Numerical Simulations of Full Scale Tests Investigating Effect of Fault Movement on Buried Pipeline

This master thesis investigates the response of buried pipelines under ground-induced deformations through the finite element simulations of a testing program undertaken at TU Delft Stevinlab II as part of the GIPIPE research project.

The influence of thermal gradients in steel columns due to pool fires

During this thesis the fire safety engineering approach has been used to investigate the influence of hydrocarbon pool fires on steel columns. Using a fire curve which closely resembles a natural fire curve the temperatures occurring in the steel have been investigated using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model. The model consists of the...