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Meisters, Thomas (author)VDL Weweler has developed a novel heat treatment approach for their trailing arms, which eliminates the traditional austenisation step and instead capitalises on the inherent heat used for hot-forming to austenise the steel before quenching. This not only saves energy, but surprisingly also improves the lifetime of the products. The underlying...master thesis 2023
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Schagen, Brian (author)The current understanding of auxetic metamaterials in structural engineering applications is limited. Auxetic materials exhibit lateral contraction under compressive loads, possessing a negative Poisson's ratio. The research addresses this gap, focusing on the use of auxetics for steel reinforcement in structural concrete elements to enhance...master thesis 2023
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Romijn, Kasja (author)Over the past few decades, the Netherlands has built numerous steel railway bridges to improve its infrastructure. The repeated loading from railway traffic makes steel bridges susceptible to fatigue damage. The stress ranges at fatigue-prone locations are generally higher in railway bridges than in road traffic bridges. Due to the limited space...master thesis 2023
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Aardoom, Koen (author)To stick to climate change targets and reduce global carbon emissions, the building sector needs to adopt a circular economy. In the steel sector, reuse or elements can reduce carbon emissions which are created in today's steel scrap recycling practices. This thesis contributes to closing the knowledge gap on design, costs, and environmental...master thesis 2023
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ten Hove, Jelle (author)The Dutch government was mandated by the national court in May 2019 to address high nitrogen-oxide levels, threatening construction permits to be canceled if target values are not met. As the agrarian sector contributed significantly to nitrogen-oxide emissions, reductions in this sector were necessary. Ongoing protests by farmers indicate the...master thesis 2023
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Guijt, Andries (author)The building and construction industry is one of the main polluting sectors contributing to climate change, and is responsible for around 37% of global CO2 emissions. A circular approach is needed to address the global demand for construction materials and resources in a sustainable way. Steel is a commonly used material in construction and...master thesis 2023
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Ruminy, Justine (author)The climate emergency calls for a global shift towards a low-carbon economy, to preserve natural resources and biodiversity, while limiting global warming and its consequences. This project focuses on the impact of distribution centres, intended for the storage of commercial goods. Warehouses are characterised by large flexible spaces and simple...master thesis 2023
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Rademaker, Geke (author)The steel sector is responsible for 4-5% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Reusing structural steel elements can potentially decrease the need for the production of new steel. However, designing a load-bearing structure with reusable elements poses challenges to the design process. The starting point of the process is different...master thesis 2022
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van Looveren, Hugo (author)Timber usage in construction works has increased over the past years due to its better environmental performance. Applying timber elements instead of steel or concrete decreases the emissions impact of the built environment. Architect firm ZJA and Iv-consult are interested in investigating a timber railway bridge as part of the Norwegian...master thesis 2022
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van den Ende, B. (author)Steel wheels are often essential parts for heavy construction equipment, such as constructed by Huisman. These steel wheels must endure heavy loads. In order to prevent downtime, costs and to guarantee safety, it is important that the steel wheels do not fail. One important failure mode is failure resulting from subsurface initiated cracks. This...master thesis 2021
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Suresh, Anjana (author)The global production of steel in a year is in the range of several millions of tonnes due to its essential function in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, and construction among others. However, a major challenge faced by the steel industry in the development of new steel grades is the inability to predict surface behaviour, such as...master thesis 2021
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Kroes, Amarins (author)Buildings influence the environment due to the emission of greenhouse gases, energy use, water consumption, and waste generation. The load-bearing structures of buildings also have a significant share in these emissions. Currently, European and national regulations oblige to focus on sustainability in designs as well. In this research, it is...master thesis 2021
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Koufis, Stratos (author)Quenching and partitioning (Q&P) is a novel processing route that can create microstructures that combine high strength, ductility and easy formability without the excess use of alloying elements by also keeping the production cost low. Therefore, this method is ideal to be applied to steels that are used in the automotive industry. The...master thesis 2020
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Broekhuis, Hilde (author)Strain rate, how fast a material is strained, is known to have an effect on the behaviour of metals. Being able to measure the effect of strain rate in a material provides more reliable material data as input for material models. Strain rates up to 10 per second can be tested using a (fast) hydraulic testing machine. Strain rates upwards from...master thesis 2020
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Rodenburg, Jorrit (author)Offshore wind turbines are designed to persist harsh environmental conditions, including corrosion. Pitting corrosion is one of the most dangerous forms of corrosion. In combination with a fatigue loading, a corrosion pit could result into the failure of a structure, due to a minimal weight reduction. Of the corrosion fatigue process, the...master thesis 2020
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van Hasselt, Mark (author)The e-bike market is growing rapidly. E-bikes are becoming a viable alternative to the car for the daily commute, mainly because of better batteries and lighter frames. For Mokumono, a small company that produces sheet metal formed bicycles, this is a great opportunity. A sheet steel formed e-bike frame was designed to fit the image and style of...master thesis 2020
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Hasan, Arsel (author)The most commonly used material in the automotive industry is steel. Steel used in making Body-In-White (BIW) for cars are broadly classified as Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). These AHSS are produced by a well-defined alloying and specific annealing procedure. However, external oxidation of the constituent alloying elements from the steel...master thesis 2020
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van Vliet, Marc (author)This report investigates the potential reduction of steel weight for offshore wind turbine supporting jacket structures, if conventional welded joints are replaced by innovative wrapped FRP joints. This new type of connection is under development by Dr. Marko Pavlovic at the Delft University of Technology, and shows outstanding fatigue...master thesis 2019
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Moussa, Salah (author)Steel plants are one of the largest sources of waste heat. Waste heat recovery throughout the steelmaking process is not a new phenomenon. One of the sources of waste heat is found in the coke plant. Cokes are an essential part of steel production. During the coking process hot cokes are cooled down. Most coke plants in the world traditionally...master thesis 2019
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Sarri, Alkyoni (author)The building and construction sector play a key role in achieving a sustainable development. In European countries, buildings are responsible for 40-45% of energy consumption, leading to significant amounts of CO2 emissions. The implementation of reusable structures lead to less waste and harmful emissions to the environment. The main purpose of...master thesis 2019
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