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Mureau, Michou (author)Glass is a commonly used material for façades and roofs. Recently even structural glass elements have been developed and the application of glass in structural elements is becoming more common. The ongoing development of new glass types and different production and processing methods resulted in the manufacturing of thin chemically strengthened...master thesis 2017
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Floor, J.H.J. (author)Today, there are only a few types of structural engineering applications where structural adhesives play a role, in contrast to other engineering sectors. The possibilities and difficulties of structural adhesive bonding in structural engineering, especially for steel-to-steel connections, are investigated. Practically all structural adhesives...master thesis 2014
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De Vries, J.J.E. (author)This report describes a Master’s Thesis research that has been carried out to gain insight in the possible improvements of sound insulation of membrane structures, which are used in practice for temporary structures, e.g. festival tents, and to give practical solutions. This research concentrated on triple-leaf membrane systems with filled...master thesis 2011
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Van 't Land, W. (author)Background Consumption of materials is an always ongoing process. In the linear economy, or a ‘take-make-dispose’ consumption pattern there is no attention for the rest value of products. The circular economy and bio-based economy introduce that loop-back for materials at the end of their lifetime. This research is about the application of bio...master thesis 2015
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Loosjes, M. (author)During this master thesis, research is done on the structural feasibility of a demountable football stadium. To avoid derelict stadiums after one-off events such as the World Cup or Olympic Games, a solution is found in the application of a demountable stadium that can be relocated once a year. The goal of the research is to present a...master thesis 2011
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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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Jansen, L.L.M.J. (author)In this report you will find the research I did to innovative façade design processes. To come up with an innovative façade engineering for the Tianjin library in china and make a proper comparison to a more product specific engineering, I first need to learn more about façades in general. To achieve this I read several books, talk to different...master thesis 2016
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Bui, Dat (author)Additive manufacturing, popularly known as 3D printing, could positively change the fabrication of façade panels. Benefits include manufacturing each façade element uniquely without the use of a mould while having the potential of integrating functions as water drainage and solar shading within the object. Recycling polymers, obtained from...master thesis 2018
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Winter, U.M. (author)There is large difference in height between high-rise buildings in the Netherlands and high-rise in other continents such as North America and Asia. The tallest building in the Netherlands, the “Maastoren”, has a height of 164.75 meter whereas in the rest of the world buildings with a height of more than 300 meter are not uncommon. In Dubai the...master thesis 2011
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Hekker, Bram (author)The novel technique of 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) shows great potential in the reduction of labor and material as well as the fabrication of freeform design. Different research institutions and companies recognize this potential and have set up printers to further investigate and develop the technique all over the world. Some pioneering...master thesis 2018
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Kooijman, Rick (author)The Circular Arch Bridge is a pedestrian bridge consisting out of four different recycled materials: cast glass, ceramic, circument and geopolymer concrete. Due to an increasing amount of vibration problems in modern pedestrian bridges they should not only be designed for static loads, but dynamic loads have to be considered as well. There are...master thesis 2022
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Botma, A.Y. (author)Fire compartmentation is an important aspect in the design of buildings. Buildings need to be divided into one or more fire compartments, which are intended as the maximum extension area of the fire. Compartmentation systems are designed to prevent fire spread to adjacent compartments. The performance of compartmentation systems depends on many...master thesis 2013
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Zoidi, E. (author)Widely deformable subsoil verifies a predominant concern in the design and construction of high-rise buildings. Extensive total and differential settlements are observed that are usually not in accordance to the predictions. In the Netherlands, the problem appears to be more intense in Rotterdam, the city that counts the largest number of...master thesis 2015
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Guyader, C. (author)This master thesis was carried out in cooperation with VS-A, a façade engineering office based in Lille, Hong Kong and Seoul. It focuses on the development of an innovative all-glass façade system, which was imagined by Robert-Jan van Santen, founder and co-manager of VS-A. This technology is highly promising as it provides the possibility to...master thesis 2016
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Kirchert, J. (author)The amount and size of the Olympic facilities have outgrown the needs of host cities. most Olympic venues cannot be used after the event and maintenance is extremely expen- sive. Therefore cities cannot optimally benefit from the catalysing effect that mega-events, such as the Olympics, can have on host cities. An over-production of sport venues...master thesis 2014
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Rietbroek, A.J.T. (author)Fibre reinforced polymer composites are applied in monolithic sandwich elements that function as bearing structure in unitised façade systems. The research covers a complete system analysis of the concept, a material assessment regarding engineering FRP composites, and the accompanying quality assurance for both the materials and the production...master thesis 2013
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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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Magan, C.M. (author)This thesis presents a design for a topology-optimised concrete floor slab, of which the structural optimisation process is guided by manufacturability constraints from a vacuumatic formwork. The design has been obtained using an open-source, three-dimensional topology optimisation algorithm. Traditional floor systems are cost-optimised but can...master thesis 2016
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Torres Guimarães da Cunha Areias Hollebrandse, Rita (author)The search for a transparent, reusable, innovative, architecturally aesthetical, structural material that could be used as consolidation system for decayed historic buildings led to the ambition to test a topological interlocking (osteomorphic) design by using numerical calculations. In the last decennia glass has evolved to be a structural...master thesis 2022
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Van Laar, D.D.D. (author)Modular construction is the on-site assembly (installation and connection) of factory made units (Lawson et al., 2014). It allows fabrication of structural components to be moved from the building site to controlled environments. Ballast Nedam adopted modular construction as a key business strategy for the future (Ballast Nedam, 2014). Plug &...master thesis 2015