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Sarma, R. (author)The growing demand for energy worldwide has resulted in the exploration and<br/>development of sustainable forms of energy, such as wind energy. Wind turbines<br/>are typically used to extract power from the wind through the rotational motion<br/>of blades, which are aeroelastic structures. Among other practical examples, aircraft wings are also...doctoral thesis 2018
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Digdaya, I.A. (author)The global transition from fossil-based resources to renewable energy is critically important to address the sharply increasing threat of global climate change and to ensure long-term energy security. One attractive candidate to substitute for conventional fossil fuels is hydrogen. Hydrogen is an excellent energy carrier that can be directly...doctoral thesis 2018
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Zong, H. (author)In the last few decades, active flow control (AFC) technology has been developed to minimize the aerodynamic drag of transportation vehicles and maximize the propulsion efficiency of thermodynamic engines. The key of this technology is the actuators. Among all the actuators that have been proposed (i.e. fluidic, moving object, or plasma-based),...doctoral thesis 2018
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Rostampour, Vahab (author)This dissertation aims to develop a rigorous distributed approach to decision making using scenario-based techniques for large-scale networks of interconnected uncertain dynamical systems (called agents). A scenario program is a finite-dimensional optimization problem in which an objective function is minimized under constraints that are...doctoral thesis 2018
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Bharatheesha, M. (author)Robotic systems are the workhorses in practically all automated applications. Manufacturing industries, warehouses, elderly care, disaster rescue and (unfortunately) warfare are example applications where human life has benefited from robotics. By precisely planning controlling their motions via computer programs, real world tasks can be...doctoral thesis 2018
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Trzesniewski, B.J. (author)Our civilization is facing one of the biggest challenges in its entire history: the energy transition. The growing demand for energy, the scarcity of resources and climate change are the three main factors driving the change. Firstly, the world population is expected to keep on growing, and many poor countries are projected to experience rapid...doctoral thesis 2018
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Zhang, K. (author)Self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous solution provides a versatile tool to create complex and functional micelles with various nanostructures, such as spherical, cylindrical and bilayer structures. As an important class in these structures, nanofibrillar micelles have attracted growing interest due to their unique properties...doctoral thesis 2018
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Iychettira, K.K. (author)The current regulatory framework under which the support schemes for Renewable energy sources specifically for electricity (RES-E) operate, is provided for by the Directive 2009/28/EC. It sets a 20% target for energy consumption, while relying on legally binding, national targets until 2020. The goal to promote RES-E, in the European context,...doctoral thesis 2018
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Saeedi, H. (author)Road transport has been the dominant modality for hinterland freight transport in the last two decades. This has resulted in congestion, air pollution and other external effects such as noise nuisance. Intermodal Freight Transport (IFT) as an alternative to road transport has been stimulated by the European Commission. In particular, there is a...doctoral thesis 2018
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Poelman, R. (author)This thesis is concerned with the creation of a hard- and software artifact that allows professionals to collaborate in a digitally augmented physical space, otherwise known as meditated reality or physical computing. On-premise professionals are supported with sensors and human computer interaction capabilities while freely walking around. A...doctoral thesis 2017
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Oud, G.T. (author)This research entails the numerical simulation of physical flow instabilities that can occur in two-phase pipe flows with a new efficient algorithm. The fluids are assumed to be immiscible, and the flow is incompressible and isothermal in a straight circular pipe section with a certain inclination. The numerical algorithm that was developed...doctoral thesis 2017
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Ghaemi Nia, M.M. (author)This thesis deals with the matter of making reforms in engineering education, and it highlights the significance of delivering a more comprehensive image of technology and its different aspects in the course of training students about technology and engineering. The innovative contribution of the thesis lies in its approach of taking advantage...doctoral thesis 2017
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Anvarifar, F. (author)Multifunctional use of flood defences is proposed in the Netherlands to increase the synergy between flood protection and urbanism and to enhance the cost-effectiveness of flood protection. Once a multifunctional flood defence is constructed, it will become technically and financially hard to modify and adjust the system configuration. Such an...doctoral thesis 2017
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Gaudenzi, R. (author)In this work, we investigate a series of physical phenomena resulting from the confinement of electrons in those localised charge and spin quantum boxes generically called molecules.doctoral thesis 2017
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Wang, X. (author)The rapid increase of wind power in the power grid results in high grid connection requirements for wind turbines. Moreover, the reliability of wind turbines becomes more and more important, especially in offshore applications. One potential solution for these demands is the wind turbine drive-train based on the brushless doubly-fed induction...doctoral thesis 2017
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Halim, R.A. (author)Uncertainties in future global trade flows due to changes in trade agreements, transport technologies or sustainability policies, will affect the patterns of global freight transport and, as a consequence, also affect the demand for major freight transport infrastructures such as ports and hinterland networks. Policy makers face the challenge of...doctoral thesis 2017
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Malagu, M. (author)The development of carbon nanotube(CNT)-polymer composites advocates for a better understanding of their physical and mechanical properties that depend on the diameter of the embedded CNTs. Given that the experimental assessment of size effects is extremely difficult, the use of numerical models can be enormously helpful. However, since size...doctoral thesis 2017
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Gupta, S. (author)In recent years,we have seen amajor shift in computing systems: data volumes are growing very fast, but hardware capabilities to store, process, and transfer the massive data are not speeding up at the same rate. Today, data are generated from a variety of sources, such as social networking websites, business transactions, banking sectors, etc....doctoral thesis 2016