Study for a Quantitative Risk Assessment on Accidental Actions

Lately structural safety is an often discussed subject in The Netherlands. Recent collapses have made people question if our buildings are actually safe enough. Research shows that the individual probability of death due to structural failure is below the limit of 10-5 per year. However, it is unknown if every single building is safe enough as...

Future fuels for chemical tankers

Feasibility study to the applicability of alternative fuels on chemical tankers. Only summary available because of confidentiality.

Receding Horizon Control of Perturbed Railway Network Operation

Railway networks, such as the one in the Netherlands, form an important means of transportation, both for passengers, as well as for transporting goods. Train services carrying passengers often run according to a predefined schedule or timetable. When those train services are delayed, for example due to accidents or malfunctioning rolling stock,...

Laser Doppler metingen van deeltjessnelheden in gritstralen

Gritstralen is een veel gebruikte verfverwijderingstechniek die gebruik maakt van kleine, kantige deeltjes die versneld worden door perslucht. De noodzaak om efficiënter om te gaan met de hierbij gebruikte straalmiddelen wordt steeds sterker vanwege stringentere milieueisen en sterke concurrentie van de lage lonen landen. Om het gritstraalproces...