Comparison of Potential Flow and CFD for a Column With Heave Plate

Floating offshore wind turbines can only withstand a limited amount of (heave) motions before the equipment fails. In order to reduce the heave motion, the DeepCwind floater for offshore floating wind turbines makes use of heave plates. This semi-submersible floater consists of three cylindrical columns with a heave plate attached to the bottom...

An evaluation method for exhibitions of the Maritime museum Rotterdam

This project report describes the process of the development of an evaluation process for family exhibitions in the Maritime Museum Rotterdam. It is focusing on collecting qualitative feedback from families, consisting out of children between 8 and 12 years old and their parent or grandparents. The Maritime Museum Rotterdam has various...

Energy Absorption of Additively Manufactured Lattices: On biomimetic abstraction of structural principles toward increased energy absorption in lattice structures

Cellular solids are characteristically excellent energy absorbers due to their capacity to store large amounts of energy through compression. A bioinspired design approach identified the Pomelo fruit (Citrus Maximus) as a biological role model for energy absorption. Fruit peels’ biologically most important functions lies in the need to provide...

Understanding and modeling the process of resuspension of fines in the coastal zone; case Khalifa Port

=Introduction= Worldwide there is an increasing amount of dredging activities, due to increasing demand for transport of goods over the world. These project are more and more near sensitive nature reserves and thereby a potential threat of biodiversity; which is a major concern for port developers, authorities, environmental organizations and...

Alignment Tool for E-beam Projection Lens Assembly: Design of a High Precision Alignment Tool

Het effect van gaten in de sandwichwand onder Amsterdam Centraal

Voor de Noord/Zuidlijn wordt er onder het Centraal station in Amsterdam een metrotunnel gebouwd. Eerst wordt het stationsgebouw opgevangen door een tafelconstructie. De poten van de tafelconstructie vormen de grondkering voor een kanaal onder het station waarin een tunnelelement via het IJ wordt ingevaren en wordt afgezonken. Voor het tunneldeel...