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Middeldorp, Olmo (author)Offshore wind energy production is increasing rapidly and optimising the design of support structures has the potential to significantly reduce steel and costs. Jacket structures are commonly selected for deeper waters, and the design of these structures is primarily influenced by the fatigue performance of the tubular joints. The fatigue...master thesis 2023
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Guijt, Andries (author)The building and construction industry is one of the main polluting sectors contributing to climate change, and is responsible for around 37% of global CO2 emissions. A circular approach is needed to address the global demand for construction materials and resources in a sustainable way. Steel is a commonly used material in construction and...master thesis 2023
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Hylkema, Fokke (author)Gates are an essential part of navigational locks, as they are responsible for creating a water barrier and can be repositioned to allow passage for maritime transit. Most lock gates are made of steel but a recent project in Sweden challenged the status quo by constructing the first stainless steel lock gate. The main question of this thesis...master thesis 2023
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van Doormaal, Thijn (author)The demand for offshore wind energy has never been higher, yet the number of ideal areas for wind farm installations is decreasing. As a result, larger wind turbines are being placed in deeper waters, which poses opportunities for floating foundations. However, due to the industry's inability to scale up the production of relatively expensive...master thesis 2023
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Buiting, Niels (author)Rijkswaterstaat aims to build circularly from 2030 onward, with the purpose of having a fully circular economy by 2050. Therefore, the aim of this study is to design a reusable modular superstructure, with a small span, which can replace an existing so-called volstortligger superstructure. This is a structure that Dura Vermeer often uses and it...master thesis 2023
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Omari, Firas (author)The use of welding is widely adopted to assemble structural components in the construction industry for many years. To ensure safety of these welded components, many fatigue tests have been conducted on many different shapes and configurations of welded connections to precisely assess the fatigue<br/>life. However, testing real-size structures...master thesis 2022
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Veltenaar, Bas (author)In this thesis, an automated buckling check method has been developed and validated for thin plated stiffened structures used in stressed skin topsides.<br/><br/>Thin plated stiffened structures are widely used in, for example, aircraft, bridges and ships. Recently, it has become competitive to use this type of construction to offshore topsides...master thesis 2022
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Wrzosek, Filip (author)A series of critical transmission lattice towers failures due to severe ice and wind loads forced German utility companies to reassess the structural stability of their power grid infrastructure. During the structural reassessment process, a problem related to an outdated or even missing documentation of the in-use infrastructure occurred. This...master thesis 2022
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Kavelaars, Judith (author)The significant adverse contribution of the construction industry to greenhouse gas emissions and natural resource depletion has to be reduced. Regarding jetty platform structures, this challenge can be faced by designing for reusability, a promising concept for environmental impact reduction. However, this principle is not yet being widely...master thesis 2022
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Stolwijk, Elisa (author)The evolution of ships requires larger depth or larger terrain loads in ports. Therefore, the existing quay walls require reinforcements. An effective way of reinforcing the structure are underwater anchors, requiring holes in existing sheet piles at the location of significant bending moment. Since this is a new area of expertise, the influence...master thesis 2022
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Boben Paul, Eldhose (author)With the effects of climate change being more and more frequent, the European union, and other governments world-wide are looking for sustainable alternatives for processes and products that are part of the daily requirements of people. Among these requirements, the construction industry plays a vital role, as it accounts for the consumption of...master thesis 2022
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Stamenkovits, Bela (author)Although modern technologies such as smartphones with GPS functionality make navigation substantially easier, automobilists still rely on traffic signs to inform them which exit to take or which lane to follow. These traffic signs on highways are of substantial size rendering them, and their support structures, extremely susceptible to...master thesis 2022
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Kleisiaris, Georgios (author)The need for sustainable solutions in the energy sector has led to the rapid increase of offshore windfarms around the globe. The areas with ideal soil conditions are gradually being occupied, pushing the offshore wind industry to search for methods of installing wind turbines in hard terrain. So far, the installation of monopiles in weak rock,...master thesis 2022
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van Looveren, Hugo (author)Timber usage in construction works has increased over the past years due to its better environmental performance. Applying timber elements instead of steel or concrete decreases the emissions impact of the built environment. Architect firm ZJA and Iv-consult are interested in investigating a timber railway bridge as part of the Norwegian...master thesis 2022
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Korakas, Ntonalnt (author)In this thesis an investigation into the buckling behaviour of steel trusses with eccentric joints is performed.<br/>In recent years, Ampelmann motion compensated gangway systems have been pivotal to the advancement of offshore personnel transfers. These systems for functionality reasons require the use of eccentric joints. The behaviour of such...master thesis 2022
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Wolbert, Jorick (author)The purpose of this thesis is to determine the most optimal material use and configuration of structural elements with regard to minimizing shadow costs associated with the main bearing construction of industrial halls. Central themes in thesis are reusability, parametric modelling and generative design. <br/><br/>The construction sector is...master thesis 2022
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Milev, Vesko (author)Concrete and Steel are the materials with the largest market share in the construction industry and have been for a long time.<br/>With environmental awareness increasing, timber is regaining popularity due to the potential for carbon neutral and even carbon negative construction.<br/>Use of structural wood elements in bridges, however, is often...master thesis 2022
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El Bamby, Hagar (author)Higher strength steels (HSS) hollow sections with steel grades from S460 up to and including S700 are becoming increasingly competitive in long span structures. Reduction of self weight is accomplished with the smaller wall thickness of the hollow section, leading to fabrication, transport and execution benefits. The use of HSS has a positive...master thesis 2021
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Bogers, Lars (author)A steel frame is designed which is expandable and reducible at any time. In order to reduce the assembly and disassembly time of the frame a new type of beam-to-column connection is proposed, a so-called plug & play connection.The design codes cannot be used for the estimation of the structural performance of this connection. Therefor the...master thesis 2021
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Ramkumar, Aravind (author)Injection Bolted Connections (IBC) are connections in which the cavity between the bolts and the plates (hole clearance) is filled with two-component epoxy resin. The oversized hole clearances allow for the reuse of all the structural elements in composite structures. Due to larger hole clearance, the possibility of slip occurrence in the...master thesis 2021