• openAccess   Dissipative Finite-Element Formulation Applied to Piezoelectric Materials With the Debye Memory 

      Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Taylor, Robert L. IEEE (2018-04)
      This work presents a finite-element study of the Debye memory in piezoelectric devices. The memory dependence is due to the spontaneous polarization of the electric dipoles, and it can be understood as a transient ...
    • openAccess   Elasto-thermoelectric beam formulation for modeling thermoelectric devices 

      Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Moliner, Emma; Pérez Aparicio, J. L. Elsevier (2017-07)
      The present paper provides a dynamic, non-linear and fully coupled Finite Element (FE) formulation based on the Timoshenko beam theory to study elasto-thermoelectric responses in thermoelectric devices. The two main ...
    • openAccess   Elasto-thermoelectric non-linear, fully coupled, and dynamic finite element analysis of pulsed thermoelectrics 

      Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Moreno Navarro, P. Elsevier (2016-08)
      This paper presents a numerical study on the influence of pulsed electric signals applied to the overcooling of thermoelectric devices. To this end, an experimental setup taken from the literature and a commercial cell are ...
    • openAccess   Multiphysics and Thermodynamic Formulations for Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Interactions: Non-linear Finite Elements Applied to Multi-coupled Active Materials 

      Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Taylor, Robert L. Springer (2015-10)
      Combining several theories this paper presents a general multiphysics framework applied to the study of coupled and active materials, considering mechanical, electric, magnetic and thermal fields. The framework is based ...
    • closedAccess   Near-intrinsic energy resolution for 30–662 keV gamma rays in a high pressure xenon electroluminescent TPC 

      Álvarez, V.; Borges, F. I. G. M.; Cárcel, S.; Castel, J.; Cebrián, S.; Cervera, A.; Conde, C. A. N.; Dafni, T.; Dias, T. H. V. T.; Díaz, J.; Egorov, M.; Esteve, R.; Evtoukhovitch, P.; Fernandes, L. M. P.; Ferrario, P.; Ferreira, A. L.; Freitas, E. D. C.; Gehman, V. M.; Gil, A.; Goldschmidt, A.; Gómez, H.; Gómez-Cadenas, J. J.; González-Díaz, D.; Gutiérrez, R. M.; Hauptman, J.; Hernando Morata, J. A.; Herrera, D. C.; Iguaz, F. J.; Irastorza, I. G.; Jinete, M. A.; Labarga, L.; Liubarsky, I.; Lopes, J. A. M.; Lorca, D.; Losada, M.; Luzón, G.; Marí, A.; Martín-Albo, J.; Martínez, A.; Miller, T.; Moiseenko, A.; Monrabal, F.; Monteiro, C. M. B.; Mora, F. J.; Moutinho, L. M.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Natal da Luz, H.; Navarro, G.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Nygren, D.; Oliveira, C. A. B.; Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Pérez, J.; Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Renner, J.; Ripoll, L.; Rodríguez, A.; Rodríguez, J.; Santos, F. P.; Dos Santos, J. F. M.; Seguí, L.; Serra, L.; Shuman, D.; Simón, A.; Sofka, C.; Sorel, M.; Toledo, J. F.; Tomás, A.; Torrent, J.; Tsamalaidze, Z.; Vázquez, D.; Veloso, J. F. C. A.; Villar, J. A.; Webb, R. C.; White, J. T.; Yahlali, N. Elsevier (2013)
      We present the design, data and results from the NEXT prototype for Double Beta and Dark Matter (NEXT-DBDM) detector, a high-pressure gaseous natural xenon electroluminescent time projection chamber (TPC) that was built ...
    • openAccess   Reliability-based dynamical design of a singular structure for high energy physics experiments 

      Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Torrent, J.; Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Ripoll, L. Elsevier (2018-01)
      The present work presents a comprehensive design and dynamic calculation of singular metallic structures, part of the Neutrino Experiment NEXT. The experiment uses an electroluminescent TPC chamber, a high-pressure 136Xe ...
    • openAccess   Study of hysteretic thermoelectric behavior in photovoltaic materials using the finite element method, extended thermodynamics and inverse problems 

      Palma Guerrero, Roberto; Pérez Aparicio, J. L.; Bravo, R. Elsevier (2013)
      The main objective of the present work is to develop and prove a theoretical explanation based on the Extended Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (ENETs) for the hysteretical thermoelectric behavior observed in certain thin-film ...