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Tarantini, Daniele (author)In the last decades, the excessive increase in average global temperature related to a massive rise in greenhouse gas emissions showed the world how the fossil fuel society we live in today is drastically modifying and destroying the world we live in and is turning it in an un-habitable planet. Scientist all over the world made it clear that if...master thesis 2021
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Bindhu Sreevalsan, Devika (author)Over the past few decades, there has been a steep increase in efforts to generate electricity from clean and renewable energy sources so as to reduce consumption of fossil fuels. A considerable amount of research is in progress to explore the scope of various sustainable power sources; among which tidal energy is estimated to have a huge...master thesis 2021
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Carver, Lindsey (author)Pre-fermentation of influent has been proposed as a method to improve phosphorus removal capacity, granulation, and simultaneous nitrification denitrification for aerobic granular sludge plants. This thesis sought to determine the influence of increasing VFA concentrations on performance of aerobic granular sludge plants and key considerations...master thesis 2020
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Ruis, Sidi (author)The ongoing worldwide energy transition has prompted significant scientific interest in energy storage. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have become a standard for energy storage in mobile devices and electric vehicles for their mass-energy density. While industry standard lithium-ion cells are currently based on liquid electrolytes, solid...bachelor thesis 2020
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Spannenburg, Trevor (author)Amsterdam and many other cities consist of a network of old quay walls, which sometimes have been constructed over a century ago. A large uncertainty exists concerning the current safety of these quay walls and their remaining service lifetime. In the current framework for the assessment of old urban quay walls, the influence of timber creep in...master thesis 2020
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van Gils, Martijn (author)Pre-piling templates are often used in the offshore industry to ensure the vertical installation of foundation piles for jacket structures. Boskalis is currently preparing a project that uses these templates in the Taiwan Strait, which is a region known for its relatively soft soils and seismic activity. Consequently, the piles are very long in...master thesis 2020
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Barendsen, Lot (author)In the Netherlands, dikes are the most commonly used structures to retain water and provide safety against flooding. In order to ensure the safety of these dikes against a number of different failure mechanisms such as backwards erosion piping, wave overtopping and macro stability, a detailed safety assessment has been created. The focus of this...master thesis 2020
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Alcañiz Moya, Alba (author)Silicon heterojunction solar cells employing transition metal oxides as carrier selective contact are of particular interest due to the potential of reducing parasitic absorption while featuring optimal electrical properties. Recently, a record efficiency of 23.5% was achieved by employing molybdenum oxide (MoOx) as carrier selective contact....master thesis 2020
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Tel, Wouter (author)A model for the team time trial in road cycling is devised adn optimizations are caried out to find the most optimal strategy over different terainmaster thesis 2020
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de Jonge, Maarten (author)On a global scale, the present-day demand of coastal protections, port expansions and construction of artificial islands, rises. To be able to accommodate for all these environmental changes, complex dredging operations have to be performed. Depending on the type of soil and in-situ conditions, a suitable excavation and transportation method has...master thesis 2020
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Schuur, Mitchell (author)In this thesis a parametric finite element model has been developed to predict the printability of concrete structures of arbitrary geometries. The model can be used to effectively explore design and process parameters to optimize printed objects. In addition, the model can be used to improve the reliability of the printing process, reduce the...master thesis 2020
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van Utenhove, Erik (author)As a result of the unabated growth in plastic usage worldwide, their abundance in the marine environment has steadily increased over the last few decades. Nowadays, plastic litter is observed across all oceans and shores. Due to their wide spread and adverse effects on ecology, economy and potentially human health, plastic pollution has been...master thesis 2019
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Happee, Kate (author)Canal Emilio Mitre is a navigation channel that runs through the Rio de la Plata estuary in South America. It grants access to the second largest inland waterway system in South America, covering (parts of) Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia. The channel is a main bottleneck for navigation for two reasons; the channel has a...master thesis 2019
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Smeu, Julia (author)The world of molecular biology is composed by a complex network of interactions that are analogous to electric circuits. They govern the functions required for life, from metabolism to locomotion. In these networks, the presence of network motifs were identified, recurring elements supposedly kept by evolution. One of them is called the...master thesis 2019
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de Koning, Bart (author)In this thesis we examine various aspects of the output signal produced by the electrical pickup of an electric guitar. We do this by formulating a model of this output signal based on the one dimensional damped wave equation for the motion of one guitar string and (initially) a simple linear model for the output signal based on this motion....bachelor thesis 2019
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Venkatesan, Karthik (author)This research project was initiated as a result of a curiosity and desire to investigate the applicability of surrogate modelling to analyse complex non-linear behaviour in aircraft structures. The study chose to focus on modelling damage in composite plates, and through a literature review, deemed that the generation of graphical outputs was a...master thesis 2019
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Mandal, Rajarshi (author)The project focuses on developing and implementing a 0D or 1D model for radial compressors and turbines, capable of both interpolating and extrapolating the performance maps. The proposed model will be calibrated using the data points available in the maps provided by the manufacturers to produce accurate mass flow for turbines and pressure...master thesis 2019
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Hartel, Wout (author)This thesis is a research into the relationship between performance and sales of new financial contracts of financial products providers in the employer’s market. This thesis is written in collaboration with IG&H Consulting. Combining the performance scores given by advisors on financial providers and the production of new contracts over the...master thesis 2019
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de Groot, Geiske (author)The non-linear relation between Evapotranspiration (ET) and the atmospheric moisture demand in terms of vapor pressure deficit (VPD) has been widely reported. Observations point towards a diverse range of potential drivers; however, without uncovering why the identified factors are found to control diurnal ET-VPD hysteresis. Modelling efforts...master thesis 2019