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To, Tony (author)The demand for high-rise building has been increasing over the past decades which has induced new developments such as modular construction. Modular construction has advantages in terms increased speed, safer construction and less construction waste. Applying modular construction in high-rise however brings about great...master thesis 2020
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Paasman, Yordi (author)This thesis aims to come up with a preliminary design for the in- and outlet structure, in which pump-turbines are housed, of the energy storage lake within the Delta21 plan. The goal is to come up with a feasible, cost-effective and lasting solution, that can store green energy, pump out 10 000 m<sup>3</sup>/s of water and retain design storms,...master thesis 2020
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van Dommelen, Willem (author)In the vicinity of locks and bridge piers, guide works are placed in order to steer inland navigation vessels through a narrowed passage. The design of these structures is generally done in a static way, thus without consideration of time-dependent phenomena. By treating the contact force during a brush collision as a static force, several...master thesis 2020
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Vijn, Peter (author)Fibre reinforced polymer is a new material that is more and more used in civil engineering works. This lightweight and high-strength material comes with a lot of advantages. The application of this lightweight material in bridge structures can result in a reduction of the out-of-service time of railways. On the other hand, the low stiffness of...master thesis 2020
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Sugianto, Andrew (author)The strut-and-tie method (STM) has been acknowledged as one of the most reliable tools for designing discontinuity regions in structural concrete. It is capable of producing safe designs consistently since it was developed as an extension of the lower-bound theorem of plasticity theory. However, to aptly address a physical problem of a concrete...master thesis 2019
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Xu, Jie (author)An explosion event, having a low probability of occurrence but severe consequences, due to a possible structural collapse, is a so-called "Low Probability and High Consequences (LP-HC)" event[13]. Due to the severe consequences, blast puts a great threat to public security. Thus, civil engineers should take these extreme cases into consideration...master thesis 2019
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Argudo Sanchez, Geovanny (author)The Strut-and-Tie model (STM) is an efficient technique for the design of concrete structures, but the creation of suitable truss structures gets complicated when these structures become more complex. The topology optimization (TO) is a convenient technique that has been used in recent years for the creation of trusses of complex structures for...master thesis 2019
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Tuitjer, Mathijs (author)Shear tension failure in thin-webbed prestressed concrete elements is yet to be predicted in an accurate manner. The analytical method uses assumptions to simplify the theory. This makes it less accurate. The calculated resistance to web-shear cracking is based on the principle tensile stress reaching the tensile strength of concrete. Failing in...master thesis 2019
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Mustafa, Shozab (author)The main objective of this research is to understand the development of arch action in a single T-beam acting as part of the bridge system, ignoring the distribution of the load in transverse direction. As the beam is loaded, several mechanisms work simultaneously in the bridge system, resulting in enhanced ultimate load bearing capacity of the...master thesis 2019
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Kisoensingh, Prishilla (author)The interest in high strength steel (HSS) shows an increasing trend mainly due to its high yield strength, low weight to strength ratio, decreasing costs of the base material and fabrication. The proposed 2020 version of the Eurocode 3 part 1-8, still under discussion at the time of writing of this thesis, covers steel with yield strength up to...master thesis 2019
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Andrew Sugianto, ANDREW (author)In the past, many researches on the topic of size effect on concrete structures were mainly focused on the phenomenon of size effect in flexural cracking. The result of those studies can be found today in the concrete structure design specifications of well-known building codes, such as the Eurocode. Nevertheless, the inclusions of the results...master thesis 2019
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Wang, Tianxiang (author)The rapid development in statistics, information technology, and computational power have en- abled numerous innovative methods to emerge in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for structural damage detection, both in practical application and research. The intention of such methods is to use the data obtained from the monitoring system to...master thesis 2018
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van Arragon, Marco (author)This research studies the experimental and numerical behaviour of a simple beam to column joint using a fin-plate welded to an rectangular hollow core section. The following aspects of the joint are investigated:<br/>The resistance of the welded connection.<br/>Defining the force distribution inside the joint. <br/>Improvement of the design...master thesis 2018
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Hendriksen, Eduard (author)A project is under way to replace the ferry crossings in Norway's highway E39 with fixed links, such as highway bridges or tunnels. This thesis research is on the crossing located at the Sognefjord, the widest and deepest of the straight crossings in the E39 highway. Previous thesis projects at IV-Consult have yielded a design for a floating...master thesis 2018
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Verschuur, Richard (author)This Master Thesis is about the comparison of the effective concrete tension zone height determined with either finite element models using DIANA or Eurocode 2 and Jones method. The effective reinforcement ratio is an important parameter for the determination of the crack width and is depending on the effective concrete tension zone height....master thesis 2018
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De Marco, Andrea (author)The present thesis has the objective to create a procedure for the automatic preliminary design of reinforced concrete structures, based on the Evolutionary Structural Optimization method (ESO). The developed algorithm performs heuristic topology optimization based on multiple criteria, in subsequent optimization cycles executed in series. In...master thesis 2018
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de Jong, Justin (author)Probability calculations are used to determine the possible failure of civil structures which includes bridges. The Eurocode uses a conservative form of these probability calculations and this could have a negative economic impact. Having said this, more advanced probability calculation methods are developed to decrease the negative economic...master thesis 2018
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Vuik, Nelleke (author)Wind energy plays an important role in the global energy supply and is obtained by wind turbines placed on- and offshore. The expected growth of offshore wind farms will generate a lot of work in the future. Seaway Heavy Lifting is an offshore company which offers Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) solutions worldwide...master thesis 2018
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Zarifis, George (author)The last decades Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) structures start to find their own place in the field of civil engineering applications and quite lately in bridge engineering. Composites are considered highly versatile materials that offer great tailoring on their design. Synthetic fibers and resins are already quite popular especially in...master thesis 2018
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Nijs, Kalle (author)The Ishikawa concrete drying shrinkage model is a new computational model which simulates drying shrinkage behavior based on the theory of capillary pore pressure, a known drying shrinkage mechanism. Its initial validation against shrinkage tests shows promise. If the mathematical model can be further validated, it has potential to improve...master thesis 2017
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