Reading and writing urban myths: Exploring the imaginary narrative of myths to read and write Delft

Throughout humanity, we have told each other stories to explain the world around us. Stories of myths, folklore and legends, used to connect us with our physical environment, their objects, events and processes. Nowadays we mostly use scientific stories to explore our landscape.<br/> <br/>In landscape architecture we also use scientific stories...

Petani Pasar Marabunta (Farmer Market): Transforming a colonial heritage building to a fish market by providing a circular water source and public local economic values for the community of Bandarharjo, Semarang

The Marabunta Farmer Market (Petani Pasar) project is a fish market design proposal for water-related integrations in the coastal community of Bandarharjo, Semarang. Located on the north coast of Java, Semarang city was an important port and centre for food trading activities. These local activities, such as fishery, markets, street...

Implementation of a collaborative environment to support the integration of 3^rd generation MDO frameworks

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) frameworks, capable of performing overall aircraft design studies become too complex to be comprehended by a single team of experts. Therefore, there is an increasing need to develop distributed analysis frameworks in which both tools and experts are integrated in a single network. This poses great...

Los Angeles: The metropolis and five stages of modernity

‘the metropolis and five stages of modernity’ is an explorative research on contemporary ecologies and the historic (re)-emergence of public domain, infrastructure and urban form in Los Angeles

Ultra Rapid UnderPass: The adaption of the URUP method for the Netherlands

With the URUP (Ultra Rapid UnderPass) method short underpasses for cyclists and pedestrians below roads and railways can be constructed. With this method a tunnel boring machine (TBM) starts on surface, bores an underpass, and ends on surface. The cross section of the underpass has a rectangular shape. Contractor Van Hattum en Blankevoort (VHB)...

Designing a position sensor system for Active Magnetic Bearings

In this thesis report, two sensor systems for measuring the position of a levitated spindle are proposed. An off-the-shelf optical sensor is used and the results of the implementation are discussed. Furthermore a capacitive sensor system is designed, consisting of a capacitive ring, sensor plates and signal conditioning. Testing shows both of...

Designing a position sensor system for Active Magnetic Bearings

In this thesis report, two sensor systems for measuring the position of a levitated spindle are proposed. An off-the-shelf optical sensor is used and the results of the implementation are discussed. Furthermore a capacitive sensor system is designed, consisting of a capacitive ring, sensor plates and signal conditioning. Testing shows both of...

Slufterloswal: Onderzoek naar een bergingslocatie voor havenslib uit het Rotterdamse havengebied

Dit verslag zal alleen het z.g. "Slufterplan" behandelen. Het is gebaseerd op de uitgangspunten van het hiervoor vermeldde Slufterloswal rapport (lit.3), waarbij de nadruk zal liggen op de stabiliteit van het opgespoten strand aan de zeezijde van het Slufterplan. Daartoe zijn voor het Slufterplan verschillende alternatieve tracés van de omkading...