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van Leeuwen, Hugo (author)
Steel manufacturing is a carbon intensive process, that is responsible for approximately 7% of the total global CO2 emissions. Therefore, TATA Steel IJmuiden aims to lower its carbon emissions. One way to bring down emissions, is to replace the existing blast furnace (BF) CO reduction process with the H2-based direct reduction of iron ore (DRI)....
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Wintermans, Marten (author)
To align with the objective of the European Green Deal [46] policy of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the construction sector must transition to a circular built environment. Most of the waste in the Netherlands is related to construction and demolition waste, with the industry accounting for approximately 35% of CO<sub>2<...
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Dekkers, Wout (author)
Steel is a widely used material in construction because of its availability, high strength-to-weight ratio, and recyclability. However, steel manufacturing consumes a lot of energy, and there is an increasing demand for more environmentally friendly building materials. Consequently, high-strength steel is becoming more popular as it reduces the...
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Meisters, Thomas (author)
VDL Weweler has developed a novel heat treatment approach for their trailing arms, which eliminates the traditional austenisation step and instead capitalises on the inherent heat used for hot-forming to austenise the steel before quenching. This not only saves energy, but surprisingly also improves the lifetime of the products. The underlying...
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Schagen, Brian (author)
The current understanding of auxetic metamaterials in structural engineering applications is limited. Auxetic materials exhibit lateral contraction under compressive loads, possessing a negative Poisson's ratio. The research addresses this gap, focusing on the use of auxetics for steel reinforcement in structural concrete elements to enhance...
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TRIGO GALLEGO, ELENA (author)
To mitigate global warming, society must reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The transportation sector is one of the largest energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters. One way to mitigate the emissions of this sector is to reduce the weight of vehicles using Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), particularly dual phase steels (DP). However,...
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Romijn, Kasja (author)
Over the past few decades, the Netherlands has built numerous steel railway bridges to improve its infrastructure. The repeated loading from railway traffic makes steel bridges susceptible to fatigue damage. The stress ranges at fatigue-prone locations are generally higher in railway bridges than in road traffic bridges. Due to the limited space...
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van der Wijk, Maurits (author)
Corporations’ economic activities put significant stress on the environment. In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, companies need to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. However, shifting the responsibility of decarbonisation from being solely on governments to being shared with these companies is only a recent phenomenon....
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Ayllon Garcia, Miquel (author)
Bainite steels are in high demand in many application areas owing to their outstanding mechanical properties, mainly due to the presence of a combination of fine bainite plates and retained austenite. Understanding the complicated mechanism of bainite transformation is crucial to creating an optimum design. Researchers have addressed this...
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DAUTEZAC, Alice (author)
The presence of retained austenite (RA) has been proven beneficial for the formability of Advanced High Strength Steels. Therefore, multiple thermal austenite stabilization methods have been researched, such as Mn-partitioning during intercritical annealing in medium Mn steels. The Cyclic Partial Phase Transformation (CPPT) approach has been...
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Selvakumar, Ravishankaran (author)
A multi-material structure combines diverse materials, allowing for precise tailoring of properties in specific regions. The integration of dissimilar materials leads to superior performance compared to single-material components. Bimetallic structures, a subset of multi-material systems, offer site-specific performance owing to the contrasting...
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Aardoom, Koen (author)
To stick to climate change targets and reduce global carbon emissions, the building sector needs to adopt a circular economy. In the steel sector, reuse or elements can reduce carbon emissions which are created in today's steel scrap recycling practices. This thesis contributes to closing the knowledge gap on design, costs, and environmental...
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van Rooij, Nils (author)
With the building and construction sector accounting for a significant portion of final energy use and emissions, and society’s increasing focus on environmental awareness and improvements, the impor- tance of sustainable construction has never been greater. The utilisation of timber in construction offers clear sustainability benefits and has...
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Al-Sharqi, Abdulrazzak (author)
This research aims to investigate the influence of Polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation on small surface load distribution on corrugated steel roofing sheets. PIR foams are used for thermal insulation in industrial buildings. The distribution of surface loads induced by solar panels support structure might be altered by PIR foams. This is...
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Lehnerdt, Luise (author)
The global production of textiles carries a significant share in global greenhouse gas emissions, with a demand projected to grow. Especially for scope 3 emissions, materials play a significant role, with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a dominating fibre material with unique properties. Virgin PET based on fossil oil as the conventional...
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Heijne, Nick (author)
The building industry is responsible for a large amount of CO2 emissions. With an estimated 11.7 GT in 2020, the building industry emitted 36% of the worldwide CO2 emissions (Bertin et al., 2022). This results in the need to efficiently use the current material supply. A way to achieve this is by transitioning from a linear economy to a circular...
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Korthals Altes, Ruth (author)
The global focus on climate change and the transition away from fossil fuels has highlighted the importance of renewable energy sources. Offshore wind turbines are being optimized and are therefore growing in size and power. <br/><br/>This research focuses on bolted ring-flange connections, a connection type that plays a crucial role in the...
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ten Hove, Jelle (author)
The Dutch government was mandated by the national court in May 2019 to address high nitrogen-oxide levels, threatening construction permits to be canceled if target values are not met. As the agrarian sector contributed significantly to nitrogen-oxide emissions, reductions in this sector were necessary. Ongoing protests by farmers indicate the...
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Jørgensen, Anders (author)
In Amsterdam, more than 30 steel-concrete composite bridges were constructed from 1880-1960 without mechanical connectors and transverse reinforcement. Currently, there are no simplified analytical methods to determine the bearing capacity of these bridges. Thus, the bearing capacity is verified using NLFEM or oversimplified analytical...
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Martinez Palacio, Maria Daniela (author)
The rapid growth in building stock and the demand for new construction present significant challenges in terms of material scarcity, waste production, and greenhouse gas emissions. To address these challenges, a fundamental shift in the construction industry's approach is needed, viewing waste as a resource through circularity principles. This...
master thesis 2023
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