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van der Hulst, Robin (author)
To this date, simulating the dynamics of a fluid remain extremely expensive for most practical design prob- lems. The large range of length and time scales to be resolved makes it especially computationally heavy. In engineering applications, the standard is still the RANS approach for CFD modelling. Most commonly the so- called two-equation...
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van den Hoed, wouter (author)
During the last years the demand for vegetarian products has increased. A subgroup of these vegetarian products consists of meat analogs, which are products that resemble meat in its functionality and are prepared in a similar fashion. One of the companies producing these meat analogs is Rival Foods. Rival Foods has been working on a production...
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Sahu, Sidhartha (author)
Vortex generators (VGs) are typically about two orders of magnitude smaller than their host component (such as an airplane wing). For this reason, conducting a fully-resolved RANS simulation to isolate their impact on the flow field is computationally expensive. This work presents a goal-oriented adjoint-based approach to model vortex generators...
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Dsouza, Brian (author)
Wind turbine power output has grown massively over the past few decades, and this has been achieved in part by increasing the size of rotors. But the size of rotors is now limited by structural constraints as well as space constraints in wind farms. It is therefore important to use other innovative methods to increase wind turbine capacity...
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van Alderwegen, Earvin (author)
Large-scale measures within the river programmes such as Room for the River, Natura2000 and Water Framework Directive have increased the biodiversity in Dutch rivers and have achieved a more natural landscape. However, recent river programmes have shown conflicts between safety against flooding and riverine nature rehabilitation with maintaining...
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Jakšić, Luka (author)
In times of rapid urbanization, engineering interventions in coastal systems have become more common. It is important to understand the interplay of these engineered solutions with their natural environment to minimize hazardous side effects to our ecology, economy and coastal safety. In a numerical study by Rijnsburger (2021), a flow...
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Bourier, Sébastien (author)
Evaluation of aircraft performance for design, certification, and maintenance purposes requires aerodynamic knowledge for the entire flight envelope of an aircraft. Simplified models that relate geometric properties and flight conditions of an aircraft to its aerodynamic properties are simply not sufficient anymore, as non-linear aerodynamic...
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Sala, Arianna (author)
As the need for abundant and reliable renewable energy increases, there is a growing interest in floating wind turbines, which would allow to harness the wind resource in areas where bottom-founded wind turbines cannot be used. However, the movements of the platform are expected to cause unsteady aerodynamics effects, including different wake...
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Gopalan Jayashankar, Gopalan (author)
Multiphase flows are very common in many Nuclear engineering applications. During high pressurized conditions there are possibilities of high thermal loads on the pressure vessel, leading to pipe ruptures. As part of breakdown measures, the emergency core cooling system is activated and the coolant is mixed with the fluid in the cold leg, giving...
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Hogeveen, Kevin (author)
Rubble mound structures are often constructed to prevent severe wave damage to ships. By constructing the crest at a certain level, the waves are reduced such that safety is ensured. However, a large increase in sea level rise is expected in the next century due to climate change. Because of this, multiple adaptations might be necessary to meet...
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Cegielski, Gustaw (author)
Model order reduction (MOR) has been a field of active research in the past twenty years, more recently also in fluid dynamics. The main advantage of MOR is computational cost reduction, which, along with equally important accuracy, constitute main objective in the MOR community.<br/>A main ongoing issue is that data volumes in fluid flow...
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Schouten, David (author)
One of the preferred features of plastic is its high durability. This merit is its main disadvantage in the natural environment. When poorly disposed of, plastic waste can enter rivers from surface waters and subsequently end up in the ocean. Here, plastic spreads out over the entire ocean and ultimately ends in ocean gyres....
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Huang, Ziyang (author)
To meet energy demand towards a low-carbon future, the global market demand is growing for metals such as cobalt and nickel which are major elements in batteries. Polymetallic nodules, which are formed on abyssal plains at depths ranging from 4 to 6 kilometres and are distributed in high abundance on the top of the seabed, contains several times...
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Grendysz, Michał (author)
The rocket-based combined cycle (RBCC) engines are a hybrid between rocket and air-breathing propulsion. They can offer performance gains when compared to traditional rocket engines. At the same time, they are relatively simple in design. Therefore, they generally do not require long development times or large funds so they could be an...
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Kleermaker, Wim (author)
The constant impingement of sand particles on the wetted surfaces of a centrifugal dredge pump causes the performance of the pump to deteriorate. Therefore, components or complete pumps have to be replaced after some time. The use of numerical models to estimate the erosion wear in centrifugal dredge pumps can give insight into the principal...
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Kokee, Louis (author)
Computational Fluid Dynamics based on RANS models remain the standard but suffer from high errors in complex flows. In particular, turbulent kinetic energy is over-produced in high strain rate regions, such as the near wake of wind turbine flows. Data-driven turbulence modelling methods aim to derive novel turbulence models with lower...
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van Eeden, Bart (author)
In the oil and gas industry, it is crucial that the transport of hydrocarbons through long pipelines occurs in the most efficient and safest way. These pipelines can cover up to several tens to hundreds of kilometres. Hydrocarbons are not the only fluids present within the pipelines, often they are filled with a mixture of oil, gas, water and...
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Chance, Yannick (author)
Propellers were the first means of powered propulsion for aircraft. However the development of propellers stalled due to the growing interest in jet propulsion. Due to the growing interest in more fuel efficient and environmentally responsible aviation, propeller research is currently seeing a resurgence. <br/><br/>Wingtip-mounted propellers are...
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Vermeijlen, Simon (author)
Swirl-stabilised hydrogen combustion has great potential in the aviation industry since emissions can be significantly reduced compared to fossil fuels. However, a major drawback is a high proneness to flashback. This could be overcome with non-swirling axial air injection (AAI) on the centre-line of the mixing tube. The effect of this concept...
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Stevers, Vera (author)
In the Netherlands, the coastal dunes are essential to protect the country against flooding. However, the rising sea levels increase the risk of flooding along these sandy shores. Moreover, due to a combination of human and natural activities, dune erosion has increased and will continue to do so in the coming decades. Besides flood protection,...
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