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Xing, C. (author), Tan, Yiqiu (author), Liu, X. (author), Anupam, K. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author)Failure behavior of asphalt mixture is the process of local deformation accumulation, therefore, local deformation investigation is the base work of failure behavior. Digital image correlation (DIC) method is an optical method which can calculate the local deformation in the failure process. This paper aims to evaluate the precision, select...journal article 2017
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Zhu, Z. (author), la Rocca, G. (author), van Tooren, M.J.L. (author)Harness 3D routing is one of the most challenging steps in the design of aircraft Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS). This is due not only to the intrinsic complexity of the EWIS, but also to the increasing number of applying design constraints and its dependency on any change in the design of the airframe and installed systems....journal article 2017
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Mathew, R. (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author)Numerical models of fine sediment transport depend on different approaches to parameterize the erosion properties of surficial sediment strata. These properties, namely the critical shear stress for erosion and the erosion rate coefficient, are crucial for reproducing the short-term and long-term sediment dynamics of the system. Methods to...journal article 2017
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Singh, Umesh (author), Crosato, A. (author), Giri, Sanjay (author), Hicks, Murray (author)The effects of sediment heterogeneity and sediment mobility on the morphology of braided rivers are still poorly studied, especially when the partial sediment mobility occurs. Nevertheless, increasing the bed sediment heterogeneity by coarse sediment supply is becoming a common practice in river restoration projects and habitat improvement...journal article 2017
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Paz, Pavel Z.S. (author), Hollmann, Thomas H. (author), Kermen, Efe (author), Chapiro, G. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Zitha, P.L.J. (author)We report a study of heavy oil recovery by combined water flooding and electromagnetic (EM) heating at a frequency of 2.45 GHz used in domestic microwave ovens. A mathematical model describing this process was developed. Model equations were solved, and the solution is presented in an integral form for the one-dimensional case. Experiments...journal article 2017
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Sarna, K. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)The representation of aerosol-cloud interaction (ACI) processes in climate models, although long studied, still remains the source of high uncertainty. Very often there is a mismatch between the scale of observations used for ACI quantification and the ACI process itself. This can be mitigated by using the observations from groundbased remote...journal article 2017
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Kooijman, G. (author), Lopes, Wilton (author), Zhou, Z. (author), Guo, H. (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)In this work, we investigated the effects of flocculation aid (FA) addition to an anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) (7 L, 35°C) treating waste-activated sludge (WAS). The experiment consisted of three distinct periods. In period 1 (day 1–86), the reactor was operated as a conventional anaerobic digester with a solids retention...journal article 2017
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Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Schijffelen, Jos H. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Zeman, M. (author)Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) inverters have a dc/dc converter connected to the PV for executing the maximum power point tracking. The design of an interleaved boost converter (IBC) with three switching legs for a 10-kW PV inverter is presented in this paper. This paper shows how the use of silicon carbide (SiC) switches and powdered iron...journal article 2017
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Schenkeveld, V. M.Erik (author), Jaross, Glen (author), Marchenko, Sergey (author), Haffner, David (author), Kleipool, Quintus L. (author), Rozemeijer, Nico C. (author), Veefkind, j. Pepijn (author), Levelt, Pieternel Felicitas (author)The Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) is an imaging spectrograph flying on NASA's EOS Aura satellite since 15 July 2004. OMI is primarily used to map trace-gas concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere, obtaining mid-resolution (0.4-0.6 nm) ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS; 264-504 nm) spectra at multiple (30-60) simultaneous fields...journal article 2017
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Cats, O. (author)The structure of transport networks is the outcome of a large number of infrastructure investment decisions taken over a long time span. Network indicators are widely used for characterizing transport network topology and its performance as well as provide insights on possible developments. Little is known however on how rail bound public...journal article 2017
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Titova, Nadezhda (author), Kardakova, Anna I. (author), Tovpeko, Nina (author), Ryabchun, Sergey (author), Mandal, Soumen (author), Morozov, Dmitry (author), Klemencic, Georgina M. (author), Giblin, Sean R. (author), Williams, Oliver A. (author), Goltsman, Gregory N. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)We have measured the electron-phonon energy-relaxation time, τ<sub>eph</sub>, in superconducting boron-doped diamond films grown on silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition. The observed electron-phonon cooling times vary from 160 ns at 2.70 K to 410 ns at 1.8 K following a T<sup>-2</sup>-dependence. The data are consistent with the...journal article 2017
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Saeedi, H. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Behdani, B. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author)To cope with an intense and competitive environment, intermodal freight transport operators have increasingly adopted business practices —like horizontal and vertical business integration—which aim to reduce the operational costs, increase the profit margins, and improve their competitive position in the market. These strategies and business...journal article 2017
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Severijns, C. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author)The curing behaviour and the mechanical behaviour of susceptor-assisted induction-cured adhesively bonded joints has been investigated. Induction Heating (IH) was established by mixing Iron particles into a two component epoxy paste adhesive. The effect of different process parameters, such as particle content, coupling distance and coil...journal article 2017
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Anella, F.M. (author), Danelon, C.J.A. (author)An RNA-lipid origin of life scenario provides a plausible route for compartmentalized replication of an informational polymer and subsequent division of the container. However, a full narrative to form such RNA protocells implies that catalytic RNA molecules, called ribozymes, can operate in the presence of self-assembled vesicles composed of...journal article 2017
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Wang, Z. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), Abdalla, M.M. (author)This work is concerned with the development of a framework to solve shape optimization problems for transient heat conduction problems within the context of isogeometric analysis (IGA). A general objective functional is used to accommodate both shape optimization and passive control problems under transient conditions. An adjoint sensitivity...journal article 2017
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Bos, Boy Gustaaf Cornelis (author), Thoen, David (author), Haalebos, E. A.F. (author), Gimbel, P. M.L. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Endo, A. (author)The superconducting critical temperature (T-\mathrm{c} > 15 K) of niobium titanium nitride (NbTiN) thin films allows for low-loss circuits up to 1.1 THz, enabling on-chip spectroscopy and multipixel imaging with advanced detectors. The drive for large-scale detector microchips is demanding NbTiN films with uniform properties over an...journal article 2017
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Gorter de Vries, A.R. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Chromosomal copy number variation (CCNV) plays a key role in evolution and health of eukaryotes. The unicellular yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an important model for studying the generation, physiological impact, and evolutionary significance of CCNV. Fundamental studies of this yeast have contributed to an extensive set of methods for...journal article 2017
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Sánchez, Rafael (author), Thierschmann, R. (author), Molenkamp, Laurens W. (author)Fluctuations are strong in mesoscopic systems and have to be taken into account for the description of transport. We show that they can even be used as a resource for the operation of a system as a device. We use the physics of single-electron tunneling to propose a bipartite device working as a thermal transistor. Charge and heat currents in...journal article 2017
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Oikonomopoulou, F. (author), van den Broek, E.A.M. (author), Bristogianni, T. (author), Veer, F.A. (author), Nijsse, R. (author)This article gives an overview of the research conducted by the authors from the design concept to the engineering and full-scale testing of the bundled glass column. Consisting of adhesively bonded solid glass rods, the bundled column is a promising solution for transparent compressive members. To investigate the feasibility of the bundled...journal article 2017
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Nurunnabi, Abdul (author), Sadahiro, Yukio (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author)This paper investigates the problems of cylinder fitting in laser scanning three-dimensional Point Cloud Data (PCD). Most existing methods require full cylinder data, do not study the presence of outliers, and are not statistically robust. But especially mobile laser scanning often has incomplete data, as street poles for example are only...journal article 2017