3D printed smart transtibial prosthesis equipped with temperature and pressure sensory systems

Integration of the sensory systems inside patient-specific medical devices (e.g., implants or prosthesis) can provide additional measurement data at different time points. This can result in improving the traditional designs of those medical devices, and consequently leading to increasing the patient’s comfort and quality of life. By doing...

Proactively dealing with climate change impacts in the construction sector: A single-case study on proactive circular activities by a contracting company in the Dutch construction industry

Climate change effects lead to a transformation of our environment. The building sector is considered to have the greatest potential in the clean energy transition. However, general consensus of climate change definitions, communication and cooperation on climate change knowledge and perspectives is underdeveloped in the industry. A review of...

Optimization of Jetted Radial Wells

Jetted radial wells are a relatively new form of hydraulic stimulation for oil and gas wells, where small diameters holes extend radially from a wellbore. This technique for increasing well connectivity could also be applied to geothermal wells. Radials can be freely placed along a backbone well, making the design of an economically viable well...

Confused sea-state induced fatigue: Joint swell and wind seas induced multiaxial stresses: the influence of confused sea-state induced multiaxial stress-states on fatigue damage of a USCG cutter.

Marine structures are mostly exposed to mild and moderate sea-states, where the structural response is elastic. Characteristics of environmental loading are highly stochastic in nature, resulting in stress-states that might be multiaxial. This thesis attempts to identify the source and effect of these multiaxial stress-states on fatigue damage...

Automated Sediment Volume Development Analysis with Uncertainty Propagation

Coastal regions change continuously due to natural processes. Human activities in coastal regions require a steady environment. Usually the dredging industry is contacted for coastal maintenance. Knowledge about the time development of sediment volume changes in specific regions is necessary for risk assessment in contracting. Nearly a century...

Power plant Mátra: Research to development of a coal quality concept for the lignite deposits Visonta and Bükkábrány, Hungary.

This Thesis carried out research towards development of a coal quality concept on geological and mining engineering operational level of Mátrai Er?m? ZRt’s Visonta and Bükkábrány open cast lignite mines, with objective to reduce and avoid sub-optimal combustion behaviour at Mátra Power plant. RWE Power AG is the major shareholder of Mátrai Er?m?...

Experimental research on the effects of surface screens on a mobile bed

In 2000 the Dutch government chose a new point of view for the Dutch rivers: “Room for the River”. This viewpoint is the basis for a new approach of high water protection in the Netherlands. Instead of strengthening and raising the dikes, solutions must be based on space and spatial quality. One of the suggested measures is the addition of...

Sourcing the retained organisation in IT outsourcing

Synchronisatie door middel van Rasterbuffering

Voor de overgang van het tijdregiem van de inkomende informatiestromen aan het in de centrale heersende tijdregiem, wordt gebruik gemaakt van speciale apparatuur, waarin informatie gedurende enige tijd wordt opgeslagen alvorens te worden uitgelezen. Deze overgang kan in discrete stappen tot stand gebracht worden waarbij onder andere de volgende...