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Lyons, Jeff (author)In light of worsening climate change and an increased interest in adapting infrastructure to cope with its effects, model-based decision support has become an essential tool for policy makers. In conditions of deep uncertainty, models may be used to explore a large space of possible system behaviours and so encourage a wider consideration of the...master thesis 2022
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PAPAKOSTAS, THEODOROS (author)Nowadays, the military stakeholders take advantage of the various geospatial infrastructure and technology while exploiting the wide use and distribution of geographic data, to model military scenes and/or conduct geospatial analysis for military operational scenarios. While a host of technology is offered, in potential joint military operations...master thesis 2022
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Tieleman, O.C. (author)Flood gates form an essential part of many flood defence systems in coastal areas. During storm events, these gates are subjected to extreme loads from various sources. This dissertation addresses the dynamic behaviour of flood gates induced by wave impacts. A semi-analytical fluid-structure interaction model is developed to predict vertical...doctoral thesis 2022
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van der Horst, Noortje (author)A digital reconstruction of real-life trees could provide many benefits in fields such as botany, forestry management, biology, and urban planning. Plant growth modelling in particular would enable the analysis of plant structure and behaviour in a customizable, widely applicable and non-destructive manner. Although many data-driven plant...master thesis 2022
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Harms, Koen (author)Scientific literature points to several models used to calculate the transpiration of vegetable crops inside a greenhouse but the results are hard to compare since different experiment setups were used. This study aimed to analyse the accuracy of four different transpiration models, Penman-Monteith, Stanghellini, Priestley-Taylor, and Takakura...master thesis 2022
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Vintges, Mark (author)Urbanization is a worldwide trend that drives an immense increase in air traffic demand. The worldwide aviation network makes global business possible which generates economic growth, creates jobs and facilitates international tourism and trade. Many of the world's transport hubs like The Greater London Area have allocated this demand over...master thesis 2022
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Odriozola, Magela (author)Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology is increasingly researched for wastewater treatment in a circular economy scenario to recover nutrients, water, and biogas. AnMBR couples the advantages of anaerobic digestion, such as low sludge production, no aeration requirement and biogas production, with the benefits of membrane technology,...doctoral thesis 2022
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Zhang, Annie (author)In this research, a few initiatives were completed with practical industrial information and water samples from Heineken®. A Python model was built for an imaginary bottle washer, and tested with difference operational variables under the four testing scenarios. Based on the operational information fromthe Spanish brewery, a second Python model...master thesis 2022
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Pesselse, Mike (author)Inland waterways form a natural network infrastructure with the capacity for waterborne transport of people and goods for moving freight from seaports to the hinterland. Recently, Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) has been promoted more extensively by the European Union and various governments as it plays a crucial role in reducing road congestion...master thesis 2022
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Giannopoulos Balos, Kostas (author)This study deals with the modelling of the future global energy demand in<br/>the transportation sector, how and in what extend this could be limited and<br/>which low carbon fuels and technologies could contribute to the mitigation of<br/>the energy demand. In the introduction of the current report, the greenhouse<br/>effect, the global warming...master thesis 2022
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van Woudenberg, Jaïr (author), Alexandru, Serban (author), Bonenkamp, Marloes (author), de Boer, Lotte (author), Ridderikhoff, Margot (author)In the southeast of Spain heavy storms can occur in the late summer and early autumn, during which great amounts of rain pours down. During a storm that took place in September 2019, over 300 mil- limetres of rain fell in just five hours. Throughout the 2019 flooding event, the Rambla de la Carrasquilla has overflowed its banks and the adjacent...student report 2022
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Huang, Y. (author), Grunewald, S. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Lukovic, M. (author)Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) is, due to its superior mechanical properties and low permeability, a promising material for the restoration and improvement of the mechanical resistance and durability of existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures. This paper reviews the strengthening applications of UHPFRC in flexure,...review 2022
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Goel, Avishek (author), Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam, E. (author), Liu, Wen (author), He, Chao (author), Konttinen, Jukka (author)Biomass chemical looping gasification (BCLG) offers significant advantages over the conventional biomass gasification process in terms of enhanced gasification efficiency, inherent CO<sub>2</sub> capture, process circularity, and mitigated emissions of pollutants. This review discusses the prevailing status of research and development of BCLG...review 2022
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Starkova, Olesja (author), Gagani, Abedin I. (author), Karl, Christian W. (author), Rocha, I.B.C.M. (author), Burlakovs, Juris (author), Krauklis, Andrey E. (author)Polymers and polymer composites are negatively impacted by environmental ageing, reducing their service lifetimes. The uncertainty of the material interaction with the environment compromises their superior strength and stiffness. Validation of new composite materials and structures often involves lengthy and expensive testing programs....journal article 2022
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Bahafid, Sara (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Jacobsen, Stefan (author), Geiker, Mette (author)We simulate the glue-spall stress due to mechanical interactions between a frozen saline solution (brine-ice composite) and a non-air entrained concrete surface including the impact of the micro-structure of the frozen solution. The presence of brine channels at the ice/concrete interface was found to be a prerequisite to induce stress during...journal article 2022
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Van den Steen, N. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Van Ingelgem, Y. (author)A new approach is proposed to numerically predict and study atmospheric corrosion for ranging droplet size distributions and the influence of the droplet geometry. The proposed methodology allows for a corrosion prediction based on observed droplet size distributions and droplet contact angles. A mechanistic finite element model, including...journal article 2022
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Jolly, Mark (author), Katgerman, L. (author)Over the last 4 decades, remarkable progress has been made in the modelling of casting processes. The development of casting models is well reflected in the proceedings of the 15 Modelling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes (MCWASP) conferences that have been held since 1980. Computer simulations have enabled a better...journal article 2022
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Grasmeijer, Bart (author), Huisman, Bas (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), Schrijvershof, Reinier (author), van der Werf, Jebbe (author), Zijl, Firmijn (author), de Looff, Harry (author), de Vries, Wout (author)Dutch coastal policy aims for a safe, economically strong and attractive coast. This is achieved by maintaining the part of the coast that support these functions; the coastal foundation. The coastal foundation is maintained by means of sand nourishments. Up to now, it has been assumed that net transports across the coastal foundation's...journal article 2022
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Krauklis, Andrey E. (author), Karl, Christian W. (author), Rocha, I.B.C.M. (author), Burlakovs, Juris (author), Ozola-Davidane, Ruta (author), Gagani, Abedin I. (author), Starkova, Olesja (author)Service lifetimes of polymers and polymer composites are impacted by environmental ageing. The validation of new composites and their environmental durability involves costly testing programs, thus calling for more affordable and safe alternatives, and modelling is seen as such an alternative. The state-of-the-art models are systematized in...review 2022
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Langer, J.K.A. (author), Infante Ferreira, C.A. (author), Quist, J.N. (author)Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) produces electricity using the temperature difference between warm surface and cold deep-sea water. OTEC systems in literature only limitedly consider seasonal seawater temperature<br/>variations and thus might not be adequately sized for off-design conditions. This potentially leads to techno-economically...journal article 2022