Diego Ferreño

In 2009 he won the Research Award of the Social Council of the UC in the Engineering Area.

He is currently Professor of the UC, Deputy Director of International Relations and Coordinator of Exchange Programs of the ETS of Civil Engineers, Channels and Ports.

LINES OF INVESTIGATION

• Structural integrity of components; Application of design codes.
• Processes of embrittlement by neutron irradiation in nuclear vessels.
• Numerical simulation by Finite Elements of mechanical, thermomechanical processes, fracture, crack propagation, etc.
• Mechanical behavior and resistance to breakage of biological materials.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

D. Ferreño, I. Gorrochategui, L. Sánchez, F. Gutiérrez-Solana. Optimisation of the Heat Treatment for the Improvement of the Properties of an X-750 Alloy. Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 11, Issue 5, October 2004, Pages 799-810. ISSN 1350-6307.

D. Ferreño, M. Scibetta, I. Gorrochategui, R. Lacalle, E. van Walle, F. Gutiérrez-Solana. Validation and application of the Master Curve and reconstitution techniques to a Spanish nuclear vessel. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Volume 76 (2009), Pages 2495-2511. ISSN 0013-7944.

M. Scibetta, D. Ferreño, I. Gorrochategui, R. Lacalle, E. van Walle, J. Martín and F. Gutiérrez-Solana. Characterisation of the fracture properties in the ductile to brittle transition region of the weld material of a reactor pressure vessel. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Volume 411, Issues 1-3, April 2011, Pages 25-40, ISSN: 0022-3115.

D. Ferreño, I. Carrascal, E. Ruiz, J. A. Casado. Characterisation by means of a finite element model of the influence of humidity on the mechanical and fracture properties of the polyamide 6 reinforced with short glass fibre. Polymer Testing, Volume 30, 2011, Pages 420-428. ISSN: 0142-9418.

J. A. Casado, S. Diego, D. Ferreño, E. Ruiz, I. Carrascal, D. Méndez, J.M. Revuelta, A. Pontón, J.M. Icardo, and F. Gutiérrez-Solana. Determination of the mechanical properties of normal and calcified human mitral chordae tendineae. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. ISSN: 1751-6161.