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Groen, Pieter (author)The inland waterways are an important part of the freight transport system of the Netherlands. In the coming years, a lot of maintenance and construction works are needed to keep the network operational. This can temporarily impact the availability of the waterways section which can have negative effects on the performance of inland vessels and...master thesis 2020
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Orer, Ekin (author)In the post processing of acquired wind tunnel force measurements, propeller-driven aircrafts need a preliminary correction of the propeller slipstream. Propeller slipstream effect has two major contributions to the flow field. The first one is the increase in dynamic pressure and the second is the addition of rotation in the flow field. Without...master thesis 2020
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Roelvink, Y. (author)In this report, we will focus on simulating galaxy observations with the Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift Mapper (DESHIMA). To do so, we will discuss and evaluate two main parts needed to accurately perform such a simulation:<br/><br/>Firstly, we will answer the question whether Time-dependent End-to-end Model for Post-process Optimization ...bachelor thesis 2020
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Chaturvedi, Rishabh (author)Commercial greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are proliferating, as is the concern among freight carriers to minimize their carbon footprint. From a corporate point of view, the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) expects aircraft emissions to triple by 2050, with aviation accounting for 25% of the world's carbon...master thesis 2020
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Ognjanović, U. (author)In this report we present a model to simulate the performance and robustness of the Charge-Resonance Check (CR-Check) in the Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center. The CR-Check is a routine which verifies that the charge state of the NV center is NV$^-$ and that the lasers, addressing the NV center, are on resonance with the optical lines. This is done...bachelor thesis 2020
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Bakker, B.J. (author)Building models for an electric vehicles usage data set in order to simulate virtual populations of these electric vehicle users. With these simulated populations charging strategies for electric vehicle users could be developed in order to improve the use of electric vehicles. The modeling is done with copula functions, and are compared with...bachelor thesis 2020
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van der Steeg, J.J. (author)With the increasing amount of container freight transport and the increasing size of container vessels, for the Port of Antwerp, the second largest container port in Europe, a critical task is port planning. A simulation model provides the means to gain proper insight in the effect of future expansions. Macomi, a company specialized in...master thesis 2020
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Athanasiadis, Omiros (author)The question of how well in terms of safety can a driver take over control of an automated vehicle in response to an emergency situation is of crucial importance. Most of the studies performed so far focus on the drivers’ reaction times and the mechanisms behind the transition. In this study, an effort is made to incorporate the braking times...master thesis 2020
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Huijten, Esmee (author)Ultra-wideband submillimeter observations are crucial to study the process of star and galaxy formation and for characterizing cosmic dust in the interstellar medium. The Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift Mapper 2.0 (DESHIMA 2.0) will use an integrated superconducting spectrometer chip with a 220-440 GHz band coverage and a spectral resolution of...bachelor thesis 2020
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Caminada, Sytze (author)Serious games have the potential to be used as an innovative data collection method. Combining this with Discrete Choice Modelling (DCM) could create a methodology that provides insight into the player's behaviour and allows for creating a realistic simulation. This innovative Game and Choice Based Simulation (GCBS) methodology has been...master thesis 2019
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Mazouz, Rayan (author)Autonomously landing a spacecraft on the surface of a planetary body with a degree of precision in the order of meters is highly challenging. Over the course of time, the landing ellipse, defined as the region with a 99% likelihood of where a space vehicle will land, has improved steadily but currently still has dimensions in the order of...master thesis 2019
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Hoogvliet, Jonathan (author)Reinforcement learning (RL) is a model-free adaptive approach to learn a non-linear control law for flight control. However, for flat-RL (FRL) the size of the search space grows exponentially with the number of states, resulting in low sample efficiency. This research aims to improve the efficiency with Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL)....master thesis 2019
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Gan, Zhirun (author)With the development of market globalization, the demand for an efficient and safe nautical chain in the deep-sea port increases. The complexity of nautical service network boosts the request from port authority to ask for a state-of-the-art simulation model that can improve the performance of nautical chain in the port level. The research aims...master thesis 2019
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Henny, Jasper (author)This document details a lab study into bimanual synchronised haptics, followed by the design of a product that can be used in combination with the SenseGlove to provide their wearer with haptic feedback based on how they operate a steering mechanism in Virtual Reality. The Dutch Ministry of Defense approached SenseGlove B.V., a company...master thesis 2019
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Kota, Kubair (author)Size effects influence the behavior of composites and have a great effect on their properties such as strength, type of failure, etc. The effects of size of the specimen on the behavior of composite laminates were studied based on numerical analyses of sharp and blunt notched [45/90/-45/0] 4s carbon/epoxy composite laminates. Five different...student report 2019
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van Halem, Pieter (author)This thesis introduces a new algorithm for optimising shipping routes within a dredging project. Highly dynamic and time-dependent hydrodynamic features influence shipping routes. Due to the complex interactions between the horizontal tide, vertical tide, stratifying forces, wind-driven forces, and limited water-depth, shipping routes were...master thesis 2019
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Eijkens, Casper (author)The present thesis approaches the improvement of the performance metrics of industrially fabricated solar cells. It aims to develop an optimization method that uses machine learning to identify an improved configuration of solar cell production lines. Conventional methods for process improvement rely on modelling experimental data to improve a...master thesis 2019
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Hilverda, Ingmar (author)Local emission of especially particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) are haz- ardous for people living in close proximity. The municipality of Rotterdam can not yet comply with national regulation regarding N Ox and the current levels of N Ox pose a health risk for society (Gemeente Rotterdam). The Port of Rotterdam and local government...master thesis 2019
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Reinhard, Patrick (author)The main objective of this study is to quantify interference effects between production and injection wells for geothermal projects that operate within the same reservoir. The secondary objective is to study the time it takes for the reservoir unit to thermally recharge after production has stopped. Two reservoir simulators are benchmarked to...master thesis 2019
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Rambharos, Shanita (author)Persuasive games have great properties for facilitating lasting attitude change for complex societal issues, making them a valuable tool for achieving attitude change towards cooperation and information sharing that is often necessary for effective multi-actor decision-making. It is assumed that persuasive game design principles are key drivers...master thesis 2019