The design of a manually operated compliant mechanism steerable needle for high dose-rate brachytherapy of the prostate

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and third in terms of mortality. High dose rate brachytherapy is a common and effective treatment to treat this cancer. High dose rate brachytherapy requires the implantation of several needles into the prostate trough which a radiation source is introduced. This implantation can present a number...

Fault Tolerant Control and Reliability Assessment of Modular PMSM Drive Systems

This report proposes an approach to implement improved Fault Tolerant (FT) control in a modular Open Winding (OW) Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) drive system. The report also proposes a reliability assessment on FT converter topologies and the effect of layering redundancy. An existing lab setup is used as a case study to create a...

Validation and verification of plastic axisymmetric collapse criteria of ring-stiffened perfect cylindrical shell under external hydrostatic pressure

Alternative approaches to financing innovation

Introduction – The principle of shareholder value maximization raises concerns about reduced levels of investment in innovation (Lazonick, 2011a). Since shareholder value maximization entails to maximize profits for the shareholders of corporations, the principle is connected to the allocation of capital in markets. There are concerns about the...

Modeling the impact of climate and land use change on discharges in the Citarum river

A report of modeling discharges of the Citarum river in relation to rainfall, climate change and land use change.

The economic and environmental potential of electric cars within the Amsterdam Airport Corridor

Electric cars currently receive much attention. Schiphol Group considers the uptake of electric cars an interesting solution to decrease transport related emissions around the airport. This research considers four different passenger transport services within the Amsterdam Airport Corridor. To assess the economic and environmental potential of...