CIMNE facilities located at UPC North Campus (C1 Building) have obtained the positive evaluation report from the Ascó-Vandellós II Nuclear Association (ANAV). It certifies that CIMNE has implemented a quality system succesfully evaluated in accordance with the requirements of the UNE 73401: 1995 standard for the following activities: Calculation of the remaining life of the post-tensioning system and derived actions (Spectrum calculation). After renewing this quality certificate, valid until 31st October 2022, CIMNE remains included in ANAV's list of evaluated suppliers.
Study identifies Third Law limitations in common thermoelastic models
Constitutive models can satisfy the First and Second Laws of thermodynamics while remaining incompatible with the Third. This is the central finding of a study by researchers from the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and Swansea...
