The installation of two M-100 Chlorinators at the border of the Amazon in Tena, Ecuador: Multidisciplinary project

A student journey of social impact and technological advancement for drinking water in schools and communities in Ecuador

In this project, student teams from Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Delft University of Technology worked together to provide safe drinking water in Ecuador. We used M-100 chlorinators from the company WaterStep, donated by Water Ambassadors Canada, to chlorinate water in schools and communities. The journey involved testing water quality...

Analysing and improving the applicability of Precast Concrete Sandwich Panels

In this report, the applicability of Precast Concrete Sandwich panels (PCSPs) is analysed and improved. This is done by a multitude of methods: a literature study is performed, an advanced, non-linear Finite Element model and simple linear analytical model are developed, and calculations have been performed on a design-structure from Lievense |...

Reverse Engineering of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges

Most bridges in the Western European road networks are ageing. The vast majority of about 90% of these bridges have reinforced concrete as a building material. The traffic intensity, as well as the axle, and the average vehicle weight have increased since these structures were opened to traffic. Furthermore, the structural (design) codes have...

Validation of Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis on Reinforced Concrete Slab under Concentrated Out-of-plane Load Combined with Uniaxial In-plane Load Based on Case Study

Finite element analysis is becoming a popular tool for engineers recently. Nonlinear finite element analysis is more advanced due to that it can deal with the nonlinearity of structures, which leads to more accurate approximation of structural behaviour. In Model Code 2010, nonlinear finite element analysis, which belongs to the higher level of...