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Busuttil, William (author)Railways are increasingly investing in their infrastructure to achieve sustainability objectives and meet expected growth in demand for rail transport services. Since building new physical infrastructure requires large-scale investments and long lead times, many infrastructure managers (IMs) are prioritizing upgrades to their signalling systems...master thesis 2024
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Schelbergen, M. (author)The potential of utility-scale airborne wind energy (AWE) systems to contribute significantly to the energy transition hinges on their large-scale deployment, which depends on the cost-competitiveness and complementarity with conventional wind turbines. Central to the assessment of these metrics is understanding long-term energy production,...doctoral thesis 2024
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Hompes, Jouke (author)Flexible robotics offers promising solutions for navigating complex environments, and this study contributes to its advancement through innovative methodologies optimizing both flexible robotic arm kinematics and a novel flexible actuator. The first methodology focuses on optimizing kinematics using quadratic programming, enabling the...master thesis 2024
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Schenk, Nena (author)Fast developing technology offers many opportunities for innovation and optimization in the public domain. However this sector is bound to European directives on public procurement transposed into national law and therefore bound to the mandatory procurement of, among others, their assets. This legislation provides a limiting framework in which,...master thesis 2024
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Li, Sihui (author), Peng, Jinqing (author), Wang, Meng (author), Wang, Kai (author), Li, Houpei (author), Lu, C.J. (author)The energy matching of PV driven air conditioners is influenced by building load demand and PV generation. Merely increasing energy performance of building or PV capacity separately may improve the energy balance on a large time resolution, the real-time energy mismatching problem is still serious. In this study, a coordinated optimization...journal article 2024
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Sanchez Jimenez, I.J. (author), Ribo-Perez, D.G. (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Kochems, J. (author), Schimeczek, C. (author), De Vries, Laurens (author)Future power systems, in which generation will come almost entirely from variable Renewable Energy Sources (vRES), will be characterized by weather-driven supply and flexible demand. In a simulation of the future Dutch power system, we analyze whether there are sufficient incentives for market-driven investors to provide a sufficient level of...journal article 2024
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Overes, P.H.P. (author), Borsje, B. W. (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), Hulscher, S. J.M.H. (author)Sand waves are found on shallow, sandy seabeds throughout the world and their dynamics may pose an imminent threat to offshore construction. Therefore, there is a pressing need to understand bed level dynamics in sand wave areas. These bed level dynamics lead to variations in sand wave shape and migration rate over time. However, these...journal article 2024
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Leffler, David (author), Burghout, Wilco (author), Cats, O. (author), Jenelius, Erik (author)Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in the application of agent-based simulation models to evaluate flexible transit solutions characterized by different degrees of short-term flexibility in routing and scheduling. A central modelling decision in the development is how one chooses to represent the mode- and route-choices...journal article 2024
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Reis, Rui A. (author), Fortes, Conceição J.E.M. (author), Rodrigues, José A. (author), Hu, Zhan (author), Suzuki, T. (author)Laboratory experiments of wave propagation over rigid and flexible vegetation fields, with the same configurations, were conducted to understand the effect of vegetation flexibility on the drag coefficient (C<sub>D</sub>). The direct method and the least squares method (LSM), based on force and flow measurements, are applied to calculate the...journal article 2024
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Straathof, R. (author), Meijaard, J.P. (author), Perez, S.M. (author), Kolkman-Deurloo, Inger Karine K. (author), Nout, Remi A. (author), Heijmen, Ben J.M. (author), Wauben, L.S.G.L. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), van de Berg, N.J. (author)Background: The steep radiation dose gradients in cervical cancer brachytherapy (BT) necessitate a thorough understanding of the behavior of afterloader source cables or needles in the curved channels of (patient-tailored) applicators. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop and validate computer models to simulate: (1) BT source...journal article 2024
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van Westen, B. (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), de Vries, S. (author), Cohn, Nicholas (author), Leijnse, Tim W.B. (author), de Schipper, M.A. (author)Quantitative predictions of marine and aeolian sediment transport in the nearshore–beach–dune system are important for designing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in coastal environments. To quantify the impact of the marine-aeolian interactions on shaping NBS, we present a framework coupling three existing process-based models: Delft3D Flexible...journal article 2024
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Hennig, R.J. (author), De Vries, Laurens (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author)Electrification of energy end-uses brings an increasing load on electric distribution grids with load peaks that can cause network congestion. However, many new end-uses like electric vehicles, heat pumps, and electrified industrial processes have some flexibility to move their power consumption away from peak times. Congestion management...journal article 2024
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Blom, T. (author), Jenkins, Andrew (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)The urban energy transition requires innovative heating and cooling systems, as well as enhanced flexibility in electricity usage. This paper explores the theoretical potential for vertical farms to contribute to the energy transition by supplying residual heat to local district heat networks and flexible electricity usage. A stepped approach...journal article 2024
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He, P. (author), Jin, Jian Gang (author), Schulte, F. (author)Airport buses play a crucial role in addressing the last-mile problem of air travel, especially in cities and countries lacking inner-city rail transit systems. Nevertheless, airport buses are currently witnessing a decline in ridership due to drawbacks such as long departure intervals, inflexible stops, and considerable distances between...journal article 2024
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van Heel, M.E. (author), Pretelt, Manuela (author), van Gelder, M.H. (author), van Oel, C.J. (author)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic placed healthcare design at the heart of the crisis. Hospitals faced challenges such as rapidly increasing their intensive care unit capacity, enabling physical distancing measures, quickly converting to telehealth and telework practices, and above all, keeping patients and staff safe. Improving flexibility...journal article 2024
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Amplifying weak signals: A method-building approach for inclusive climate resilience strategy makingChamplin, C.J. (author), Eapen, Ann (author), Vitkutė, R. (author), Groot, Janne (author), Forgaci, C. (author)Socio-ecological inclusion and the impacts of climate change on the built environment are two shared concerns central to the design and planning of the just transition in cities. The just transition leans heavily on inclusive convergence processes that are grounded in knowledge integration and transdisciplinary practice. However, there is a...journal article 2024
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Wu, D. (author), Zhang, R. (author), Pore, Ameya (author), Ha, Xuan Thao (author), Li, Z. (author), Herrera, Fernando (author), Kowalczyk, Wojtek (author), De Momi, Elena (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Kober, J. (author)Minimally Invasive Procedures (MIPs) emerged as an alternative to more invasive surgical approaches, offering patient benefits such as smaller incisions, less pain, and shorter hospital stay. In one class of MIPs, where natural body lumens or small incisions are used to access deeper anatomical locations, Flexible Surgical and Interventional...review 2024
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Mosteiro Romero, M.A. (author), Quintana, Matias (author), Stouffs, Rudi (author), Miller, Clayton (author)In a global context of increasing flexibility in the way workplaces and the districts in which they are located are used, there is a need for occupant-driven approaches to plan urban energy systems. Several authors have suggested the use of agent-based models (ABM) of building occupants in urban building energy simulations due to their...journal article 2024
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Luo, J. (author), Pérez-Fortes, Mar (author), Ibarra Gonzalez, P. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)Combining intermittent renewable electricity (IRE) with carbon capture and utilisation is urgently needed in the chemical sector. In this context, microbial electrosynthesis (MES) has gained attention. It can electrochemically produce hexanoic acid, a value-added chemical, from CO<sub>2</sub>. However, there is a lack of understanding...journal article 2024