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Van der Velde, O. (author)Over the years, glass has been increasingly used as a structural building material. Structural calculations on glass are conservative because the strength is quite uncertain. Weibull plots of the strength of glass can range from 20 MPa to 150 MPa. This is caused by flaws, which are not visibile to the human eye and therefore it is difficult to...master thesis 2015
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Teeuwen, A.S. (author)There are different options to obtain a structural glass beam with a span of more than 6 meters. One option is segmentation, which has many advantages compared with the other options. However, the choice for segmentation is often avoided, because of aesthetical reasons. Existing connections, even the most slender ones, result in a reduction of...master thesis 2015
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Vos, R. (author)The thesis is a research driven design study of a multiple floor/"high-rise" building with a structure of Laminated Guadua bamboo in Guayaquil Ecuador. Dealing with earthquakes, context, structure and sustainability issues. The Thesis is strongly oriented to structure, the industry and the state of the industry itself but always driven by...master thesis 2015
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Gatsiou, V. (author)There are already lot of glass structures, using big size elements that prove that glass is a strong material that can compete the other more conventional building materials. However, the use of solid cast glass bricks glued with a transparent UV cured adhesive is not common and it is first utilized in the façade of the Crystal House in...master thesis 2015
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Kanta, N. (author)This master thesis involves the design of a roof for a basketball arena, which has a capacity of 20,000 spectators and it needs to be designed as a concrete shell structure. The size of the stadium is large enough to demand a long spanned shell structure. This thesis attempts to find an elegant solution to this problem, which combines aesthetic...master thesis 2015
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Hummelen, J.C. (author)In this thesis a particular structural system for high-rise structures is discussed: the prefabricated concrete framed tube and tube-in-tube structures. These system consist of a prefabricated concrete perforated elements in the perimeter of the structure that are the main lateral load resisting elements in the building. For tube-in-tube...master thesis 2015
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Meijers, W.N.T. (author)This thesis researched flanking sound transmission, focusing on lightweight structures and low frequency sounds. Finite elements models have been made to simulate the velocity level difference between two floors, with the goal to understand and improve the flanking sound transmission, Three floor variants were designed with the aim to reduce the...master thesis 2015
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Vermond, M. (author)Since the crisis in 2008 affected the global financial market, the economic climate changed drastically. A significant increase in the amount of vacant office buildings was introduced. Combining this fact with the increasing demand for living space in urban areas, transformation of vacant office buildings to residential buildings seems to be a...master thesis 2015
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Slobbe, G. (author)The design of reinforcement in concrete structures is a complex procedure, often resulting in inefficient designs. One possible solution to improve the design process and create more efficient designs is structural optimisation. This Master’s Thesis focusses on the development of a technique for optimisation of reinforcement in 3D concrete...master thesis 2015
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Nijhuis, P.J. (author)How could urban areas provide public charging infrastructure for the rapidly increasing number of electric vehicles? The objective of this research is to develop a tool that helps municipalities and market players to understand the need for public charging infrastructure, and to design an efficient solution for charging large numbers of electric...master thesis 2015
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Klerks, J. (author)This work contains the technical report about the research in how to design and construct a demountable grandstand. The design itself is a modular structure which can be demounted and transported to different locations and to be reused multiple times. With the modular design any event organiser can decide what arrangement and capacity the...master thesis 2015
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Van der Veen, A.C. (author)At this point in time, 3D-printing techniques in general, but especially applied for the building industry, still are in a phase of early experiments. One of the experimental attempts is to print a full-scale, three-story high, house in Amsterdam, using an up scaled version of a FDM-printer that is able to print blocks of 1.8 x 1.8 x 3.0 meters...master thesis 2014
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Karapanou, A. (author)In today’s world, terrorism is an unfortunate reality. Since 9-11, blast design has become a well-sought after design not only for federal and military buildings but also for other high risk buildings being a life safety issue. Facades are the barriers between the blast and the structure. De¬signing a façade for the safety of the occupants has...master thesis 2014
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Hartmann, J.H. (author)At this moment the global human wealth is getting to the next level, which means a growing amount of people is able to travel by plane and these growth figures are seen in the latest global annual passenger’s flows. These latest developments demand building new airports and extending the existing airports heavily around the world in the nearby...master thesis 2014
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Woodington, W.G. (author)A new type of material to create double-curved freeform structures using shear-deformation.master thesis 2014
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Hobson, D.A. (author)The precast concrete sector is growing and to continue this growth it is necessary that new innovations, ideas, technologies etc. are developed to improve the functionality of precast concrete structures. Many applications can be found nowadays for all different kinds of precast concrete elements. One such application for example is precast...master thesis 2014
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Mom, E.J. (author)A study on the possibilities of underground substations in the Netherlands.master thesis 2014
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Scholts, K. (author)When one wants to make use of variable acoustics in a theatre, the volume of the auditorium is often changed by altering the ceiling height of the room. Besides this, an orchestra shell is placed to direct the sound towards the audience and to prevent delayed reverberation from the fly tower. Thus, extra space for the acoustic volume is created...master thesis 2014