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Liu, Theo (author)On-demand transit has become a common mode of transport with ride-sourcing companies like Uber, Lyft, Didi transforming the way we move. With the increase in popularity for such services, the supply needs to adapt according to the demand. For this, the demand needs to analyzed to examine if there are recurrent patterns in them; making it...student report 2019
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Tiemensma, Jelle (author)Firing industrial installations, like boilers, with a cogeneration gas turbine instead of a classic burner have several beneficial aspects. A cogeneration system allows for a more efficient utilization of energy and lowered emissions. What makes such a system especially interesting is that the revenue of the generated electrical power can...master thesis 2019
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Geda, Márton (author)Space mission complexity is constantly increasing, therefore there is a growing demand for highly accurate and fast trajectory design and simulation tools. Some astrodynamics applications, such as planetary protection simulations, require millions of total simulated years to quantify certain probabilities with a high confidence level. It is...master thesis 2019
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Thakor, Sawan (author)To fulfil the increase in global demand of clean energy, the dimensions of offshore wind turbines are expected to increase with greater capacities and move further offshore in deep waters. For these conditions, the diameter of the monopile will have to increase beyond current manufacturing capacities. The slip joint connection can provide a...master thesis 2019
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Stoev, Stanimir (author)The Eigenmode Distortion (EMD) analysis is a novel method for objective evaluation of simulator motion cueing fidelity, developed at Delft University of Technology. It expresses the distortions of the perceived motion cues in terms of the dynamic modes of a linear model of the vehicle and has been applied to assess rotorcraft simulations. This...master thesis 2019
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Andrašec, Josip (author)This research is focused on the feasibility assessment of a novel technology of metasurfaces in order to design a spectropolarimeter with the thickness of a few micrometers integrated on the detector array. The motivation behind the research is miniaturization of state-of-the-art spectropolarimeters. The requirements for the instrument are...master thesis 2019
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de Jong, Richard (author)Persistent surveillance is an urgent proficiency. For security, surveillance cameras are a strong asset as they support the automatic tracking of people and are directly interpretable by a human operator. Radar on the other hand can be used under a broad range of circumstances: radar can penetrate mediums such as clouds, fogs, mist and snow, and...master thesis 2019
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Olthoff, Tymen (author)The consortium Projectorganisatie Uitbreiding Maasvlakte (PUMA), consisting out of Van Oord and Boskalis, constructed a hard sea defence for the protection of Maasvlakte 2, which is the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam. This hard sea defence consists of a Dynamic Rock Slope (DRS) with a Block Dam (BD) situated in front of it. The BD is build...master thesis 2019
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Guarino, Luca (author)In 2018, 1.1 billion people still lacked access to energy services. Most of these people are located in remote areas which are hard to reach, especially with conventional methods of grid extension. Even if the number of people without energy access is decreasing and the number of people gaining access to electricity through renewable sources is...master thesis 2019
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Brands, Thijs (author)The counterfeit market is rapidly expanding into the online realm. Large amounts of fraudulent webshops advertise luxury clothing and fashion accessories, but ship counterfeit products to their customers. Apart from customers, brand owners and domain registries experience a negative impact caused by these fake webshops. Current countermeasures...master thesis 2019
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Troost, Diederik (author)Jetted radial wells are a relatively new form of hydraulic stimulation for oil and gas wells, where small diameters holes extend radially from a wellbore. This technique for increasing well connectivity could also be applied to geothermal wells. Radials can be freely placed along a backbone well, making the design of an economically viable well...master thesis 2019
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Mampaey, Yanick (author)Background: Pressure ulcers are skin and soft tissue wounds that lead to severe patient suffering and considerable financial burden, with the yearly treatment cost estimated at 1.25 billion euro in the Netherlands alone. Research findings suggest posture classification in bed as a promising tool for pressure ulcer prevention, however currently...master thesis 2019
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van Unen, Jeroen (author)A traditional Trombe wall is known as a high thermal-mass wall, situated behind a window of a room and separated by an air cavity. The idea behind using a Trombe wall is that heat, ventilation and comfort can be passively generated by using the ‘free’ energy of the sun. The surface of the wall absorbs solar radiation when the sun shines, stores...master thesis 2019
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Martín Fernández, Patricia A (author)The fastgrowing Unmanned Aircraft scene accounts for an increasing number of new users who should have access to the airspace as any other full-fledged airspace user. Simultaneously, in order to maintain the currently achieved levels of performance in ATM, Unmanned Vehicles ought to be compliant with existingaviation regulations as well as with...master thesis 2019
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Fijen, Thomas (author)With the growing population the agricultural industry needs to find and implement new methods for enhancing food production. Using a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) in Precision Agriculture (PA) offers a large number of benefits such as enabling the farmer to create targeted strategies to increase crop yield, reduced waste and halt the spread of...master thesis 2019
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Grashoff, Kilian (author)Collaborative search, where the activities of multiple users are combined to satisfy their information need, is an effective tool to to handle complex search tasks. People search collaboratively in groups of varying sizes. Various collaborative search systems have been studied in previous work, but they only investigate a fixed group size....master thesis 2019
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van Amsterdam, Bob (author)Settlement data of the Kiltunnel and the Heinenoordtunnel show that immersed tunnels in the Netherlands have been experiencing much larger settlement than expected when designing the tunnels causing cracks in the concrete and leakages in the joints. Settlements of 8 - 70 mm have been measured at the Kiltunnel and of 7 - 30 mm at the...master thesis 2019
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Thayn Malar Motchan, Thayn (author)With the growing population and industrial development, there is more stress on natural water resources. Additionally, environmental laws make the disposal of waste streams from industries difficult. In this scenario, it is crucial to treat waste streams to recover water and possibly minerals, for reuse in the industry, reducing the dependency...master thesis 2019
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van Beelen, Ruben (author)One of the most promising ideas in autonomous vehicle control systems is letting the vehicle drive autonomously outside the normal, linear, operating region and letting it "drift". By doing so, the maneuverability of the vehicle could be enhanced. To enable systems that can control this behaviour, estimation of certain vehicle states is needed...master thesis 2019
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Wardhana, Gan (author)Neural interface in the form of microelectrodes is used to monitor and treat spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders by the means of recording and stimulation. Despite the apparent result of these electrical interventions, understanding of the mechanism behind neural stimulation is still inadequate. The use of optical monitoring...master thesis 2019