The integration of sustainability in competence based higher education: Using competences as a starting point to achieve sustainable higher education

This paper deals with two characteristics of 21st century higher education: the emergence of competence-based education and the reorientation of education towards sustainable development. It focuses on how these two, seemingly opposing, elements can be combined to strengthen the integration of sustainable development in higher education....

The Application of Robust Control Theory Concepts to Mechanical Servo Systems

H(infinity) control of an experimental inverted pendulum with dry friction

Stereographic projection for three-dimensional global discontinuous Galerkin atmospheric modeling

Collapse dynamics of two-dimensional dry and immersed granular columns of elongated grains

The collapse dynamics and runout of columns of elongated grains in two dimensions are numerically investigated in dry and immersed conditions, by means of an unresolved finite elements/discrete elements model. The elongated grains are modeled as rigid aggregates of disks. The column aspect ratio is systematically varied from 0.125 to 16 in order...

Submesoscale tidal eddies in the wake of coral islands and reefs: Satellite data and numerical modelling

Interaction of tidal flow with a complex topography and bathymetry including headlands, islands, coral reefs and shoals create a rich submesoscale field of tidal jets, vortices, unsteady wakes, lee eddies and free shear layers, all of which impact marine ecology. A unique and detailed view of the submesoscale variability in a part of the...

Discontinuous Galerkin modeling of the Columbia River's coupled estuary-plume dynamics

The Columbia River (CR) estuary is characterized by high river discharge and strong tides that generate high velocity flows and sharp density gradients. Its dynamics strongly affects the coastal ocean circulation. Tidal straining in turn modulates the stratification in the estuary. Simulating the hydrodynamics of the CR estuary and plume...

A fully consistent and conservative vertically adaptive coordinate system for SLIM 3D v0.4 with an application to the thermocline oscillations of Lake Tanganyika

The discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method is well suited for the modelling, with a relatively small number of elements, of three-dimensional flows exhibiting strong velocity or density gradients. Its performance can be highly enhanced by having recourse to r-adaptivity. Here, a vertical adaptive mesh method is developed for DG finite...

Normal modes and resonance in Ontario Lacus: a hydrocarbon lake of Titan

The natural modes of Ontario Lacus surface oscillations, the largest lake in Titan’s southern hemisphere, are simulated and analyzed as they are potentially of broad interest in a variety of dynamical researches. We found that tidal forces are too low in frequency to excite the (barotropic) normal modes. Broadband wind forcing likely spans...

An implicit wetting–drying algorithm for the discontinuous Galerkin method: Application to the Tonle Sap, Mekong River Basin

The accurate simulation of wetting–drying processes in floodplains and coastal zones is a challenge for hydrodynamic modelling, especially for long time simulations. Indeed, dedicated numerical procedures are generally time-consuming, instabilities can occur at the wet/dry front, rapid transition of wet/dry interface and mass conservation are...

De rijwerk-konstruktie van een lostoren: gevolgen en effekten van diameterverschil tussen twee wielen op een as

Het (ont)sporen van een kunststof band over een scheefstaande rol

Simulatie van het dynamisch gedrag van AGV

Het (ont)sporen van een kunststof band over een scheefstaande rol (summary)

Elektrische aandrijvingen en regeling van hijswerken

Het (ont)sporen van een kunststof band over een scheefstaande rol (summary)