A place for intimacy in elderly care

Intimacy is important for every human being. It contributes to our social contacts, physical health and quality of life. Intimacy also plays an important role in the lives of elderly, despite certain prejudices. Nevertheless, there is often a lack of attention for intimacy in elderly care. This graduation project therefore aims to give intimacy...

The sound of plastic: A proof-of-concept for detecting suspended riverine macroplastics with echo sounding

Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems is a global problem. Rivers transport large quantities of litter from land to the oceans. Plastics of different sizes and properties are widely present at various locations in river systems. Concerning macroplastics, previous studies mainly focussed on floating plastics, however, substantial parts of the...

Optimisation of smart-and Vehicle-to-Grid charging strategies in distribution networks: based on charging behaviour analysis

Currently in the energy system of the Netherlands, lower level consumer demand flexibility is rather obsolete due to sufficient capacity limits of the distribution network and supply of capacity mechanisms by large industrial actors. However, in the upcoming 10- 20 years, the power system is in transition to become decentralised with a higher...

Physical model tests on stability and interlocking of new breakwater armour block Crablock

The protection of breakwater structures is in this research considered. The design of rubble mound concrete armour layers for breakwaters can be divided in a single layer system and a double layer system. The single layer system is nowadays mostly applied because of the high interlocking, high stability of the structure, reduction of concrete...

Breach Erosion of Earth Dams

In this report a breach erosion model for earth dams is presented. Descriptions of historical earth dam failures and data of (field) experiments are used to form a model in which the geometric development of the breach is emphasised. Three components form the basis of this model: 1. A water balance in which the inflow into the upstream reservoir...