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Chan, Kou Wai (author)In July 2021, an extraordinary precipitation led to severe flooding across Europe, particularly affecting South Limburg in the Netherlands, causing significant damage. In response, the Dutch government is seeking methods and new ways to mitigate the effects of future flash floods. Consequently, Waterschap Limburg (Limburg Water Board) initiated...master thesis 2024
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Schermer, Annemeike (author)Innovation implementation is known to pose significant challenges, as evidenced by high failure rates that can range from 20% to 90%. This issue became particularly apparent during my internship, where I witnessed firsthand the complexities involved. Implementation involves activities that aim to equip organisational members with the necessary...master thesis 2024
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Kluft, Annefleur (author)Introduction: Heart failure (HF) poses a significant burden on public health. This can be largely attributed to recurrent hospitalizations in consequence of HF decompensation. Detection of early signs of impending fluid retention may facilitate timely medical intervention and thereby prevent hospitalizations. Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable...master thesis 2024
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Owen, C.C. (author)The imminence of anthropogenic climate change has motivated a global energy transition towards sustainable power generation. Offshore wind—an important contributor to the energy transition—is expanding, not only in turbine size and number of installations, but also into regions with harsher environmental conditions. One of those conditions in...doctoral thesis 2024
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Oldenhuis, Job (author)The drilling industry faces the challenge of moving away from conventional maintenance strategies to maximise operational efficiency. This thesis introduces a holistic approach to land drilling rig Predictive Maintenance (PdM), integrating component maintenance into system-level decision-making. By taking the operations of the whole system into...master thesis 2024
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Connolly, Ronan (author)Ice accumulation on aircraft surfaces is a prevalent issue, and icephobic coating strategies can be implemented to assist in the removal of or ice on an aircraft. However little is known regarding the effects of novel icephobic coatings and surfaces on ice adhesion strength, which is difficult to measure and quantify, and is typically reported...master thesis 2024
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Bechan, Rushil (author)The abstract outlines a study focusing on improving the design approach for flexible dolphins, vital marine structures used for vessel berthing and mooring. Current design methodologies, particularly those outlined in the CROW C1005 handbook (2018), are questioned due to potential conservatism stemming from insufficiently calibrated partial...master thesis 2024
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Failure anticipation scheme in distribution systems based on wave distortions and Montecarlo methodsBhandia, R. (author), de Jesus Chavez, Jose (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Garcia-Vite, Pedro M. (author), Popov, M. (author), Palensky, P. (author)Anticipating failures is vital for maintaining a reliable power supply. Advanced measurement devices in the grid generate vast data that contains valuable information on grid operations. Initial signatures of an incipient failure are often reflected in this data in the form of electrical waveform distortions. Conventional protection schemes are...review 2024
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Koerten, K.O. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Zgonnikov, A. (author)Traffic jams occurring on highways cause increased travel time as well as increased fuel consumption and collisions. So-called phantom traffic jams are traffic jams that do not have a clear cause, such as a merging on-ramp or an accident. Phantom traffic jams make up 50% of all traffic jams and result from instabilities in the traffic flow...journal article 2024
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Jiao, Yutie (author), Li, Zongkun (author), Ge, Wei (author), Jing, Laihong (author), Wu, Meimei (author), Wang, Te (author), Sun, Heqiang (author), Wang, Jianyou (author), Zhang, Xiangyang (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)In recent years, dam failures have occurred frequently because of extreme weather, posing a significant threat to downstream residents. The establishment of emergency shelters is crucial for reducing casualties. The selection of suitable shelters depends on key information such as the number and distribution of affected people, and the...journal article 2024
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Men, Jinkun (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Wu, Yue (author), Huang, Hailing (author)An earthquake-triggered fire domino scenario (E-FDS) is an example of a typical multi-hazard coupling event. The seismic damage can affect the fire resistance of engineering structures, leading to significant mutually amplified phenomena. In this work, a two-stage experimental program is designed to expound the earthquake-fire coupling...journal article 2024
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van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author), Clerc, G. (author), Mosleh, Yasmine (author), Gard, W.F. (author), Richter, K. (author)Similar to wood, adhesives may exhibit duration of load effects. When loaded for longer periods of time, damage processes in the material may develop, eventually leading to failure. From wood research it is known that load level, temperature and relative humidity have an important influence on this behaviour. In general, higher stress levels,...journal article 2024
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Alhaddad, S.M.S. (author), Keetels, G.H. (author), Mastbergen, Dick (author), van Rhee, C. (author), Lee, Cheng-Hsien (author), Montellà, Eduard Puig (author), Chauchat, Julien (author)This article presents the current state-of-the-art understanding of underwater dilative slope failure (breaching). Experimental investigations are reviewed, providing critical insights into the underlying physics of breaching and pointing out knowledge gaps, which underscore the need for further research. Besides, field observations at several...review 2024
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Janssen, M. (author), Zuidema, J (author), Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)In this second edition, which is the result of numerous revisions, updates and additions, the authors cover the basic concepts of fracture mechanics for both the linear elastic and elastic-plastic regimes. The fracture mechanics parameters K, G, J and CTOD are treated in a basic manner along with the test methods to determine critical values....book 2024
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van Marrewijk, A.H. (author), Stjerne, Iben (author), Sydow, Jörg (author)This editorial scrutinizes the dichotomy of a project’s success and failure, which, in our opinion is too rigid, inflexible, and unnuanced. The aim of this special issue is to nuance this dichotomy by moving toward a process view on how imperfection is brought about in projects. We introduce and discuss five topics important for such a...contribution to periodical 2024
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Qin, Guojin (author), Li, Ruiling (author), Yang, M. (author), Wang, Bohong (author), Ni, Pingan (author), Wang, Yihuan (author)The estimation of failure probability is challenging in hydrogen embrittlement in steel pipelines due to the complexity of the synergistic effect of multiple factors. The present study proposed a hybrid methodology to estimate the failure probability of steel pipelines due to hydrogen embrittlement. The methodology integrates the fault tree...journal article 2024
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Jalalvand, Meisam (author), Fotouhi, M. (author), Wisnom, Michael R. (author)A new method of creating in-plane combined tension-shear stress states using only tensile loading is proposed. Thin-ply angle-ply carbon/epoxy laminates are sandwiched between unidirectional glass layers to eliminate any stress concentration around the samples ends and gripping zone. Use of the thin plies successfully suppresses early...journal article 2024
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Seeber, Franziska (author), Khaloian-Sarnaghi, Ani (author), Yu, Taoyi (author), Duddeck, Fabian (author), van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author)This contribution aims for an enhanced numerical representation for strength prediction of timber. This implies a validated elasto-plastic continuum damage model which considers orthotropy and heterogeneity of the material, and represents the ductile behavior under compression and the brittle material behavior under tension dependent on the...journal article 2024
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Sluiskes, Marije (author), Goeman, Jelle (author), Beekman, Marian (author), Slagboom, Eline (author), van den Akker, E.B. (author), Putter, H. (author), Rodríguez-Girondo, Mar (author)Aging is a multifaceted and intricate physiological process characterized by a gradual decline in functional capacity, leading to increased susceptibility to diseases and mortality. While chronological age serves as a strong risk factor for age-related health conditions, considerable heterogeneity exists in the aging trajectories of...journal article 2024
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Yarveisy, R. (author), Khan, Faisal (author), Abbassi, Rouzbeh (author)This paper presents a data-driven approach to predict the pipelines’ corrosion-induced Burst failure. In this approach, different aspects of pit growth progression and spatial distribution of pits are simulated. The proposed approach takes advantage of population characteristics to model these aspects of the degradation paths for each pipe...journal article 2024