Non-collocated methods to infer deformation in steel structures: The magnetomechanical effect in cylindrical structures subjected to impact loads

Increasing demand for energy from renewable sources has resulted in ambitious plans to construct a large number of offshore wind farms in the coming years. In relatively shallow water depths, the preferred support structure for wind turbines is the steel monopile, which is a thin-walled cylindrical structure. To decrease the cost of the...

Variable-scale Geo-information

The use of geo-information is changing by the advent of new mobile devices, such as tablet-pc's that harness a lot of computing power. This type of information is more and more applied in mainstream digital consumer products, in a net-centric environment (i.e. dissemination takes place via the Internet) and the advances in mobile hardware also...

Settlement during vibratory sheet piling

During vibratory sheet piling quite often the soil near the sheet pile wall will settle. In many cases this is not a problem. For situations with houses, pipelines, roads or railroads at relative short distance these settlements may not be acceptable. The purpose of the research described in this thesis is to develop a model that is capable of...

Synergy in polycentric urban regions: Complementarity, organising capacity and critical mass

This thesis focuses on relationships between cities in Polycentric Urban Regions (PURs), which are regions containing proximate but distinct cities that are rather similar in size. A classic example is the Randstad. The extent to which there are synergies between cities in PURs is explored. The author develops theories on synergy in PURs and...

Computational modelling of chloride ingress in concrete

Corrosion of aluminium brazing sheet, Corrosie van aluminium hardsoldeer plaat

Onderzoek naar organische stoffen in rivierwater en drinkwater

Doubly-periodic stress distributions in perforated plated