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van Marrewijk, A.H. (author), Stjerne, Iben (author), Sydow, Jörg (author)
This editorial scrutinizes the dichotomy of a project’s success and failure, which, in our opinion is too rigid, inflexible, and unnuanced. The aim of this special issue is to nuance this dichotomy by moving toward a process view on how imperfection is brought about in projects. We introduce and discuss five topics important for such a...
contribution to periodical 2024
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Wiedenhöft, Guilherme Costa (author), Alexopoulos, Charalampos (author), Saxena, Stuti (author), Rizun, Nina (author), Matheus, R. (author)
While assessing the potential of a particular digital innovation initiative, especially when it has implications for a range of societal stakeholders, it becomes pertinent to understand the possible bottlenecks in its acceptability as well. In this regard, the present study seeks to understand how the Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives in...
journal article 2023
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Korff, M. (author), Hemel, M. (author), Peters, D.J. (author)
A quay wall directly next to a building, both dating from around 1870, collapsed along the Grimburgwal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 1 September 2020. The historic quay wall consisted of a masonry wall, built of a timber deck supported by several rows of timber piles of about 12 m long. As over 200 km of such quays exists in Amsterdam and...
journal article 2022
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Simons, E.C. (author)
Armour systems for ballistic protection can be made from many materials. One type of material used in armour systems is ceramic. Ceramic materials, such as alumina and silicon carbide, can be beneficial in an armour system because of their high hardness and relatively low weight. The high hardness of the ceramic potentially causes a projectile...
doctoral thesis 2020
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Rajabinezhad, Mojtaba (author), Bahrami, Abbas (author), Mousavinia, Mohammad (author), Seyedi, Seyed Jalil (author), Taheri, P. (author)
This paper investigates the root cause of a failure in gas-turbine blades, made of Nimonic-105 nickel-based superalloy. The failure was reported in two blades in the second stage of a turbine-compressor of a gas turbine in the hot section. Two failed blades were broken from the root and from the airfoil. The failure took place after 20 k h of...
journal article 2020
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Mohammadnejad, Ali (author), Bahrami, Abbas (author), Goli, Majid (author), Dehbashi Nia, Hossein (author), Taheri, P. (author)
This paper investigated a failure in a ventilated disc brake in an automobile. The failed brake disc had been in service for approximately 10 years. The observed failure was in the form of radial cracks that appeared to have initiated at the outer edge of the disc brake. The cracks were rather straight with no branching. Optical microscope,...
journal article 2019
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Liang, K. (author)
Efficient bolted joint design is an essential part of designing the minimum weight aerospace structures, since structural failures usually occur at connections and interface. A comprehensive numerical study of three-dimensional (3D) stress variations is prohibitively expensive for a large-scale structure where hundreds of bolts can be present...
journal article 2017
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Spross, J. (author), Olsson, L. (author), Hintze, S. (author), Stille, H. (author)
To reduce the costs of unexpected geotechnical events in construction projects in Sweden, the Swedish Geotechnical Society has adopted a general methodology for risk management. In this paper, we exemplify how the proposed risk management philosophy could have been applied on a sheet-pile wall, which failed in 1992 in Stockholm because the...
conference paper 2015
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Hammer, M.H.M. (author), Khelil, N. (author)
Since the phenomena of entrepreneurship became popular among scholars and politicians, it seems that it is addressed as "golden formula" for economic growth, regional development and personal wellbeing. Success is motivating and for any reason, maybe because of the Angelo-American dominance in this field, failure is not an option. From...
conference paper 2014
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Khelil, N. (author), Hammer, M.H.M. (author)
Despite the contributions of previous studies, no satisfying answer has been provided to explain why some entrepreneurs decided to exit from entrepreneurship. This question will remain extremely complex and difficult to answer if researchers continue to study this phenomenon using uni-dimensional and/or binary approach. The aim of this paper is...
conference paper 2013
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Del Frate, L. (author)
Failure is a central notion both in ethics of engineering and in engineering practice. Engineers devote considerable resources to assure their products will not fail and considerable progress has been made in the development of tools and methods for understanding and avoiding failure. Engineering ethics, on the other hand, is concerned with the...
journal article 2012
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Moonen, P. (author), Sluys, L.J. (author), Carmeliet, J. (author)
A macroscopic framework to model heat transfer in materials and composites, subjected to physical degradation, is proposed. The framework employs the partition of unity concept and captures the change from conduction-dominated transfer in the initial continuum state to convection and radiation-dominated transfer in the damaged state. The...
journal article 2011
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Oumeraci, H. (author), Staal, T. (author), Pfoertner, S. (author), Kudella, M. (author), Schimmels, S. (author), Verhagen, H.J. (author)
Elastomeric bonded permeable revetments, also called PBA (Polyurethane bonded aggregate) revetments, are highly porous structures made of mineral aggregates (e.g. crushed stones) which are durably and elastically bonded by polyurethane (PU). Despite their numerous advantages as compared to conventional revetments and the large experience...
conference paper 2010
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Bos, F.P. (author)
This dissertation proposes the Integrated Approach to Structural Glass Safety, based on four clearly defined element safety properties, damage sensitivity, relative resistance, redundancy, and fracture mode. The Element Safety Diagram (ESD) is introduced to provide an easy-to-read graphical representation of these properties. The safety...
doctoral thesis 2009
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Van der Meer, F.P. (author), Sluys, L.J. (author)
conference paper 2009
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Vu, T.T.A. (author)
Failure analysis of sea dikes in the northern part of Viet Nam. Solutions to improve the present dikes in a cost efficient way.
report 2003
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Calle, E.O.F. (author), Knoeff, J.G. (author), Verheij, H.J. (author)
report 2003
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Van der Linden, M.L.R. (author)
In this paper an easy-to-use design model for timber-concrete composite beams is discussed. The model is applicable for computer simulations as well as for hand calculations. A research programme was started in 1992 in co-operation with the University of Karlsruhe, to study the loadbearing capacities of timber-concrete composite beams that are...
journal article 1999
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Bos, J.F.T. (author), Oort, M.J.A. (author)
Currently Fokker Space B.V. is developing the European Robotic Arm (ERA) under contract of the European Space Agency (ESA). ERA's main mission is the assembly and servicing of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station Alpha. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the safety requirements, given the specific possibilities and...
report 1997
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Verolme, J.L. (author)
doctoral thesis 1995
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