Finite Element Method Applied to the One-dimensional Westervelt Equation

In this thesis we researched the applicability, properties and efficiency of the finite element method to solve the one-dimensional Westervelt equation, which describes nonlinear plane wave propagation. The goal was to investigate whether this lesser-known solution method has advantages or disadvantages compared to more commonly used solution...

Shielding effect of piles on quay walls

This thesis has as subject the shielding effect of piles on the front wall of quay walls. The reason for writing this paper is to find an answer to the difference between field measurements and design calculations of stresses and deflections in the front wall of a special type of quay wall in the Port of Rotterdam. The relevance of this issue...

Reliability of Quay Walls

A committee of Civieltechnisch Centrum Uitvoering Research en Regelgeving (CUR) is currently (2012) working on the update of the handbook Quay Walls (CUR 211). In the past the partial safety factors in this book were derived using a spring model, but new developments enable to use Finite Element Methods (FEM) to model sheet-pile structures and...