Wheel-rail interaction at short-wave irregularities

Short-wave irregularities in the wheel-rail interface are at the basis of track and vehicle damage and deterioration. On the short term, they result into high dynamic train-track interaction forces and a high energy input into the system that must be dissipated in the different system components or "levels", leading on its turn to progressive...

Super elements in high-rise buildings under stochastic wind load

The design of tall and irregularly shaped buildings becomes more and more usual. A profound understanding of the force transfer and the serviceability conditions in these types of structures is needed. The considered buildings have a building plan that is not constant along the height and the effects of the in-plane floor stiffnesses coupling...

High Capacity Integrated Optical Receivers

De stap over de horizon: Een ontleding van het formele ontwerp in de landschapsarchitectuur

Rotational motion of molecules and molecular groups in the solid state studied by neutron scattering