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Lengkeek, Pjotr (author)High power to weight turbo-pumps enable the creation of powerful compact rocket engines capable of launching payload to space. The desire to reduce cost of payload to space requires engineers to push the limits on hardware. Cavitation in turbo-pumps is a phenomenon requiring mitigation when pushing pump rotational speeds and reducing vehicle...master thesis 2023
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Huele, Iris (author)Purpose Deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) in photon therapy as well as proton therapy (in free breathing) has been suggested to reduce cardiopulmonary and integral dose without compromising target coverage. The goal is to investigate the dosimetric impact on proton treatment plans of set-up variation and daily anatomy visualized on CBCT prior...master thesis 2023
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Kuiper, Freek (author)Lock passage can potentially make up a third of a vessel’s travel time for inland waterway transport and therefore has a large impact on inland waterway and multimodal transport networks.<br/>To reduce the overall environmental and economical impact of transport, there is an increasing interest in inland waterway transport relative to road and...master thesis 2023
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Schunselaar, Jeroen (author)This thesis project examines the opportunities for manufacturing operators to use root cause analysis directly at the line with the support of a cognitive advisor. The project was part of the EU Horizon COALA project and uses a specific business case at a detergent company as a base for the research and the prototype development. The analysis of...master thesis 2023
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Guurink, Koen (author)Building a distributed fluidic actuation system is a challenge due to every actuator needs its own control valve. Due to this, an n by an array of actuators needs n 2 number of valves. A logic network of valves provides a solution by reducing the number of valves needed to operate such distributed fluidic actuation system. These compliant...master thesis 2023
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De Bosscher, Benjamin (author)Airport terminals are complex sociotechnical systems, in which humans interact with diverse technical systems. A natural way to represent them is through agent-based modeling. However, this method has two drawbacks: it entails a heavy computational burden and the emergent properties are often difficult to analyze. The purpose of our research is...master thesis 2023
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NATHANAEL, KONSTANTINOS (author)Despite the technological improvements in the dredging industry in the last decades, there are components that have not been investigated accordingly. One of them is the bow coupling bend pipe which can be found on trailing suction hopper dredgers. In contrast to most pipelines, the specific bend pipe is not only a means of transport for the...master thesis 2023
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Halman, Susanna (author)This thesis presents the research to design a successful high-accuracy, sub-millimetric registration method for an autonomous robot equipped to drill bone for cochlear implant (CI) surgery. Its performance, and thus success, is measured in accuracy, workload, usability and trust. While state-of-the-art (STOTA) research lacks the inclusion of...master thesis 2023
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Lubbers, Friso (author)The Dutch government has the ambition to be climate neutral by 2050. An important pillar to realizing this ambition is to place large numbers of wind turbines in the North Sea. The Dutch cabinet decided in 2022 to realize around 21 GW offshore wind capacity in 2030, but the offshore wind demand in the Netherlands after 2030 remains uncertain....master thesis 2023
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de Vilder, Laurens (author)Experimental research into the spalling behaviour of mortars and if it is possible to predict the spalling resistance. Research is divided into spalling experiments with varying parameters and experiments to analyse and characterize the pore structure. By combining both results, a first step is taken into a formula that is able to predict the...master thesis 2023
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Ruiter, Niels (author)The influence of surface roughness and shape on the submerged floating tunnel is investigated in wave and current conditions. The hydraulic forces caused by varying tunnel shapes and roughness designs are measured and analyzed.master thesis 2023
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Croft, Maxime (author)This paper presents a novel approach to regional forecasting of SARS-Cov-2 infections one week ahead, which involves developing a municipality level COVID-19 dataset of the Netherlands and using a spatio-temporal graph neural network (GNN) to predict the number of infections. The developed model captures the spread of infectious diseases within...master thesis 2023
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Nanninga, Marloes (author)The Flying-V is an unconventional aircraft concept showing promising initial results in overall efficiency, outperforming the conventional tube-and-wing aircraft. To prove this gain in efficiency, optimized concepts are desired early in the development process. This requires flexible design tools that explore and optimize the design space. For...master thesis 2023
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de Block, Yves (author)This research thesis focuses on conducting experimental research into the hydrodynamic properties of a NACA 0012 T-foil in dynamic conditions. An aerodynamically smooth surface was created and used for all dynamic experiments. For exploratory research into the effect of surface finish on the performance of a T-foil in steady state conditions, a...master thesis 2023
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Heijerman, Scott (author)The ability of musculoskeletal models to acquire metrics and simulate human motion enables researchers to perform biomechanical analysis of daily activities. The improved analysis of human motion could for instance help recognize physical decline early. The sit-to-stand movement, which is performed 60 times daily on average, is one greatly...master thesis 2023
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Bieze, Jornt (author)The importance of joints in timber structures is strongly emphasized in the existing literature (e.g., Blaß & Sandhaas, 2017; McLain, 1998). The aim of this project is to provide insight into whether the cross-sectional sizes of the member are dictated by the dimensional sizes of the laterally loaded dowel-type connection or the strength and...master thesis 2023
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Martorelli, Luca (author)The use of CFD-based optimizations is becoming a standard for turbomachinery design. Although the use of such optimizations can lead to great improvements of the machine performances, there are still several shortcomings in the common design procedure of turbomachines. In fact, this entails the optimization of the component shape, and only a...master thesis 2023
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Tsaniklidis, Georgios (author)Nowadays, the high demand for road transportation often reaches a point where it exceeds the capacity of freeway traffic networks, resulting in congestion. Freeway traffic congestion is a major social problem, as it is the reason for increased time delays, higher accident risk and environmental pollution. There is, therefore, the need for a...master thesis 2023
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Chen, Qianqian (author)American option pricing has been an active research area in financial engineering over the past few decades. Since no analytic closed-form solution exists, various numerical approaches have been developed. Among all proposed methods, the least square Monte Carlo(LSMC) approach is the most successful and popular. The LSMC utilizes linear...master thesis 2023
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Hartman, Illona (author)In the field of structural and geotechnical engineering, a uniform approach to predict and model foundation settlements during the design phase of a high-rise building appears to be missing. In the Netherlands, pile foundations of tower structures underlain by compressible soil layers are challenging to model due to different stiffness and load...master thesis 2023