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Remmerswaal, G. (author)Flood protection infrastructure requires constant investments to cover the increasing flood risk. However, due to over-conservatism in (dyke) safety assessments, poorly targeted investments can be made. Over-conservatism can be avoided by understanding the entire failure process, from the initiation of failure until flooding. Dyke slope...doctoral thesis 2023
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Delle Donne, C. (author)Computer networks have been one of the most revolutionary concepts and technologies of the last fifty years. Currently, it is arguably impossible to imagine a world without the internet. And yet, just five decades ago, hardly anybody knew what it even meant. Today, the first quantum computer networks are starting to take shape, along with the...doctoral thesis 2023
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Machado Lima de Camargo, C. (author)As a result of climate change, sea level is changing all over the world at unprecedented rates. Sea-level change can have significant impacts on coastal communities, infrastructure and global economy, as most of the major cities are located near to or at the coast. Rising sea levels can lead to, for instance, more severe and more frequent...doctoral thesis 2023
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Grazzi, S. (author)Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods are the most popular algorithms used for exact Bayesian inference problems. These methods consist of simulating a Markov chain which converges to a desired Bayesian posterior measure and use the simulated trajectory to approximate expectations of functionals relative to that measure. We consider Monte Carlo...doctoral thesis 2023
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Yan, R. (author)High-strength steel (HSS) has higher strength but lower ductility than mild steel. The cross-section of the structural members may be reduced using HSS instead of mild steel, provided the buckling of elements does not govern the failure. The reduced member size benefits the environment and economy by means of less energy consumption, less carbon...doctoral thesis 2023
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Sabzehee, F. (author), Amiri Simkooei, A. (author), Iran Pour, S. (author), Vishwakarma, B.D. (author), Kerachian, R. (author)The Urmia lake in north-west Iran has dried up to perilously low levels in the past two decades. In this study, we investigate the drivers behind the decline in lake water level with the help of in-situ and remote sensing data. We use total water storage (TWS) changes from the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) satellite mission....journal article 2023
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Mohamed, Ahmed (author), Abdelrady, Ahmed (author), Alarifi, Saad S. (author), Othman, Abdullah (author)Because of climate change and human activity, North and Central Africa are experiencing a significant water shortage. Recent advancements in earth observation technologies have made widespread groundwater monitoring possible. To examine spatial and temporal mass fluctuations caused by groundwater variations in Chad, gravity solutions from the...journal article 2023
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Sileryte, R. (author), Wandl, Alex (author), van Timmeren, A. (author)With circular economy being high on governmental agendas, there is an increasing request from governing bodies for circularity measurements. Yet, currently existing macro-level monitoring frameworks are widely criticized for not being able to inform the decision-making. The criticism includes, among others, a lack of consensus on...journal article 2023
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Howard, Thomas (author), Driller, K.K. (author), Frier, William (author), Pacchierotti, Claudio (author), Marchal, Maud (author), Hartcher-O'Brien, J. (author)Ultrasound mid-air haptic (UMH) devices are a novel tool for haptic feedback, capable of providing localized vibrotactile stimuli to users at a distance. UMH applications largely rely on generating tactile shape outlines on the users' skin. Here we investigate how to achieve sensations of continuity or gaps within such two-dimensional curves...journal article 2023
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Stocker, Volker (author), Lehr, William (author), Smaragdakis, G. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the ‘real’ world and substantially impacted the virtual world and thus the Internet ecosystem. It has caused a significant exogenous shock that offers a wealth of natural experiments and produced new data about broadband, clouds, and the Internet in times of crisis. In this chapter, we characterise and...book chapter 2023
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Timmer, W.A. (author), Bak, Christian (author)This chapter focuses on airfoils for wind turbine blades and their characteristics. The use of panel codes such as XFOIL and RFOIL and CFD codes for the prediction of airfoil characteristics is briefly described. This chapter then discusses the requirements for wind turbine blade airfoils and the effect of leading edge roughness and Reynolds...book chapter 2023
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Streibelt, Florian (author), Sattler, Patrick (author), Lichtblau, Franziska (author), Hernandez Ganan, C. (author), Feldmann, Anja (author), Gasser, Oliver (author), Fiebig, Tobias (author)DNS is one of the core building blocks of the Internet. In this paper, we investigate DNS resolution in a strict IPv6-only scenario and find that a substantial fraction of zones cannot be resolved. We point out, that the presence of an AAAA resource record for a zone’s nameserver does not necessarily imply that it is resolvable in an IPv6-only...conference paper 2023
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Schwind, Nicolas (author), Demirović, E. (author), Inoue, Katsumi (author), Lagniez, Jean Marie (author)In one of its simplest forms, Team Formation involves deploying the least expensive team of agents while covering a set of skills. While current algorithms are reasonably successful in computing the best teams, the resilience to change of such solutions remains an important concern: Once a team has been formed, some of the agents considered...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Liu, K. (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Borisov, Evgenii (author), Yao, Xiyu (author), Popovich, Anatoly (author), Huizenga, R.M. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Popovich, V. (author)Superelastic metallic materials possessing large recoverable strains are widely used in automotive, aerospace and energy conversion industries. Superelastic materials working at high temperatures and with a wide temperature range are increasingly required for demanding applications. Until recently, high-temperature superelasticity has only...journal article 2023
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Dostanic, M. (author), Windt, Laura (author), Wiendels, Maury (author), van Meer, Berend J. (author), Mummery, Christine L. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Mastrangeli, Massimo (author)We present a novel design of elastic micropillars for tissue self-assembly in engineered heart tissue (EHT) platforms. The innovative tapered profile confines reproducibly the tissue position along the main micropillar axis, increasing the accuracy of tissue contraction force measurement. Polydimethylsiloxane-based pillars were designed and...conference paper 2023
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Li, Wenting (author), Wang, Ping (author), Liang, K. (author)Password-only authentication is one of the most popular secure mechanisms for real-world online applications. But it easily suffers from a practical threat - password leakage, incurred by external and internal attackers. The external attacker may compromise the password file stored on the authentication server, and the insider may...journal article 2023
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Cheng, L. (author), Yang, Fei (author), Seidel, Marc (author), Veljkovic, M. (author)The overall competitiveness of offshore wind turbine towers is significantly influenced by the selection of the connection. The following three types of connections: a conventional bolted ring flange (RF) connection, ring flange connection with defined contact surfaces (RFD), and C1 wedge connection (C1-WC) are considered. A quantitative...journal article 2023
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Baki, B. (author), Basu, S. (author), Lavidas, G. (author)Wind ramps, or rapid changes in wind speed, are a crucial aspect of atmospheric dynamics and have significant implications for various wind energy applications. For example, wind ramps tend to increase uncertainty in power output predictions. Furthermore, they also induce fatigue damage to wind turbines.<br/>In a recent study, DeMarco and Basu ...abstract 2023
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Mancinelli, A. (author), Remes, B.D.W. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Smeur, E.J.J. (author)Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAV are vehicles capable of take-off and landing vertically like helicopters while maintaining the long-range efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft. Unfortunately, due to their wing area, these vehicles are sensitive to wind gusts when hovering. One way to increase the hovering wind-rejection capabilities of hybrid...journal article 2023
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Swillus, M. (author), Zaidman, A.E. (author)Software testing is an integral part of modern software engineering practice. Past research has not only underlined its significance, but also revealed its multi-faceted nature. The practice of software testing and its adoption is influenced by many factors that go beyond tools or technology. This paper sets out to investigate the context of...journal article 2023