Improving rowing performance by adjusting oar blade size and angle

The principal aim of the work presented here is to investigate and demonstrate that a forward tilted rowing blade would result in a more efficient and effective motion of the blade through the water that would result in a higher boat speed when an equal input power is provided. A 1:5 scaled rowing boat is used to determine the performance of...

Building a repository on European colonial architecture and town planning

During the past two years the TU Delft Library has developed a repository to store data about architecture and town planning in the former Dutch colonies. Historical images, books, journals and archives coming from libraries and museums are scanned and stored into the repository. Information about architects, buildings and town plans and...

User requirements Massive Point Clouds for eSciences (WP1)

This report is a milestone in work package 1 (WP1) of the project Massive point clouds for eSciences. In WP1 the basic functionalities needed for a new Point Cloud Spatial Database Management System are identified. This is achieved by (1) literature research, (2) discussions with the project members, and (3) customer surveys. In this work...

College via iTunes U: TU Delft deelt graag kennis

De TU Delft publiceert lezingen, colleges en informatieve films op iTunes U van Apple. De auteur beschrijft waarom de TU Delft gekozen heeft voor iTunes U en op welke manier het project tot stand is gekomen.

Refining Green Plants to Protein Cakes and other useful products in the African country Zambia

Basis of Design for a process to refine green plants