Fatigue design investigation of the main- to cross-girder connection in steel railway bridges: A study on the beam railway bridges of the Oostertoegang in Amsterdam

Over the past few decades, the Netherlands has built numerous steel railway bridges to improve its infrastructure. The repeated loading from railway traffic makes steel bridges susceptible to fatigue damage. The stress ranges at fatigue-prone locations are generally higher in railway bridges than in road traffic bridges. Due to the limited space...

Designing a sensuous eating experience to connect a couple in a romantic relationship

Positive interactions amongst couples improve the quality of the romantic relationship they are part of along with their sense of well-being. It is known that maintaining a relationship takes active participation and work to avoid ending up in a relationship rut. Therefore, spending time together is a constructive way to maintain such a...

The road to sustainable load bearing glass designs: possibilities and limitations of current glass design with focus on the connections

Despite the increased popularity of the application of load bearing glass in the built environment, its design does rarely address sustainable or circular aspects. This Master’s Thesis analyses what the influence of connections is on the sustainable performance of structural glass and informs about the limitations and possibilities of sustainable...

Enabling family connections through fluid play

Smartphones and digital devices are ingrained within modern family life. While they provide many benefits they also create a social gap between parents and children. Interests of parents and children often do not align, as parents tend to prefer physical activities, showing a reluctance towards the prefered digital play of children (Hoika, E.,...

Connection between concrete columns and continuous floors with integrated steel beams

This research studies a simplified connection between one storey high concrete columns and the continuous floors with an integrated steel beam, of the THQ type, carrying hollow core slabs and covered by a reinforced structural screed. The final goal is to determine the strength of the connection. This is done with a calculation method, which may...

Hybrid Frame: An urban program generator for a shrinking city

The design project based in Genova develops the possibility of reconnecting an urban void to the existing urban fabric, through the implementation of an architectural and infrastructural frame which is saturated with program, so that the new connection proposed becomes also a destination for the city.

Design and analysis of a wedge connection for offshore foundations

The offshore wind industry is developing larger turbines, often placed in deeper water. This requires larger foundations. The predominant foundation type is the steel monopile, typically consisting of two large diameter pipes, the monopile (MP) and the transition piece (TP). The Wedge Connection is a new type of connection between these...

Additive Manufactured Glass Connection: The polyester glass connection

For this thesis an additively manufactured(AM) glass connection was researched. The aim was to see if it was possible to use plastic based AM for end use parts in the façade. This was done in three parts, which are presented in this thesis. The first part consists of research in all currently available technology that could be used to create...

La Ville et La mer

A modular approach to the reconnection between the city and the sea in the Moroccan context.