperature prediction and a simplified fire design method for circular concrete filled tubular columns under axial load are presented. The generalized lack of simple ...
    • openAccess   Fire design of slim‐floor beams 

      Romero, Manuel L.; Albero, Vicente; Espinós, Ana; Hospitaler, Antonio Ernst & Sohn (2019)
      Slim‐floor beams are a well‐known and cost‐effective solution that permits a significant reduction of floor thickness, and are increasingly used in industrial and commercial buildings. Since only their lower flange is ...
    • openAccess   Flash infrared annealing as a cost-effective and low environmental impact processing method for planar perovskite solar cells 

      Sanchez, Sandy; Vallés Pelarda, Marta; Alberola-Borràs, Jaume-Adrià; Vidal, Rosario; Jerónimo Rendón, José J.; Saliba, Michael; Boix, Pablo P; Mora-Sero, Ivan Elsevier (2019)
      For successful commercialization of perovskite solar cells, straightforward solutions in terms of environmental impact and economic feasibility are still required. Flash Infrared Annealing (FIRA) is a rapid method to ...
    • openAccess   Flat plate solar collector performance using alumina nanofluids: Experimental characterization and efficiency tests 

      Mondragon, Rosa; Sánchez García-Vacas, Daniel; Cabello López, Ramón; Llopis, Rodrigo; Juliá, J. Enrique Public Library of Science (2019)
      Solar energy has become an important renewable energy source for reducing the use of fossil fuels and to mitigate global warming, for which solar collectors constitute a technology that is to be promoted. The use of ...
    • closedAccess   Flow regime development analysis in adiabatic upward two-phase flow in a vertical annulus 

      Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Ozar, Basar; Jeong, J.J.; Hibiki, Takashi; Ishii, M. Elsevier (2011)
      In this work radial and axial flow regime development in adiabatic upward air–water two-phase flow in a vertical annulus has been investigated. Local flow regimes have been identified using conductivity probes and neural ...
    • closedAccess   Flow regime transition criteria for two-phase flow in a vertical annulus 

      Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Hibiki, Takashi Elsevier (2011)
      In this work, a new flow regime transition model is proposed for two-phase flows in a vertical annulus. Following previous works, the flow regimes considered are bubbly (B), slug (S) or cap-slug (CS), churn (C) and annular ...
    • closedAccess   Flow structure of gas-liquid two-phase flow in an annulus 

      Ozar, Basar; Jeong, J.J.; Dixit, A.; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Hibiki, Takashi; Ishii, M. Elsevier (2008)
      The flow structure of gas-liquid two-phase flow in vertical annulus channel has been investigated. The inner and outer diameters of the annular channel were 19.1 and 38.1 mm, respectively. The total height of the test ...
    • openAccess   Flow Structure of Subcooled Boiling Water Flow in a Subchannel of 3 x 3 Rod Bundles 

      Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Yun, Byong-Jo; Park, Goon-Cherl; Hibiki, Takashi Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2008)
      In this paper, the interfacial flow structure of subcooled water boiling flow in a subchannel of 3 x 3 rod bundles is presented. The 9 rods are positioned in a quadrangular assembly with a rod diameter of 8.2mm and a ...