The Design of Inflatable Hydraulic Structures

Additional thesis with a size of 10 European Credits. A Finite Element Method model is established for an inflatable barrier. The inflatable storm barrier of Ramspol in the Netherlands is taken as reference project. The FEM program that is used is called EASY and is specialized in highly deformable structures. With the model, an optimal design...

Project Cartagena: Tunneling the bay

Cartagena is one of the main touristic attractions of Colombia with its good conserved colonial city centre. The city also has an important contribution to the economic growth of Colombia, because of its big port and its beneficial location towards the Panama Channel. However, Cartagena is suffering from problems with the accessibility of...