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Dalalbashi, Ali (author), Ghiassi, B. (author), Oliveira, Daniel V. (author), Freitas, Ana (author)Textile-reinforced mortars (TRM) have recently received significant attention for the externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) of masonry and reinforced concrete structures. The fiber-to-mortar bond, the TRM-to-substrate bond, and the mechanical properties of the TRM constituents have a fundamental role in the performance of this strengthening...journal article 2018
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Simon, K.M. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Frederikse, T. (author)The glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) signal at present day is constrained via the joint inversion of geodetic observations and GIA models for a region encompassing northern Europe, the British Isles, and the Barents Sea. The constraining data are Global Positioning System (GPS) vertical crustal velocities and GRACE (Gravity Recovery and...journal article 2018
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Dereli, R.K. (author), Wang, Xiaofei (author), van der Zee, F. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)The impact of nitrogen on biological performance and sludge filterability of anaerobic membrane bioreactors was investigated in two lab-scale cross-flow anaerobic membrane bioreactors that were fed with cheese whey at two different COD:TKN ratios (50 and 190). Nitrogen deprivation adversely affected the biological treatment performance and...journal article 2018
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Ilyas, Huma (author), Masih, Ilyas (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)This paper presents a comprehensive and critical comparison of 10 disinfection methods of swimming pool water: chlorination, electrochemically generated mixed oxidants (EGMO), ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, UV/chlorine, UV/hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>), UV/H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>/chlorine, ozone (O<sub>3</sub>)/chlorine, O...review 2018
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Agbo, I.O. (author)Complementary Metallic Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology scaling enhances the performance, transistor density, functionality, and reduces cost and power consumption. However, scaling causes significant reliability challenges both from a manufacturing and operational point of view. Obtaining reliable memories require accurate understanding of...doctoral thesis 2018
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de Jager, R.R. (author)The liquefaction flow slide is an important failure mechanism for under water slopes composed of sand.<br/><br/>The failure of the sand body is the result of liquefaction of loosely packed sand, which suddenly looses a large part of its strength and starts behaving as a fluid. Liquefaction flow slides occur unexpectedly and develop at a very...doctoral thesis 2018
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Morales Beltran, M.G. (author)The use of outriggers in tall buildings is a common practice to reduce response under dynamic loading. Viscous dampers have been implemented between the outrigger and the perimeter columns, to reduce vibrations produced by strong winds. However, its behaviour under strong earthquakes has been not yet properly investigated. Strong earthquakes...doctoral thesis 2018
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Toskovic, R. (author)Physics at the level of an atom is dominated by laws of quantum mechanics. Often, this is entangled with a high complexity in behavior of the systems at that length scale. Unravelling the properties of a material at the atomic level is, therefore, a challenging task that easily supersedes current computational capabilities. A route to circumvent...doctoral thesis 2018
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Xin, Y. (author)Outbreaks of bacteria have caused many problems over the last few years and are a major public health concern. Bacteria are now affecting our lives in many ways to a more severe extent, from contaminated food in markets to polluted water. There are some devices available which detect bacteria, however, all of them can only be used in the lab...doctoral thesis 2018
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Janbroers, S. (author)This thesis focused on iron-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. It deals with different iron phases that might play a role in the catalytic process. As the activation step takes place inside the reactor (in-situ at high temperature and pressure), studying the catalyst activation process is not trivial. In addition, since the working catalysts are...doctoral thesis 2018
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Hartstra, I.E. (author)Seismic interferometry (SI) for body waves offers the opportunity to utilize highfrequency scattering coda from local earthquakes to obtain a detailed reflectivity image of the lithosphere. In this thesis it is demonstrated that classical SI methods are seriously affected by circumstances that are typical of field data and that multiple...doctoral thesis 2018
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Hutter, E.M. (author)In this thesis, we have investigated the optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites with a special focus on their application in solar cells. In less than a decade of development, metal halide perovskites have yielded solar cells with efficiencies comparable to commercialized technologies. However, there has been limited knowledge...doctoral thesis 2018
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Bos-de Vos, M. (author)Architectural firms can be regarded as creative professional service firms. As such, architects need to navigate creative, professional and commercial goals, while simultaneously attempting to fulfil client, user and societal needs. This complex process is becoming increasingly difficult, as the historically established role of architects has...doctoral thesis 2018
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Tang, J. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Bontempo, R. (author), van Bussel, G.J.W. (author), Manna, M. (author)This paper reports an experimental investigation on the effect of the duct geometry on the aerodynamic performance of an aerofoil shaped ducted wind turbine (DWT). The tested two-dimensional model is composed of an aerofoil equipped with pressure taps and a uniform porous screen. The experimental setup is based on the assumption that the duct...journal article 2018
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De Oliveira Andrade, G.L. (author), Balbino dos Santos Pereira, R. (author), Timmer, W.A. (author), van Rooij, R.P.J.O.M. (author)The accuracy of airfoil polar predictions is limited by the usage of imperfect turbulence models. Can machine-learning improve this situation? Will airfoil polars teach the effect of turbulence on skin-friction? We try to answer these questions by refining turbulence treatment in the Rfoil code: boundary layer closure relations are learned...journal article 2018
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Vimalakanthan, K. (author), Schepers, J.G. (author), Shen, W. Z. (author), Rahimi, H. (author), Micallef, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Jost, E. (author), Klein, L. (author)As part of the AVATAR and Mexnext projects, this study compares several methods used to derive lifting line variables from CFD simulations of the MEXICO rotor in yawed inflow. The results from six partners within the AVATAR/Mexnext consortium using five different methods of extraction were compared. Overall comparison of the induced...journal article 2018
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Dighe, V.V. (author), De Oliveira Andrade, G.L. (author), Avallone, F. (author), van Bussel, G.J.W. (author)This paper aims to study the aerodynamic performance of ducted wind turbines (DWT) using inviscid and viscous flow calculations by accounting for the mutual interaction between the duct and the rotor. Two generalized duct cross section geometries are considered while the rotor is modelled as an actuator disc with constant thrust coefficient....journal article 2018
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Dréau, A.E. (author), Tcheborateva, Anna (author), El Mahdaoui, A. (author), Bonato, C. (author), Hanson, R. (author)We report on the conversion to telecommunication wavelengths of single photons emitted by a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defect in diamond. By means of difference frequency generation, we convert spin-selective photons at 637 nm, associated with the coherent NV zero-phonon line, to the target wavelength of 1588 nm in the L-telecommunication band....journal article 2018
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Sanchez Perez Moreno, S. (author), Dykes, K. (author), Merz, K. O. (author), Zaaijer, M B (author)Motivated by the need to develop reference wind energy systems for optimisation and technology assessment studies, the International Energy Agency Wind Task 37 on Wind Energy Systems Engineering is developing a reference offshore wind power plant at the Dutch offshore wind energy areas Borssele III and IV. This paper presents a comparison...journal article 2018
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van den Bos, L.M.M. (author), Sanderse, B. (author), Blonk, L. (author), Bierbooms, W.A.A.M. (author), van Bussel, G.J.W. (author)During the design phase of an offshore wind turbine, it is required to assess the impact of loads on the turbine life time. Due to the varying environmental conditions, the effect of various uncertain parameters has to be studied to provide meaningful conclusions. Incorporating such uncertain parameters in this regard is often done by...journal article 2018