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Sterr, H. (author)Vulnerability analysis of northern Germanyreport 2007
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Marchand, M. (author)A workshop was held on 9 December 2005 in Lillo, Belgium. The objective of the workshop was to gain a shared understanding regarding the background motivations regarding the Scheldt flood management strategies and policies in the Netherlands and Belgium. It focuses on a snapshot of current policies and perspectives for future policy changes....report 2007
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Gerritsen, S. (author)In this thesis we study wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. Examples of the classical (massless) waves we consider are acoustic waves (sound) and electromagnetic waves (light, for example). Interaction with inhomogeneities embedded in a reference medium alter the propagation direction, velocity and amplitude of waves. We describe the...doctoral thesis 2007
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Prins, P. (author)Imagine plastic electronics ... Consumer products such as mobile phones, mp3 players and palmtop computers that do not break when you accidentally drop them, with flexible displays. Moreover, these all plastic products would be cheaper than the current products based on conventional semi conductors. Apart from these advantaged, there is also a...doctoral thesis 2007
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Meyer, V. (author)This Report is the first deliverable of task 9, called D9.1. It summarises both, the outcome of a literature survey on flood damage evaluation methods in selected EU countries (action 1 in activity 1) and the major results of complementary expert interviews (action 2 in activity 1). The overall objective of actions 1 and 2 in activity 1 of task...report 2007
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The presence of a heavily deformed surface layer (a few microns thick) on rolled aluminium alloy is understood to be one of the main reasons contributing to the Filiform Corrosion (FFC) susceptibility of the alloy. The surface layer is formed during the thermo-mechanical processing of the sheet metal, in the rolling mills. The surface layer...doctoral thesis 2007
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Tegtmeier, S. (author)The purpose of a seismic survey is to produce an image of the subsurface providing an overview of the earth's discontinuities. The aim of seismic processing is to recreate this image. The seismic method is especially well suited for the exploration and the monitoring of hydrocarbon reservoirs. A majority of the algorithms, which are applied for...doctoral thesis 2007
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Loktev, M. (author), Vdovine, G.V. (author), Klimov, N. (author), Kotova, S. (author)A novel liquid crystal (LC) wavefront corrector with smooth modal influence functions is proposed and realized. The device consists of a thin layer of planar aligned nematic LC sandwiched between a glass plate with a conductive electrode and a plate made of ceramic material with a very high dielectric constant. Control electrodes are positioned...journal article 2007
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Hoes, O.A.C. (author)The subject of this dissertation is flooding in lowland areas caused by intense precipitation. The probability of flooding will increase when we do not adapt our water systems. For example because of expected changes in climate and the consequences of subsidence, sea level rise, and urbanization. While the probability of flooding will increase,...doctoral thesis 2007
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Kortenhaus, A. (author)This report reviews previous investigations on hydraulic loading conditions for different types of flood defence structures such as sea dikes, dunes, beaches and seawalls. For each of these structures the physical processes involved are discussed in some detail and methods are given to either predict relevant input parameters for failure modes...report 2007
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Jorissen, R.E. (author)Een combinatie van westerstorm boven de Noordzee en springtij veroorzaakte hoge waterstanden langs de Nederlandse kust. De Stormvloedwaarschuwingsdienst (SVSD) heeft (voor)waarschuwingen gegeven voor de sectoren Schelde, West Holland, Den Helder, Harlingen en Delfzijl. Deze stormvloed is geclassificeerd als een lage stormvloed. Tijdens de...report 2007
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Hilgersom, K.P. (author)1 Inleiding en doelstellingen Bij debietmetingen in kleine riviertjes wordt onder andere gebruik gemaakt van de zoutverdunningsmethode. Deze methode berekent het debiet door ondermeer de zoutconcentratie in het water vast te stellen. Een concentratie is iets dat niet meteen gemeten kan worden. Men gebruikt dan ook geleidbaarheidsmeters. Dit...bachelor thesis 2007
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Nievaart, V.A. (author), Legrady, D. (author), Moss, R.L. (author), Kloosterman, J.L. (author), Van der Hagen, T.H. (author), Van Dam, H. (author)This paper deals with the application of the adjoint transport theory in order to optimize Monte Carlo based radiotherapy treatment planning. The technique is applied to Boron Neutron Capture Therapy where most often mixed beams of neutrons and gammas are involved. In normal forward Monte Carlo simulations the particles start at a source and...journal article 2007
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Vanhaeverbeke, S. (author)Noise radiation is in certain countries still a major limitation on the further expansion of wind energy. Until now, the majority of the small wind turbines were sited in sparsely populated areas like open field far from inhabited regions. However, today the tendency exists towards integrating small wind turbines closer to populated areas....master thesis 2007
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Grigorescu, A.E. (author), Van der Krogt, M. (author), Hagen, C.W. (author)Isolated dots and lines with 6 nm width were written in 20 nm thick Hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) layers on silicon substrates, using 100 keV electron beam lithography. The main factors that might limit the resolution, i.e. beam size, writing strategy, resist material, electron dose, development process, are discussed. We demonstrate that, by...conference paper 2007
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Obrer Marco, R. (author)Since 1998 the Port of Rotterdam and Delft University of Technology are working together to make the conventional container terminals capable of coping the demands of the container terminals of the future. These demands are: the increasingly larger ships service within relatively short times at competitive costs, the increasing service demands...master thesis 2007
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Vos, G.J.L. (author)Spatial planning is, foremost, regarded as a political method to influence the geographic distribution of activities. The Netherlands has a strong tradition in spatial planning. The national government has put great efforts to direct the spatial developments and to control the urbanization process in the Netherlands, though the existing planning...master thesis 2007
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Albayrak, A. (author), Van Veelen, M.A. (author), Prins, J.F. (author), Snijders, C.J. (author), De Ridder, H. (author), Kazemier, G. (author)Background: One of the main ergonomic problems during surgical procedures is the surgeon's awkward body posture, often accompanied by repetitive movements of the upper extremities, increased muscle activity, and prolonged static head and back postures. In addition, surgeons perform surgery so concentrated that they tend to neglect their posture....journal article 2007
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Van der Avoort, C. (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Braat, J.J.M. (author), Den Herder, J.W. (author)In optical aperture-synthesis imaging of stellar objects, different beam combination strategies are used and proposed. Coaxial Michelson interferometers are very common and a homothetic multiaxial interferometer is recently realized in the Large Binocular Telescope. Laboratory experiments have demonstrated the working principles of two new...journal article 2007
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Dijkstra, W.O. (author)In the thesis two different models of solidification of aluminum alloys are presented and analyzed. The first 1--D solidification model is derived from the conservation of solute, heat and mass. With numerical experiments it is shown that simulations with the Finite Difference discretization must adhere a relation similar to the Courant...doctoral thesis 2007