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Reijers, Rico (author)Numerous traffic bridges have been constructed over the last 150 years. Because bridges are commonly built based on an expected lifetime of 75 to 100 years, a large quantity of bridges are reaching the end of their design lifetime, or even are far overdue. To ensure these bridges remain operational without experiencing catastrophic failures,...master thesis 2024
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Guijt, Andries (author)The building and construction industry is one of the main polluting sectors contributing to climate change, and is responsible for around 37% of global CO2 emissions. A circular approach is needed to address the global demand for construction materials and resources in a sustainable way. Steel is a commonly used material in construction and...master thesis 2023
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Piekema, Annelotte (author)Delayed maintenance is a major issue in Europe, including the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam recently started a large-scale maintenance project to renew (renovate or replace) many bridges: an issue that other cities will have to face soon. Decision-making for bridge programming (deciding which bridges should be renewed simultaneously using...master thesis 2023
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Milev, Vesko (author)Concrete and Steel are the materials with the largest market share in the construction industry and have been for a long time.<br/>With environmental awareness increasing, timber is regaining popularity due to the potential for carbon neutral and even carbon negative construction.<br/>Use of structural wood elements in bridges, however, is often...master thesis 2022
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Sluijter, Vera (author)The infrastructure industry currently deals with two issues: the deterioration of (highway) bridges, and the urge to reduce emissions by the construction sector. Rijkswaterstaat must repair or replace hundreds of bridges in the upcoming decades. At the same time, the impact of human behaviour on climate change becomes more visible and must be...master thesis 2021
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Stasiulis, Rokas (author)The Maashaven Bridge unlocks the potential of Maashaven - utilizing the factor of an iconic intervention, the harbor transformation process is kick-started and a previously industrial waterfront redevelops the urban identity of the harbor and Rotterdam South to a lively urban environment. The floating structure addresses the needs of the...master thesis 2021
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Wellen, Fleur (author), Winkel, Sander (author), Vrinds, Thijs (author), van der Voort, Tjalie (author)In Chile, the Biobío river separates the cities of Concepción and San Pedro de la Paz. Bridges crossing the Biobío river ensure a fast and dependable connection, which contributes to the transport options in the region. With the Biobío region being the second largest contributor to the country's GDP, an unreliable transport network is highly...student report 2019
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Salet, Jesse (author)Recent major tsunami events generated by earthquakes inundated coastal cities and caused extreme destruction and loss of human lives. The collapse of coastal bridges due to tsunami wave impact represents a huge obstacle for rescue works. The need to understand tsunami effects and develop tsunami-resilient bridges became apparent in the aftermath...master thesis 2019
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Verkade, Floortje (author)During the past decade, durability and sustainability has become more and more important in the building industry. By using no steel reinforcement, which has with high carbon emission and is sensitivity to corrosion, the structure should have a longer life span with less maintenance and a lower carbon footprint.<br/>To get more information on...master thesis 2019
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Scheele, Bram (author)In this thesis, research is performed into parametric design of balanced cantilever bridges within the total road design. The main research question is: What can be achieved by using a parametric model in the preliminary design phase, with the possibility to optimize and compare concrete bridges on material usage, costs and environmental impact?...master thesis 2019
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Speksnijder, Stijn (author)This master thesis presents a research & design project, aimed at finding a new use for decommissioned wind turbine blades. Wind energy is becoming a major source of renewable energy. As a result, a large stream of wind turbine materials arises. Most of these materials can be recycled very well, but the rotor blades pose a big problem after...master thesis 2018
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Zarifis, George (author)The last decades Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) structures start to find their own place in the field of civil engineering applications and quite lately in bridge engineering. Composites are considered highly versatile materials that offer great tailoring on their design. Synthetic fibers and resins are already quite popular especially in...master thesis 2018
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Boerop, Yannick (author)Crossing Bridges is a design proposal located in Luxembourg city. The project deals deals with the city's specific urban territorial condition, as a clear physical and social issue. The distinctive topography of the city divides the city into plateaus and valleys with almost opposite identities. This dichotomy between the urban setting on the...master thesis 2018
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van Baalen, Sander (author)Research in using Topology optimisation as a tool to improve the design process of bridge design. The research focuses on implementing Topology optimisation in the design process of architects and engineers. As an example topology optimisation is used to propose a design for a pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam.master thesis 2017
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Mostert, P.N. (author)This report describes the research done on the possibilities of a structural element in the built environment made using the ‘coreless’ filament winding composite forming technique. The focus lies with the combination of a loadbearing capacity and an aesthetic value specifically derived from this production technique. This is done by the design...master thesis 2015
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Van den Hof, P.H.M. (author)The defined project location is strongly delimited by different infrastructures. The first limiting factor is the two railway and metro lines, which are on approximately five meters high overpasses cutting the site from north to south. Secondly there is a main road that wraps around the eastern and northern border of the site. And finally the...master thesis 2014
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Jol, J.J. (author)Fatigue damage is a common problem in a lot of bridges with orthotropic steel decks. Frequent maintenance is required to prevent aggravation of the problems, which gives a lot of nuisance for the traffic using the bridge. This comes especially into play at large (river) crossings where not many alternatives are available. Therefore, methods are...master thesis 2014
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La Roi, F.M. (author)The amount of travelers from and to the Dutch city Almere will grow from 40.000 back in 2009 to 100.00 in 2030. This requires intensive infrastructural improvements to the current situation of Almere. One of the main improvements of the network will be the redesign of the central station of the city. The current station is situated around a...master thesis 2012
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Van Vliet, E. (author)In skew bridges torsion occurs. This leads to a substantial amount of reinforcement stirrups. Minalu already did research to torsion in bridge decks with different types of finite element models. The question when torsion cracks will really occur is still unanswered. This question is the main subject of this research. The focus of the research...master thesis 2012